Observations on impediments of speech : with some remarks on their successful treatment : in a letter addressed to T. J. Pettigrew / by Richard Cull.

  • Cull, Richard.
Date:
1833
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    several verses without a single recurrence of his defect, while he could scarcely utter a word in speaking without its obtrusion. The relief which empirics have afforded by chance, and the cases of individuals throw- ing off stuttering by their own efforts, are useful in shewing the possibility of cure; and that, if the subject were properly investigated, the permanent removal of every case of impe- diment, from whatever cause it may proceed, would be rendered highly probable. Allow me, then, to preface my observa- tions on the nature, causes, and remedies of stammering, and other impediments of speech, by a few remarks on the structure and func- tions of the parts which form the instruments of voice and speech. At the root of the tongue lies a small bone, which, from its resemblance to the Greek v (u-psilon), is called the hyoid or u-like bone : to this bone is attached a long cartilaginous tube, which extends to the lungs, forming a channel for the conveyance of the air to and from the lungs, constituting breathing.