Clergyman's sore throat and past-nasal catarrh : causes, symptoms, and treatment : for speakers and singers / by George Stoker.

  • Stoker George.
Date:
1884
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Credit: Clergyman's sore throat and past-nasal catarrh : causes, symptoms, and treatment : for speakers and singers / by George Stoker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    OHAPTEE II.. HOW IT IS known; or, its signs AN]> SYMPTOMS. In the case of persons sufOering from Clergy- man’s Sore Throat, the first symptom that awakens them to. the seriousness of their con- dition is hmJdneds- or hoarseness of voice, and gradually increasing incapability of continued speaking. This will fie recognized under dif- ferent circumstances and at different times, according to the occupation of the patient. A clergyman is conscious that toAvards the end of his sermon his voice is failing and sounds husky, his tlu’oat feels diy and stuffy,—he tries in vain to clear it by short coughs, and he finishes in an almost inaudible voice. A public speaker notices that he is no longer able to make lengthened speeches in the same clear voice as heretofore. A singer feels that although the first song is got through well