Part one of term paper
During the last one hundred years scientists and doctors have been studying why some people can not stay still and pay attention. The first documented mention in a Medical text of was in 1904 in the British journal Lancet. The Story of Fidgety Philip "Let me see if Philip can Be a little gentleman; Let me see if he is able To sit still f ...

Part two of term paper
... and wild, Till his chair falls over quite. Philip screams with all his might, Catches at the cloth, but then That makes matters worse again. Down upon the ground they fall, Glasses, plates, knives, forks and all. How Mama did fret and frown, When she saw them tumbling down! And Papa made such a face! Philip is in sad disgrace… Until the early 20th century, patients with Attention Deficit Disorder were concidered stupid and lazy. At this point medicine and psychology begin to study the cause ...