Memoir on the radical cure of stuttering, by a surgical operation / by J.F. Dieffenbach ; translated from the German, by Joseph Travers.

  • Dieffenbach, Johann Friedrich, 1792-1847.
Date:
1841
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Credit: Memoir on the radical cure of stuttering, by a surgical operation / by J.F. Dieffenbach ; translated from the German, by Joseph Travers. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    healed, the back part of the tongue alone was very inconsiderably swelled, and the boy quite re-esta- blished. At this present time, not the slightest trace of stuttering remains, not the slightest vibration of the muscles of the face, not the most inconsiderable play of the lips. His speech is throughout clear, well-toned, even, and flowing. Neither inward emo- tions nor unexpected external impressions, produce the slightest hesitation; he can speak, read, and entertain himself, indifi'erently with friends or stran- gers. On the tenth day after the operation, I had the honour to present him to his Excellency the Baron Humboldt, who testified the livehest interest in the happy re-establishment of the boy. Many physicians of this town can speak personally as to the perfect success of this case. Messrs. Schoen- lein, Miiller, Lichtenstein, Krause, Romberg, and Busse saw him, and the last-mentioned interrupted him whilst reading, by desiring him to repeat the word Preobadschenskoy, which he did without the slightest hesitation. The members of the Berlin Med. Society, have also bestowed their attention on this interesting case. The operations with excision of a portion of the tongue, which, encouraged by the successful issue of this case, I have since undertaken, have met with a similar success.