English: CASE D.—MICROCEPHAL (PROFOUND, APATHETIC IDIOT)
W. M. was 11 years old when photo was taken. The father, a
laborer, was 26 and the mother 24 at the time of this boy's birth.
A brother of the mother is insane. Everything concerning W's birth
was normal. He has always been unable to walk, talk, feed or do
anything for himself. He does not even recognize his mother. He is
very unclean and noisy. Athetosis is marked. Greatest circum-
ference of head was 15 inches and smallest 13 inches; width of face at
temples 3 inches. The face and head form almost a complete triangle;
the head being small and narrow, runs up to a blade; and is very
markedly trigonocephalic. His height was 3 feet 214 inches; and his
weight 25 pounds. Death occurred in the twelfth year from intussus-
ception. The brain weighed 585 grammes; the heart 100 grammes.
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