Lip chorea and paresis of the external pterygoid muscles : commonly called 'stammering' / by Edward Blake.

  • Blake, Edward.
Date:
1890
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Credit: Lip chorea and paresis of the external pterygoid muscles : commonly called 'stammering' / by Edward Blake. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    Of course the voice is modified by every part with which sound comes in contact on its way from the glottis, but with timbre, tone or quality we are not here concerned. Intelligibleness, depending more on clearness of enunciation, is the matter in hand, and that is directly related to the mobility of the lower jaw and the plasticity of the lower lip —two conditions which are usually, though not necessarily, coexistent. That the brain may be a positive hindrance to a stammerer is shown by the following case :— Miss —, aged 30. Paternal grandfather had heart disease. Father has aortic obstruction. Mother subject to rheumatism. Had scarlatinal dropsy at four, and has stammered ever since. Has a stammering brother who is also epileptic. Has lateral spinal curvature, enlarged tonsils and cervical and aural catarrh, memory and spirits bad; has a dull and stolid look, gets recurrent vertical headache, and is much troubled with flatulence. Very shallow breathing. The right lung was much compressed owing to a lumbar curve to the right. The erector spin® of the left side was carefully developed by passive and active movements, and by electro-massage. The patient was taught the rare art of breathing. The lips and lower jaw were educated to greater play and power. She read aloud daily in French,