Show A CUKE CURE FOE FOR IDIOCY rel PHYSICAL CULTURE USED THE METHOD nemar remarkable kabis Ite in the cae case of 0 jac ques a boy of 16 biaas massage e followed by a gemnas lo 10 course Cour im perfect PI rl elque el 3 dr Bour bournoville neville the great french pa t has actually exceeded in discovering an unfailing ure re tor for id and is doing nal work in ameliorating the canfil tion of abnormal infants and adults ithe results ot of this a work in the medico pedagogical inal t tite ite at viti y france is the all absorb ling ing topic in medical circles on the con the wonderful wonder erfil ft I 1 i esulto ot of h 8 acure cure have gone the round of the pres imi pad d of magazines during the months dr D Bour bournoville neville is receiving letters every day with crested headings heading s imploring him to do something tor for some youns young scion of a royal house the writers want th physician to come to their castles but to all these entreaties there is but one rep y send your child to to mix with it e crowd in the institute la Is a sacrifice which patri patrician clan pride is not always willing to make so that most of the inmates belong to the proletarian class dr bourneville bournoville Bour neville sa d in an interview a few days dys ago nothing has been left undone to bring speech and hearing to the deaf mute and everl everybody body knows of the marvelous results obtained in the cure bof of the blind and in their education which relies mainly on their fine sense of to ch eh dr Bour nevil ie is noted especially for what he has done for jacques a boy from marseilles 16 years old it is difficult to imagine an uglier monstrosity than young jacques even now after six months month scrupulous treatment jacques looked like a wild gorilla when he was bro ight to last winter the mouth was abnormally large with sallia dropping in generous quantity over the thick sensual lips his hair grew avei his forehead almost down to his eye eyebrows brous he was ever groan ing and grumbling and refused to walk or stand un so that he had to be car ried all the time though there was nothing the matter with his legs or spine jacv ies tes was even lower than the ape in that he would not stretch out his hands to seize his food H he e had to be fed like an infant and ahn almost by force once his eyes were attracted by some bright colo ed ob eject in the room or garden and he would sit and stare at it for hours nor could he be induced to fix hia his atten tion elsewhere it if I 1 t to himself ti wretched being would surely from starvation As it if by a ral mimie from heaven jacques has been put in his right mind and in 0 a few months will lull be sent nome entirely cured to his happy parents in marseilles he la Is now learning the carpenter carpenters s trade and he will be aT apprenticed prentIced as soon as he ret arns home how hs all this be ben n accomplished 7 dr Bour bournoville neville sais sas that he has not uttered a harsh word to jacques nor punished the boy at any time for disobedience or trans grec brelon sion of discipline firt 2 there vaa ua s a weel ot of patient observance ot of his peculiar form ot of idiocy and a dally daily examination of the malformed organs he was tr eted as at home fed vf N th a spoon conveyed into the gaide in a roll ng chair left to mutter and s are at will and at night carried 0 bed his nurse nure in all details gave him maternal care in the tie case ot of jacques dr bourneville bournoville Bour neville determined that massage followed by a special gymnastic churbe courbe u was the best treatment for hia his dia revealed that his form of imbo cikity was nas traceable mostly to an im perfect development ot of the tac fac a al manual and pedal lineaments and other peculiar deformities contract contra clod d before birth and permitted to becO become aggravated by ignorant nursing E elec lee trie and medicated baths were al alo 0 prescribed by the doctor it vai weeks before jacques could stretch oil his arms and months before he could coul stand up without assistance As to feeding jacoues bis his fondness tor for ce tain delicacies were soon ascertained these finally given to him at e ery meal but only when he would reach 0 it his hands for them curio is 13 musical instruments attracted th the e pa tient a s attention the only time whon he was known to smile was when the doctor wo lid ild play on his violin jacques soon learned to walk from his room to the farther end of the garden it if he N wanted anted to see and hear the doc doe tor play after three months jacques fed himself could walk and talk and dress himself then began a slow course of gymnastics while dr bourne villo ville left nothing undone to reduce the abnormal facial formations by massage and the mental restoration by the method of instruction the latter method consists in object lessons the garden and the st streets and the rooms taking the place ol 01 books |