Stammering, and other imperfections of speech, treated by surgical operations on the throat / [James Yearsley].

  • Yearsley, James, 1805-1869
Date:
1841
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Credit: Stammering, and other imperfections of speech, treated by surgical operations on the throat / [James Yearsley]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    STAMMERING, &c. The different degrees of Stammering and vocal imper¬ fections form a class of maladies so distressing, that no apology is required for publishing any safe and rational means by which they may be alleviated. Persons who suffer from these affections, however otherwise fitted by the pos¬ session of talent to elevate themselves in society, are almost inevitably restricted to subordinate situations. A confirmed stammerer is not only himself rendered miserable, and a source of painful feelings to his immediate circle of friends, but the distressing spectacle of his infirmity obtrudes itself upon all who come in contact with him. It has lately occurred to me to witness Stammering of a more aggravated character than any I had before conceived to exist; in some cases the defect has almost amounted to total dumbness, the effort to speak proving so painful and prolonged, that the sufferers have practised writing their thoughts instead of attempting oral communication. In extreme cases the miserable deprivation has preyed on minds at all sensitive so deeply, as to produce a melancholy condition bordering on insanity. Many have confessed to me that they have often B