Rockey, Denyse.

Speech disorder in nineteenth century Britain : the history of stuttering / Denyse Rockey. - London : Croom Helm, c1980. - 280 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.

Includes index.

Bibliography: p. 258-267.

List of figures and tables // Abbreviations and bibliographic details // Acknowledgements // Preface // Introduction // Lines from the stammerer's complaint // Emergence of the problem // A new profession // Notions of causality // Irregularities of the peripheral speech organs // Neurological and psychological influences // Therapeutic practices // Medicine and surgery // Didactic techniques and remedial aids // Conclusion// Bibliography // Index //

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Stuttering--History--Great Britain--19th century.
Speech disorders--History--Great Britain--19th century.

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