Observations on psellismus, or stammering, with accompanying cases of cure / by Joseph Poett, senior.

  • Poett, Joseph, 1784-1850.
Date:
1828
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Credit: Observations on psellismus, or stammering, with accompanying cases of cure / by Joseph Poett, senior. 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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    with the proximate cause of his impediment; but let it not for a moment be imag-ined, that such a knowledg-e has as yet been made pub- lic—it has been discovered only by myself, and rests with me, for the present, an impe- netrable secret. The Stammerer, on the contrary, requires the aid and direction of a skilful practitioner, who is well acquainted with his profession, and one calculated to g-ain an ascendancy over the mind of his patient. Possessed of these qualifications, and put in possession of my discovery, he must succeed in every case he undertakes to cure. With few exceptions, persons labouring- under Impediments of Speech are peculiarly sensitive, and averse to any proceeding- which mig-ht make them or their affection the sub- ject of critical observation; hence, most of my patients have rendered it oldigatory on me not only to conceal their names, but even their references, from the casual inquirer. Such promises I consider myself sacredly
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