January-June, 1897.—The boy prefers the work-shop to the school and for some time the mistake has been made of leaving him wholly in the work-shop.
December.—Same state from point of view of his studies; character docile, conduct good, personal care and neatness satisfactory. Works well and rapidly in the work-shop; can make complete suits of clothing; uses the machine dexterously; is beginning to cut out garments.
Puberty complete, no onanism. The right eyelids are less widely open than the left by nearly a quarter. The patient says that he does not see so well with the right eye as with the left, and cannot distinguish with it even large letters unless they are very near.
TABLE OF WEIGHT AND STATURE
| Measurements | 1890 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | January | July | January | July | January | July | January | July | January | |
| Weight in kilograms. | 25 | 34.700 | 35.200 | 35 | 37.800 | 39.800 | 44 | 46 | 51 | 53.700 |
| Stature in metres. | 1.22 | 1.39 | 1.42 | 1.42 | 1.50 | 1.53 | 1.58 | 1.61 | 1.66 | 1.69 |
MEASUREMENTS OF THE HEAD IN CENTIMETRES
| 1891 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | January | January | January | July | January | July | January | July | January | |
| Maximum horizontal circumference. | 50.2 | 50.2 | 50.2 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 52 | 54 |
| Anterior semi-circumference. | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 33 | 34 |
| Distance from the occipito-allantoid articulation to the root of nose. | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 36 | 37 |
| Maximum antero-posterior diameter. | 17.5 | 17.8 | 17.8 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 19 | 19 |
| Maximum biauricular diameter. | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 13 |
| Maximum biparietal diameter. | 13.5 | 14 | 14 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| Maximum bitemporal diameter. | — | — | — | — | 11 | 11 | 11 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 12 |
| Medial height of forehead. | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
In the antecedents of this patient, the only suggestions of degeneration are the alcoholism of the father and the fact that conception took place in a state of intoxication. The mother's migraine might also be considered as a nervous malady amounting to a family taint, but cannot be held responsible for so grave an abnormality as idiocy.
Consequently, it remains beyond doubt that the most interesting antecedent fact to be considered in this case is the conception during alcoholic intoxication.