The etiology of stammering and methods for its treatment / by William Browning, M.D.

  • Browning, William
Date:
1915
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Credit: The etiology of stammering and methods for its treatment / by William Browning, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a. and p. slightly accentuated. Area of cardiac dulness not enlarged. Hemoglobin, 100 per cent. Thymus dulness 5 cm. across at top; not palpable at sternal notch. Dilated subcutaneous veins about whole upper front chest region, laterally out to the shoulders, and downward from the thymus, but not on abdomen. Maximum circumference of head 52, 0 (hair short). C. I. (i. e.j cephalic index), 83, 1. An intercurrent dysentery that May; speech after that again much worse so that at times he could not talk at all; thymic dulness increased to 6.5 cm. across. (The illustration, used in 1910 and also by Sajous, in the New York Medical Journal, was from this case, with a slightly fancy finish by the artist but essentially correct.) Case 2.—Boy of 10 years. January, 1910, per Dr. L. G. Langstaff. Parents English. Is the sixth of seven children, “none of them like him.” Two oldest dead; one at two weeks, and one of diphtheria at 15 years. Possible blow on vertex five years ago, but no mark. Has always stammered some, at times badly, and again he talks fairly; worse toward night. Some mental defect noticed now four years. “He doesn’t get along at school.” Is not a complainer. Is both good-natured and at the same time irritable; angers quickly. Always wants to be on the go. Frontal head¬ ache “once a month” or so. Sleeps mostly on the back; very restless. Still wets the bed almost nightly. Formerly slept with mouth open; and mouth is still dry in the morning. Dark complexion. Pleasant face. Inclines to be pale. Fair size. Ht. 4 ft. 5^4 ins. Wt. 69 lbs. “He always wants to be drinking.” P. 100. Systolic, 114. Hemoglobin, 93 per cent. No murmur; yet the heart action is somewhat tumultuous, and
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