Feeble-mindedness physically represents arrested development of the entire organism and is distinct from mental disease¶

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q1 i? Physically, feeble-mindedness represents arrested development of the entire organism. → Paul Wilhelm Knuth 1909 q1 i? Mental weakness is clearly distinguished from mental disease. → Paul Wilhelm Knuth 1909

Evidence¶

Paul Wilhelm Knuth 1909¶

Paul Wilhelm Knuth. (1909). Zur Erkennung jugendlichen Schwachsinns [review of Gustav Major's monograph]. Zeitschrift für Experimentelle Pädagogik, 9, 425. none in text. https://doi.org/10.1037/h0063874

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The reviewer reports Major's characterization of feeble-mindedness as a whole-organism condition: "arrested development of the entire organism." The abstract states this as the author's position without printing supporting measurements.

"Physically, feeble-mindedness represents arrested development of the entire organism."

Discussion¶

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