Jackson County sentinel. (Gainesboro, Tenn.) 1914-current, 1921-09-29

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and as per cent had marked hyper
thyroid conditions. With such
diagnosis, the futility OF sending these
men for treatment N the so-called
suffering schools or by elocutionlsts
or Psychologists becomes apparent.
"Some writer's have maintained that
the neurasthenic and other troubles
were caused by the suffering and not
the cause of the suffering. This We
feel to be fallacy, owing to several
factors which viii present. Since the
war suffering has been studied, the
fact has been brought out that the
same type Of temperament ,was pres
ent before the suffering and the
hereditary factors are virtually the
same In those individuals who slut
tered, but who never experienced war,
and in those who suffered owing TO
strain in service, but who saw no &C
tive service under fire at the front,
and in those who suffered previous
to service, but relapsed under the
strain, and in those who did not slut
ter previous to experience under she'll
Are and In fighting.
"In the comparison of 40 soldiers
with 200 school children from one to
eighteen years old interesting facts
are brought to light. A comparison
Of the personality showed that 10 per
cent of the children and 8 per cent
Of the soldiers were classed as show
ing no marked variation; 50 per cent
of the children showed marked inferi-
ority feelings, showing themselves
either In timidlty or In overcompen-
sations by extreme holiness; "a per
cent of the soldiers came In this class
85 per cent Of the children and "a per
cent Of the soldiers were markedly
moody, either Of the temper, sulky, de-
preston or of the hypomanlac (moder-
ate mania) types. In addition, 8 per
cent Of the soldiers were apathetic and
dull; none Of the children were so
classed Whether this is true varia-
ton or a mistake In classification In
the group Of school children would
probably be demonstrated In study
Of a larger group.
"A study of the variation shown In
the symptoms Of suffering itself is
indicative of It's functional etiology.
OF the children, % were worse at
school than at home; two were worse
in town than in the country, one was
worse on vacation, 10 were given to
complete remission in suffering, one
suffers only In school, one shutters
while at Polish, one shutters only In
speaking to his father one never slut
tiers while at play, one never shutters
with members Of his own sex, one gets
worse at intervals of three or four
days, one is worse after an operation
for adenoids and tonsils Undertaken
to cure the stutter) one suffered for
three weeks only, and so on, with such
variations for virtually the entire
group.
some Lost neir opoecn.
Among the soldiers six began to
stutter with service at the front Give
of these began with aphonla-lOss of
speech) seven were sufferers who
relapsed with service at the front;
one who had suffered severely had
a complete remission while at the
front, until he got UP into Germany
and became homeslck; six who had
suffered previously relapsed with
service in this country (such as fight,
runaway horse and close shave
with an exploslon) one relapsed with
the draft and one relapsed with lnfiu-
enza. Many of these men have trouble
at the telephone, although they do no
have any trouble II the RECEIVER Is
closed, but begin TO stutter immediate
ly when It is opened. I"
another factor which contributes to
our belief that there Is an underlying
weakness of the motor system Is the
relatively high percentage Of Sufferers
who have been changed from left to
right-handednesS. Ballard says that
the generally conceded percentage Of
left-handed people In the population Is
about 8 per cent. In the 200 school
children we found 12.5 per cent who
were left-handed. 11.5 per cent OF
whom were changed for writing; and
among the soldiers lbs per cent, all
of whom were changed for writing.
"There is also the problem Of heredi-
tary tendency. There seems TO be a
marked disposition In the families Of
these individuals toward defects OF
speech--not only Of suffering, but also
the other defects. In the families of
I2.5 per cent of these cases there were
defects of speech. In 81 per cent OF
the families there was suffering, and
in 20 per cent there were both slut
tering and other defects. That this
is not primarily problem Of imlta
ton or faulty learning is shown by the
fact that many of these patients had
never seen the person so affected; for
example, the grandparent suffered,
but died before the child was born,
etc.
There is very little relationship be-
tween poor health and the severity Of
suffering but an exact and surpris-
Ing correlation between social adapta-
ton and the severity of the symptom.
"The treatment and re-education of