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English: Case B. — L. K. Girl ; aged 14 years when photograph was taken.
Came to the Training School in her sixth year. An attractive child with blue eyes and yellow hair. Willful and obstinate at first, but soon responded to influence. Quick to imitate ; did well in kinder- garten, and later in school learned to read and write, to sew and em- broider, but began to deteriorate morally and after her eighth year never ceased to give trouble. Using her acquirements for evil pur- poses, she was, at 16, a thief, a liar, and a nymphomaniac who could not be trusted alone, and would pass notes to boys in the most ingenious fashion. An expert in thieving, she could lie with the most unblushing effrontery and apparent innocence. Could be clean in speech and circumspect in conduct, but at times in both language and action was most vile. Had wonderful influence over girls of lower grade and used them as tools. In her twenty-fifth year, having grown to be an attractive and even handsome young woman, she was yet so unmanageable that she was transferred to an insane hospital. From there, through the ill-advised efforts of some sentimental philanthropists, she was re- leased with the idea that she was capable of self-support. Since then she has drifted naturally downwards, and having given birth to an illegitimate child, is now in the syphilitic wards of a charity hospital. Father, a blacksmith, 41 years, and mother, an imbecile domestic, 30 years of age, at time of child's birth. Father brutal, abused and beat mother, who, a victim also of overwork, suffered intense pain two weeks prior to child's birth. Labor long and difficult. Both parents drunkards, as were also both grandfathers. Maternalgrandfather had an imbecile sister. |
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Source | Mental Defectives: Their History, Treatment, and Training (https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo1.ark:/13960/t47p9j653&view=thumb&seq=1&skin=2021) |
Author | Martin W. Barr |
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