Virginia free press & farmers' repository. [volume] (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1827-1832, 1830-02-10

much laboSh had overcome the defrc, in
themselves. As Demosthencs did. bay.
not been able TO describe TO others IN.
nature OF their efforts. 80 ~ 10 insure
limitation and the author doubts much
whether the quacks who have succeed.
eel an relieving many cases, but in ma.
ny also have failed, or have given onIv
temporary relief. really understood
what precise end IN the action Of the
organs their imperfect direction, were
accomplishing.
Now n sufferer. understanding of
anatomy only what is stated above, will
comprehend whak he Is TO aim Ut. by
being farther told, that when any sound
Is continuing. rs when he is humminc
single note or o tune, the CLOTHS is
necessarily open, and therefore that
when he chooses to begin pronou ncing
or dronipg any simple sound ,as the Of
the word berry Ito do which at once no
sufferer has diticulty)h he thereby opens
the glotiis,& renders the pronunciation
OF any other sound easy. lf. then. in
speaking or reading, he joins his word.
together. as if each phrase formed bur
one long word. or nearly as a person
joins them ~ singing tand this may be
done without its being at all noted as a
popularity of speech, for all persons
do II more ar less in their ordinary con
versation) the voice never stops, the
giottis never closes. and there is Of
course no stuttcr. The author has gi-
ven this explanation or lesson. with an
example, To person who before would
have required half an hour TO read a
page. but who immediately afterwards
read It almost as smoothly as possible
Tor one to do; and who then. on trans
fcrriDg the lesson to the speech. by con-
tinued practice aud attention, obtained
the same facility with respect 10 it,
There are many persons not accounted
peculiar IN their speech, who IN seek
ing words To- express themselves, often
rest long between them on the simple
sound Ut mentioned above saying.
Tor instance, hesitatingly, e | E
think G you may" the sound ne
yer ccasing until the end Of the phrase.
however long the person may require
TO pronounce IL. Now a sufferer, who
10 open his g'ottis at the beginning Of
a phrase, or TO open il in tho middle,
after any interruption. uses such a
sound, would not even az first be more
remarkable than 4 drawing speaker,
and he would onl require to drawl for
little while, until practice facilitated
his command Of the other sounds. Al
though producing the simple sounds
which we call the Of berry, or of the
French words de or que, is u means Of
opening the CLOTHS, which by Sufferers
is very generally found to answer, there
are many cases IN which other means
are more suitable. as the intelligent
prcccptor soon discovers. Were il
possible to divide the nerves Of the
muscles which close the CLOTHS. with.
out at the same time DESTROYING the IA.
Guilty Of producing voice, such an ope
ratiun would be the most immediate
and certain cure of stuttering; aud the
loss Of the faculty of closing the glot-
tis would be of no moment.
The view given above Of the ma
ture of suffering and its cure, explains
the following facts. which To many per-
SIMS have hitherto appeared extraordi-
nary. Sufferers often can sing well.
and without the least in;erruptioB-for
the time being continued. the CLOTHS
does not close. Many Sufferers also
can read poetry well, or any declama
tory composition. in which the uninier-
rupied tone rs almost as remarkable as
ia singing. The cause Of suffering
being 80 simple a. above described, one
rule given aud explained may. IN GER
tain cases, instantly cure the defect.
however aggravated. IS has been ob
served IN not few instances; aud this
explains also why an ignoran: prefen-
der NAV occasionally succeed IN curing,
by giving a rule 81 which be knows not
the reason, and which he cannot mold.
" TO tho pcculiaritics Of other cases.
The same view az the subject explains
! why the speech Of a stultrrer has been
correctly compared TO the escape Of n
liquid from a bottle with long narrow
neck, coming Z" either as q hurried gush
or not at all;" for when the CLOTHS IS
once opened. and the sufferer feels
that lac has the power of utteraDce, he
is glad to hurry out as mans words as
he can before the interruption again oc
ours.
- Should tie authors future cxpc-
riencc enable him to simplify ar render
moro complete the views Of the nature
and cure Of stn,icring. which he has
gwen above, 80 rs 10 facilitate the cure
~ every variety of ease, he will not
; fail 10 publish his remarks"
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