The Late Dr. Francis Warner

The recent death of Dr. Warner in his eightieth year, is an event which must command the sympathy and regret of the readers of Mental Welfare. For many years past he had been retired from active work, but in the l'atter part of last century his name was one of the best known among those working in the field to which this journal is devoted. He was, indeed, a leader in the way in which he approached the subject of mental deficiency, emphasising, as he d;d, the indications of defective brain action that could be obtained by the close and skilled observation of movements and postures. He pointed out that from a careful study and appreciation of certain physical signs, a fair inference as to the