rmer case the watch was held at first
near the ear, to the temple, and not till afterward to the ear itself.

The girl is very lively; she strikes about her in a lively manner with
her hands, sees charts hanging high on the walls, points to them with
her finger, throws her head back upon her neck to see them better, and
_moves her fingers in the direction of the lines_ of the diagrams. At
last weariness seems to come on. The child puts an arm around the neck
of her father, sits on his lap, but is more and more restless.

_8.50._--Quiet. To appearance, the child has fallen asleep.

_8.55._--Awake again. The child _sees_ well, _hears_ well, _smells_
well; obeys some few commands, e. g., she gives her hand. But with this
her intellectual accomplishments are exhausted. She does not utter a
word.

Kollmann, who saw this microcephalous subject in September, 1877,
writes, among other things, of her ("Correspondenzblatt der
Deutschengesellschaft fuer Anthropologie," Nr. 11, S. 132):

"Her gait is tottering, the movements of the head and
extremities jerky, not always co-ordinated, hence unsteady,
inappropriate and spasmodic; her look is restless, objects are
not definitely fixated. The normal functions of her mind are far
inferior to those of a child of four years. The eight-year-old
Margaret speaks only the word _Mama_; no other articulate sound
has been learned by her. She makes known her need of food by
plaints, by sounds of weeping, and by distortion of countenance;
she laughs when presented with something to eat or with toys. It
is only within the last two years that she has become cleanly;
since then her appetite has improved. Her nutrition has gained,
in comparison with the first years of life, and with it her
comprehension also; she helps her mother set the table, and
brings plates and knives, when requested to do so, from the
place where they are kept. Further, she shows a tender sympathy
with her microcephalous brother; she takes bread from the table,
goes to her brother's bedside and feeds him, as he is not of
himself capable of putting food into his mouth. She shows a very
manifest liking for her relatives and a fear of strangers. When
taken into the parlor she gave the most decided evidences of
fear; being placed upon the table she hid her head in her
father's coat, and did not become quiet until her mother took
her in