The treatment of hoarseness & loss of voice by the direct application of galvanism to the vocal cords : illustrated with cases / by Morell Mackenzie.

  • Mackenzie, Sir Morell, 1837-1892.
Date:
1863
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Credit: The treatment of hoarseness & loss of voice by the direct application of galvanism to the vocal cords : illustrated with cases / by Morell Mackenzie. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    vanism once (on the 27th); hut the voice was really re- stored by the first application. Case xiv. Aphonia of Five Months' standing cured by One Application of Galvanism to the Vocal Cords. Miss Gertrude S., a pretty child, aged 10, suffering from loss of voice, but otherwise healthy, was brought to me, on August 27th, by Mr. Taylor of Guildford. Mr. Taylor gave the following account of the little patient’s aphonia. He was called to see her in March, when he found her sitting up in bed, and breathing excessively quickly. The physical signs did not at all explain the rapid re- spiration ; and he was struck with its remarkably ner- vous character. An attack of bronchitis, in which the nervous symptoms predominated, afterwards developed itself; and on recovery it was noticed that the child had lost her voice. Various tonics were tried in vain; and change of air to Brighton (where a laryngoscopic ex- amination was made by Dr. Ormerod) failed to restore the voice. Finding that the larynx was quite healthy, with the exception of a relaxed state of the vocal cords, in the presence of Mr. Taylor and the child’s parents I applied galvanism to the vocal cords. The voice was then and there perfectly restored; and when the little girl left me, she was able to speak in her natural voice. T. RICHARDS, 37, GREAT QUEEN STREET.
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