A treatise on the causes and cure of stuttering : with reference to certain modern theories / by James Wright.

  • Wright, James.
Date:
1835
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Credit: A treatise on the causes and cure of stuttering : with reference to certain modern theories / by James Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    INTRODUCTION. Numerous are the theories and explanations which have been given, respecting the cause and cure of stuttering: but not one of them seems to approach the truth. The system of Dr. Arnott, and also that of Dr. M'Cormac, however plausible, are, nevertheless, proved to be ineffectual. The following letter, transmitted four years ago, to the Editor of the Times newspaper, which I now take the liberty of tran- scribing, clearly demonstrates, that stuttering is not occa- sioned from an attempt to speak, either without breath, or when the glottis is closed. TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES. Wednesday, Jan. 6th, 1830. Sir, Stuttering, or habitual psellismus, is so interesting a part of medical physics, that I cannot resist the temptation of offering one or two remarks on the extract from Dr. Arnott's work, which appeared in your paper of Saturday last. It is a subject which has engaged my attention for years ; but I am free to confess, that after continued and patient inquiry', I have not yet been able to arrive at any satisfactory conclu- sion, respecting what might be called the true physical cause of stuttering. Some medical men suppose, that it depends upon a relaxation of the frcmum lingiice; others are of