Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1830-01-09
lNFALLlBLE CURE OF Suffering.

cond volume Of which has just madsits appear
auce. Il IS perhaps the mos, valuable, aud at
the same time the most simple, discovery that
has been made for many years in Medic al Ply
sizes:
The most Common case of suffering, how.
ever, is not, as has been almost universally he.
iieved, where the individual has difficulty in
respect 10 some particular letter or articula.
lion, by The disturbance, 10 the will or power
OF association, of the parts of the mouth which
should form u, bu, where the spasmodic inter
plion occurs altogether behind or beyond The
mouth, viz IN The goilis, SO as TO affect all the
calculations equally To person ignorant Of
anatomy, and therefore knowing not what OF
where the CLOTHS is, it may be sufficient expla-
nation 10 say, that il is the Sill or narrow open
ing at the top of the windpipe, by which the
air passes TO and from The lung,-being stu
ated Jus; behind the root Of the tongue. I, is
hat which is fei, II close suddenly in hiccup,
arres,ing the ingress Of air, aud that which
closes, 10 proven, The egress Of air from the
chest Of person hfung a heavy weight or
making any slraining ,xertion; il is that also,
by the repea ed shuuing Of which person di.
.ldes The sound in pronounoing several times.
in distinct and rapid succession, sny vowel, as
o, o. o, o. Now The gloltis, during common
speech, need never De closed; aud stu,terer
is instsnlly cured, il, by having his attention
properly directed TO il, ne can keep l. open -
Had thr edges OF thin lips Of the CLOTHS been
visible, like The external lips Of the mouth, the
nature Of suffering would NOT so long have
moiped mystery, and the cffor, necessary 20
cure would have forced itself upon The attention
Of the most careless observer; bur because hid
I.n nd al had dot ~
in how far they were concerned, and hr pa
,ien, himself had only vague feeling OF some
difficulty, which after strsnIug, g,imace, ges'i-
cuiation, and somet,mts aimos' e. neral on,u l-
sion Of The body. gave way, the uuo er,sin;y with
respect TO the subject has remaired. Even ma
ny persons who by az cotton and much labor
had overcome the defect in themselves, as De.
mosthenes did, have not been able o describe
to Others the nature Of their flor 5, so to
inSuIe imi'atinp; aud he auIhor doubts much
whether the qnacks who have succeeded in re-
iieying many cases but III m,ny Also have failed,
OF have given only temporary relief, really un-
drrsl ood what precise END in he tor of he
OF CANS their imperfect dirsc lions were accom-
p'ishing.
Nov sufferer, understanding OF ana ,omy
only wha, is stated above, will comptehsu nd
VIVA, he is 20 aim al, by being farther told, that
when any sound is continuing, as when he is
humming a single nore or un., the CLOTHS is
nee. ssar,iv open, and therefore, that when he
chooses TO brgin pronouncing or dronng any
simple sound, as the c of the English word bsrrv
90 do which al once no sufferer has dlfficul,y)
he thereby opens The gio lis, aud renders The
pronun' la, lion OF any o. her sound easy. Ifthen,
in speaking or reading he joins his words 10.
geIher, a, if each pnrsse formed but one long
word, or nearly as person ms them in sing
ing (and this may be done without, lis being al
all noted as peculiarly OF 81 etch. for all per-
sons d. il more or less IN their ordinary con-
versa,ion) he voice never stops, he go;is ne
yer closes, and there is OF course no stu,ttr-
The author has given this explanation or les
son, with an example, 10 person, who before
would have required half an hour 20 read a
page, bat who immediately rfIerwards read it
a!mos, as smoothly as Was possible tor any one
to do; and who then, on transferring he lesson
to the snee, h, by continued practice and aten
ton, OBJ aimed the same facii y with respect 10
it, There are macy persons not acc nurted pc
culisr in their speech, who in seeking words 10
express themselves, often long between
them on the simple sound ofe mentioned above
saving, for instance, hesia,ingly, Z le-
think -y3u may" he sound Never cea,
ing until the end Of the phrase, however Ions
the person may require 20 pronounce IT, M"
a sufferer, who 10 open his gio:,is az he be
ginning Of phrase, or 10 open il In 'he middle
al er any interruption, uses such sound, would
MT even a, frs, be move remarkable than
drawing speaker, and ne would only require 10
drawl for Ii lie while, until practice fscilita
ed MS command OF tnt ether sounds. Alhoue h
producing the simple sound VIII, h we Gail Nh
c OF berry of the French words de que
a IN, IN, Of open ng the gioulS, which by sui
lerers is generally fouod very generally 10 au
;wer, there are many cases in which other
mr. ans art mole sui able, as he intelligent pre-
cep,ur soon discovers. Were il possible 10
IA, ide nerves Of the muscles which close IN.
glotu,s. without at The same Tim, destroying |
the ia ul'y Of producing >oicr, such an opera
ZION would b- Of thr most Imnediae and Ger
tain cure Of suffering; ard The loss of the |
fscully of closing the glouis would be Of no
" The view given above Of the nature OF
S u,iering and lis cure, explains The following |
facts, which To many persons have hitherto APP |
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