Kerlin, Isaac Newton, 1834-1893

Kerlin (University of Pennsylvania, M.D. 1856) served as superintendent of the Pennsylvania Institute for Feeble Minded Children in Elwyn, Pa. from 1858 to 1893. His published works were among the first analyses of causes of mental deficiency in children and adults, and his career was devoted to their care. At Elwyn he conducted autopsies to investigate pathology; he published a classification of the feeble-minded and wrote one of the earliest statistical papers on the causes of idiocy.

From the description of Papers of Isaac Newton Kerlin, 1838-1970 (inclusive), 1838-1891 (bulk). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 281433408

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