Cheraw gazette. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1835-1838, 1836-03-01

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"The most common cause Of suffering,
says DR.. A. sis not, as has been almost UNI
vcrsallv believed, where the individual has
difficulty in respect to some particular letter
or articulation, bv the disobedicnce Of the
narts of the mouth which should form it to
the will or power Of association, but where
the spasmodic interruption occurs altogether
behind or beyond the mouth, ri:. in the
glottis, so as TO affect all the artculatlons
equally. To a person ignorant of anatomy,
and therefore knowing not what or where
the CLOTHS is, it may be sufficient cSplana-
lion to say, that it is the silt OF narrow open
ing at the top of the windpipe, by which
the air passes to and from the lungs, beng
situated Just behind the root Of the tongue.
It's that which is felt to close suddenly in
hiccup, arresting the insrcss Of air, and that
which closes to prevent tho cgrcss OF air
from the chest of person lifting heavy
weight, or making any straining cSertion !:
iii that also, by the repeated shutting OF
which q person divides the sound in pro.
nouucing several times, in distinct and rapid
succession, any vowel, as o, o, o, o. Now
the glottis during common speech need nev-
or be closed, and sufferer is nstantly Gu
red, if by having his attention properly dl-
rccted to it, he can keepit open. Had the
edges or thin lips of the G lottis been visible,
like the external lips Of the mouth, the ma
tu.c &C suffering would not so long have
remained mystery, and the effort nccessa-
~ to the .drc would have forced itself upon
the attention Of the most careless observer: ::
but because hidden, and professional men
had not detected in how far they were con-
ccrncd, and the patient himself had only a
yaaue feeling Of some difficulty, which, al.
fer s:raining, grimacc, gcs:i :ulatlon: and
sometimes almost general convulslon OF the
body, gave way, the uncertainty with respect
to the subject has remained. Even many
pcrsons who by attention and much labor
had overcome the defect in themselves, as
Dep,osthcncs did, have not been able to de-
scribe to others tho nature of their efforts
so IS 10 insure imitation: and the author
donbts much whether the quacks who nave
succeeded in relieving many cases. ou' IN
manvalso have G,iled, or have gwen only
temporary relief, really understood what
precise end in the action Of the organs their
,mncrfect directions were accomplishing.
..Now sufferer, understanding OF anat'
ony only what is stated above VIII COM
prchend what he is to aim at, by beng lar
iher told, that when any sound is continuing,
as when he is humming single note or a
tune, tho glottis is necessarily open; ana
therefore, that when he chooses to begin
pronouncing or dron;ng any simple sound
rs the of the English word berry; ito 40
which at once no sufferer has dithculty,)
he thereby opens the glottis, and renders the
pronunciation Of any other sound easy. II
then, in speaking or reading he joins: his
words together, nearly as q person IONS
them in singing, (and this may be done w'1nI
out its being at all noted Is peculiarly cl
speech, for many persons do 1t in Their ordl'
nary conversation the voice never stops
the elotter neves closes, and there Is OF course
no stuttcr. The author has given tins les
son, with IN example, to person, who BE-
fore would have required half an hour to
read page, but who afterwards read 1t al
most as smoothly as it was possible Tor any
one to do; and who then, on transferring
the lesson to the speech, by continued prac.
tice and attention, obtained the same facltit!y
with respect to it. There arc many per
sons not accounted peculiar in their speech
who. msecking words to express themselves
'aa, 80, bo,wecp them on the simple sount
of e mentioned above, saying, for instance
hesitatngly, Il Geo. think c.. -, yE' .S
may,''-thc sound never ceaslns un'l' TAX
end of the sentence, however long the per
son may require to pronounce it. NOW
sufferer, who, to open his glottis at the be b,
ginning Of phrase, or to open Il III the ma
die after any interruption, uses such a souno
would not even at first be more remarkao!'
than drawing speaker, and he would onl,
REQUIRE to drawl for little while, until prac
,ice facilitated his command of The othe
sounds. Although producing the slmpl
sound which we call the G of berry, or o
the French word feic, is means of open
inr the glottis, which by Sufferers is foun'
very generally to answer, there are man,
cases in which other means are more suitd
bic, as the intelligent preceptor soon discov
ers. Were it possible to divide the nerve
Of the muscles which close the glottis, with
out at the same time destroying the tacu!t
of producing voice, such an operation Woui
be the most immediate and certain cure G
suffering; and the loss of the faculty G
closing the glotts would be Of no moment
"The view given above of the nature Q
suffering and its cure, explains the following
facts, which to many persons have hitherto
appeared extraordinary. Sufferers o!tes