Lancet-Clinic Volume 113, No. 18 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 Excerpt: ...complete isolation, precocity or phychogenic factors) are, as stated in a previous article as follows: At 3 Years. 1. Recognize toys ami simple objects. 2. Point to ear, nose or lips. 3. Repeat two figures, as 7, 5. 4. Recognize objects in child picture-books with which it ip familiar. 5. Know own name. At 4 Years. 1. Put in some of the pieces in Seguin's form-board (Pig. 1). 2. Do line a of cube imitation test or touch any two blocks (Fig. 2). 3. Repeat three figures as 7, 9, 5. 4. Recognize ring, pencil, shoe, hat. 5. Know own sex. At 5 Years. 1. Put all the pieces in Segnin 's board in three minutes (Pig- ). Fig. 1.--Seguin's form-board, 16x22 inches in area, 154 inches thick and made of soft wood. The pieces are 1 inch thick and are set into sockets V, inch deep therefore they project out of the board lA inch. The time, and especially the improvement, time is most important in working with this board. 2. Do line 6 of the cube test or touch any three blocks (Fig. 2). 3. Count any number of the examiner's fingers. 4. Copy a square and circle. 5. Obey two commands as, "Shut the door and hand me the pencil." Knox, H. A., Assist. Surg. P. H. 8. "A Scale Based on the Work at Ellis Island for Estimating Mental Defect," Jour. Amer. Med. Ass'n., March 7, 1914. At 6 Years. 1. Do "imbecile test" in less than five minutes with less than six mistakes (Fig. 3). 2. Do line c of the cube test (Fig. 2). 3. Build structure with four blocks after seeing the same structure twenty-five seconds. 4. Know right or left hand or ear. 5. Know own age. 6. Obey three commands, "Open door, shut window and bring book." 7. Know purpose of domestic animals that are familiar. At 7 Years. 1. Do "geographical" test, after being shown, in f...