ABLE TO WRITE BUT UNABLE TO READ.

Otaki Mail, Volume XXVIII, 30 June 1920, Page 4

ABLE TO WRITE BUT UNABLE TO READ.

j A witness in a ciisc at Ashby-de-la- ! i /ouch was found to in* suffering from | I the strange alfecdiou called *' alexin.’ ' J I Though aide to write and spell per- ! J Cecily. |je eoidd not read, says ‘‘l’ear--1 .-(mi's Weekly. f * This applied not only to printed matter. Imi even to wliat lie had written himself. Then* are several similar diseases, i all of which ae very peculiar. In tin* patient is unable j to explain his thoughts by means of speech. It is a most painful business for the sufferer tries de.-pera?ely to talk, bid never gets hold of «. ne correct word. I’or instance. if hr means 1o sa w ‘‘.(low d(» you do.’ T * lie may say as an actual instance, ‘‘Throw me out i of window. 1 ■ Sometimes lo* can form sentenews. snm-t iim*s the words he utters are a mere meaningless jumble. The worst of it is that he i\ aow s pe,fo.-tly well wliat he wants to say. .1 1 is not as if he w ere OIV his liead. The * ’ lesion, ? ’ or weakness, alVecis only one particular peri h• 11 of the brain. A third form is ‘‘ a graphin. 7 7 or the often a person who has done a deal of writing, and the blow Jails r.uite suddenly. lb* can read as well as ever. | not form a single letter, let alone a