An excerpt from an 1846 report titled “Education of the Deaf and Dumb.”

An 1846 publication about the impact of education on deaf people and preferred methods of instruction and communication. Strategies reviewed include “natural signs,” “methodical signs,” “written language,” “manual alphabet,” “reading on the lips,” and “articulation.”

Citation Information
Excerpt from “Education of the deaf and dumb,” Digital Public Library of America, https://dp.la/item/cbddb41e50d857ff2ae6a1fb68ee4ce9.
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Courtesy of U.S. National Library of Medicine and the Medical Heritage Library via Internet Archive.

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