Stammering : its treatment / by B. Beasley.

  • Beasley, B.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Stammering : its treatment / by B. Beasley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    must say, that many an existence which would have been bright and joyous has been rendered sad and gloomy, and sometimes cut short, through dwelling on its wretched infirmity. It may however be, that many look upon stammering as an incurable complaint, or that they have been swindled by some of those impostors who profess to cure it, but who know nothing whatever of the malady, and who, by their treatment, prove that they are altogether ignorant of the simplest laws relating to voice and speech. These fellows do an incalculable amount of harm, and prevent stammerers who have been duped by them from applying to those who are honest in their profession, and could give them relief. I could give numerous instances where stammerers have placed them- selves under some of these impostors, and, as a result, been made worse than they were previously, having, through the ignorance of their instructors, acquired baneful habits in addition to those they had before. It may not be out of place to name one or two instances, which may serve as cautions to others not to be deceived in like manner. The mother of a pupil of mine wrote to one of these “ professors. He replied by sending a prospectus stating that he was a medical man of high standing. He also gave his terms. The lady very wisely went to her own medical man, to enquire if there were such a person on the register. It turned out that there was no such name of a duly qualified person, although the charlatan had the impudence to assume the titles only allowed to practitioners of the highest qualifications. He also had the audacity to describe himself as a physician to many institutions which were nothing but myths. As the lady never replied to him, he froirTtime to time sent circulars, in each of which he reduced his terms. They became so low at last, that the imposition became apparent. Another case is that of a young man who was called
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