Edouard Seguin worked in the dead city.
 In 1866 he published "Idiocy: and its Treatment by the Physiological Method"; a book in which he described the methods used at the "Sguin Physiological School" in New York City
 Programs used in Sguin's schools stressed the importance of developing self-reliance and independence in the intellectually disabled by giving them a combination of physical and intellectual tasks

