SOME ACCOUNT 



OF A 



BOY BORN BLIND AND DEAF, 



COLLECTED FROM AUTHENTIC SOURCES OF INFORMATION; 



WITH A 



FEW REMARKS AND COMMENTS. 



THE Memoir which I am about to submit to the conside- 

 ration of the Royal Society, relates to the melancholy 

 history of a boy who was born blind and deaf; and who, of 

 consequence, has derived all his knowledge of things external 

 from the senses of Touch, of Taste, and of Smell *. 



It is now considerably more than a year since I first heard of 

 this case from my very ingenious friend Mr Wardrop, Surgeon 

 in London ; a gentleman whose scientific attainments and pro- 

 fessional skill it is unnecessary for me to mention to this audi- 

 ence. 



* Since this paper was read before the Society, I have been enabled, by sub- 

 sequent communications, to enlarge it considerably. I have still reason to expect 

 farther information on the subject ; but various circumstances make it desi- 

 rable, that so curious an article of philosophical intelligence should not be any 

 longer withheld from the public. 



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