He uttered no articulate sound, but
evidently possessed the sense of hearing. His eyes were large and
well formed, but he was apparently blind. He suckled, cut his
teeth normally, but had tonic contractions of the spine and was
an apparent idiot.
Hardie mentions a girl of sixteen and a half whose height was 40
inches and weight 35 1/2 pounds, including her clothes. During
intrauterine life her mother had good health and both her parents
had always been healthy. She seemed to stop growing at her fourth
year. Her intellect was on a par with the rest of her body.
Sometimes she would talk and again she would preserve rigid
silence for a long time. She had a shuffling walk with a tendency
to move on her toes. Her temporary teeth were shed in the usual
manner and had been replaced by canines and right first molar and
incisors on the right side. There was no indication of puberty
except a slight development of the hips. She was almost totally
imbecile, but could tell her letters and spell short words. The
circumference of the head was 19 inches, and Ross pointed out
that the tendon-reflexes were well marked, as well as the
ankle-clonus; he diagnosed the case as one of parencephalus.
Figure 162 represents a most curious case of a dwarf named Carrie
Akers, who, though only 34 inches tall, weighed 309 pounds.
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