Mental Affections of Childhood and Youth

Download or read book Mental Affections of Childhood and Youth written by J. Langdon Down and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1887, is based on lectures given by Dr. Langdon Down, a physician renowned for his work with mentally handicapped children at a time when there was very little interest in them. The book is well-known, because it contains the original description of the common syndrome of "mongolism," now universally called Down syndrome. It is, however, far more than a mere description of Down syndrome; it contains a great deal of material about mental disorders in childhood that is as relevant today as it was a hundred years ago.