"William Thornton" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... who had given the matter thought was Dr. William Thornton of Philadelphia, who in 1793 published "Cadmus: a Treatise on the Elements of Written Language", there being an appendix on "A Mode of Teaching the Deaf, or Surd, and Consequently Dumb, to Speak". Transactions of American Philosophical Society, iii., p. 262, as cited in Association ...
— The Deaf - Their Position in Society and the Provision for Their - Education in the United States • Harry Best |
