Article ID: CBB000933037

J.-M. G. Itard's 1825 Study: Movement and the Science of the Human Mind (2010)

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Jean-Marc Gaspard Itard's 1825 `Study of several involuntary functions of the apparatus of movement, gripping, and voice' discusses 10 individuals with uncontrolled movements but no other significant impairments. Thus, otherwise normal people move in inappropriate ways against their better judgement. Although the study contains the first clinical description of Tourette Syndrome, it has received little attention beyond that notice. Examined in its entirety and in its cultural context, Itard's study characterizes patients' movements in terms of the will, propriety, animals and gender. Lacking control over their movements, the individuals are underdeveloped humans. Accordingly, sufferers' facial expression, bodily movements and unplanned vocalizations render them more animal than human and more deviant than normal, although they are neither insane nor evil.

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Authors & Contributors
Elena Gil Clemente
Sommer, Andreas
Wittmann, Barbara
Smith, Roger C.
Sinatra, Maria
Shorter, Edward
Concepts
Psychology
Psychiatry
Movement (biological)
Philosophy
Mental disorders and diseases
Neurosciences
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
21st century
18th century
17th century
Places
France
Great Britain
England
South Africa
Italy
Institutions
Kingdom of Italy (1861-1946)
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