Stammering, practically considered; with the treatment in detail / By T. Bartlett.

  • Bartlett, T. (Thomas), 1789-1864.
Date:
1839
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    I am at a loss to conceive how it was possible for medical men, aware that all the organs of speech are capable of the most minute exami~- nation, and conscious that the difficulty is not constant, could have countenanced the vulgar error, that stammering proceeds from malform- ation. It is very clear, that the impediment cannot arise from an imperfect formation of the organs of speech, since the difficulty does not at all times exist; hence it is impossible that the formation can have any reference to the malady. If it were possible for any doubt to exist on this point, it would, I think, be dispelled by the strong opinion recorded by T. Sheridan, who must be acknowledged by all to be no common authority on a question of this nature.—“I dare boldly affirm, that of the multitude of instances which offer, of a ' vitiated articulation, there is not one in a thou- sand which proceeds from any natural defect or impediment*.” So far from its being true that stammering is caused by malformation, it * Lectures on Elocution, by THos. SHeripan, A.M. p. 59. B2
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