A third case differs somewhat, from the other two. A baby girl of 13 months was just beginning to attempt the usual simple isolated wonts, She was lying on a couch {in the nursery one day', when a maid Jeame hastily into the room, and, not noticing the child, threw over' the Jeouch a "furry rug" with an ani-final's head attached. Urieed by terror, the baby called out, "Beastie by the other children in the room. So abashed was the baby that there was complete cessation of speech, ]which was not again' attempted until she reached the age of four.
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