ID# 2380:
 "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 7273 4. But I noticed that she grasped her pencil in the left hand and wrote as freely as before. She then was asked to write her name & address, which is shown below. [inserted text, written backward] I tried to think of simple sentences and the simplest one I could think of was "I see a cat" - Then "oracabessa[?]". Hold these sentences to the mirror to read them. [inserted text, written backward] [end]

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