But a man who is born deaf, dumb, and blind is looked upon by the law as in the same state with an idiot : he being supposed incapable of any understanding, as wanting all those senses which furnish the human mind with ideas. Human Physiology - Page 317by Robley Dunglison - 1850Full view - About this book
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