Hektoen International

A Journal of Medical Humanities

Tag: Mathew Reidy

  • Looking back and forward: a personal view on public care

    Matthew ReidyShrewsbury, Massachusetts, United States September 10, 1927Mrs. Mary Reidy99 Downing Street, Worcester, Mass.Dear Mrs. Reidy: Your little girl Katherine was examined in our out-patient clinic on Thursday, and she presents a complicated problem.  She is nearly 12 years of age and psychological tests show that she has a mental age of less than 3…