Cretinism
a kind of idiocy prevalent in various Alpine valleys. In most, if not in all cases, the afflicted person has an ugly swelling called a goître on the neck. The mental deficiency varies in degree, being in some cases so great that the unhappy person thus affected is unable to do anything for himself, and cannot even articulate words; in others there are some faint glimmerings of mind.
CREUSE (krez), a river and a department in the center of France. The river rises near Féniers, on the N. slope of Mont Odouze, and flows 146 miles N. W. till it falls into the Vienne, a tributary of the Loire, 12 miles N. of Chatelleeducated at Harrow and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs (Earl Granville), 1883-1884; Lord-in-Waiting to Queen Victoria, 1886; Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, 1892-1895; Lord President of the Council, 1905-1908; and 1915-1916; Lord Privy Seal, 1908 and 1912-1915; Secretary of State for the Colonies, 1907-1910; Secretary of State for India, 1910-1915; President of the Board of Education, 1916; Chairman L. C. C., 1917. He is H. M. Lieutenant of the County of London; Elder Brother of Trinity House; and Chancellor of Sheffield University. His works include: "Stray Verses," and numerous political and literary articles.