He continued to grow for six months and at the expiration of that time weighed 12 pounds; since then, however, he had only increased four pounds.

The arrest of development seemed to be connected with hydrocephalus; although the head was no larger than that of a child of two, the anterior fontanelle was widely open, indicating that there was pressure within.

He was strong and muscular; grave and sedate in his manner; cheerful and affectionate; his manners were polite and engaging; he was expert in many kinds of handicraft; he possessed an ardent desire for knowledge and aptitude for education.
Rawdon described a boy of five and a half, at the Liverpool Infirmary for Children, who weighed 10 1/2 pounds and whose height was 28 or 29 inches.

He uttered no articulate sound, but evidently possessed the sense of hearing.

His eyes were large and well formed, but he was apparently blind.