Remember our recent but recurring discussion of Little Albert and 
whence he had gone? When last heard from, he was an infant in the 
Harriet Lane Home for Invalid Children, where his mother was a wet 
nurse. 

In checking out the source for my Dionne quint post, I came across a 
fresh reference to him. It led to Cohen (1979), who said:

"Albert was adopted by a family that lived outside Baltimore and no 
futher tests could be made" (p. 144).

 There is no specific source given for the claim that Albert was 
adopted but Cohen gives a general reference for his account of the 
Albert experiment as "Notes by Rosalie Rayner in the possession of 
Jim Watson". 

If Albert were adopted, it would certainly make tracing him more 
difficult.

Stephen

Cohen, D. (1979). J.B. Watson, the Founder of Behaviourism. London:
   Routledge & Kegan Paul.

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