ID# 2383:
 "A Person who writes Backwards," handwritten report with photo and writing samples, conducted in Jamaica by Morris Steggerda
Date:
1927
Pages: (1|2|3|4|5|6|7)
Source:
 National Museum of Health and Medicine, Otis Historical Archives, Steggerda, Box 12 Folder 118, 97 7270
&quote;A Person who writes Backwards,&quote; handwritten report with photo and writing samples, conducted in Jamaica by Morris Steggerda

Oct 31927 97 7276 7. her natural writing was backwards. It is told that the school inspector first noticed it in an examination in dictation. - I assume that she was taught the forward writing with her right hand in school, because although[sic] not having written for years she yet is as accomplished as when she was in school. If she were a very bright person one might reason that she was just "clever" but she is far from it. No doubt some part of her brain is affected. Morris Steggerda Jamaica 1927 [end]

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