HRDLicKA] PHYSIOLOGICAL AND MEDICAL OBSERVATIONS 215 



IDIOCY (all (JRADES) 

 CHEYENNK AND AKAPAHO 



Tho pationt rejxirtcd as idiotic is a Clicyciinc girl alxml 10 years oi a.e:f'. 8h(^ is 

 also dcforiucd or i)aralyz('d on one side. 



Dr. (iKo. R. Westfaijj. 



PAWNEE 



Never knew or learned of a case within sixteen years. 



Dr. G. H. Philijps. 



DEAF AND DUMB 



CHEYENNE AND AKAPAHO 



The mute is a Cheyenne youth who speaks the sign languag(> fluently. He is 

 bright and well developed, alert and active. 



Dr. Geo. R. Westfall. 



PAWNEE 



No case ever heard of. With the tribe since 1889. 



Dr. G. H. Phillips. 



MONSTROSITIES 



CHEYENNE AND ARAPAHO 



I have never met with a case of monstrosity during my long residence at this agency. 

 Doubtless they do occur, but unless they gave rise to some dystocia my attention 

 would not be called to the case. Indians are very peculiar in this respect and seldom 

 or never call a physician unless some difficulty arises. If an Indian woman was to 

 give birth to a monster, it would luidoubtedly be allowed to perish and the case 

 would never be made public. 



Dr. Geo. R. Westfall. 



FORT HALL (bANNOCK AND SHOSHONi) 



I am told that the Indians in their precivilized state were wont to destroy the 

 congenitally deformed as a measure best compatible with the very nature of their 

 existence. 



Dr. F. H. Poole. 



ONEIDA (WISCONSIN) 



One male, age 35, congenital. Limbs of lower extremities folded crosswise as in 

 fetus in utero. Joints ankylosed, limbs atrophied. 



One male, age 25, congenital. Lacks muscular development and control of limbs. 

 Dull and stupid and unable to articulate words. Senses normal. 



One female, age 12, congenital. Limb diminished in size. Never in school, but 

 quite intelligent. 



Dr. J. PowLAs. 



PAWNEE 



No case ever heard of. With the people since 1889. 



Dr. G. H. Phillips. 



PIEGAN 



The case of monstrosity is a male child 8 years old, born with only rudimentary 

 fingers on both hands. 



Dr. Geo. S. Martin. 



