He suckled, cut his teeth normally, but had tonic contractions of the spine and was an apparent idiot.
Hardie mentions a girl of sixteen and a half whose height was 40 inches and weight 35 1/2 pounds, including her clothes.

During intrauterine life her mother had good health and both her parents had always been healthy.

She seemed to stop growing at her fourth year.

Her intellect was on a par with the rest of her body.

Sometimes she would talk and again she would preserve rigid silence for a long time.