Stammering, its cause and cure . well as afailure of the two parts simultaneously andharmoniously to respond to the mentalaction. The conscious mind may be considered theactive mind, and is capable of direct controlof the subconscious mind, providing the sub-conscious mind is not controlled by an ideaor doubt. The co-ordinated action of themind and the organs of speech can begetterexplained by closely studying the diagramon the next page. (You will note that thisis gotten up in the form of a telephone sys-tem, the conscious mind being the exchangeand the subconscious mind the operatingpower. H
Stammering, its cause and cure . well as afailure of the two parts simultaneously andharmoniously to respond to the mentalaction. The conscious mind may be considered theactive mind, and is capable of direct controlof the subconscious mind, providing the sub-conscious mind is not controlled by an ideaor doubt. The co-ordinated action of themind and the organs of speech can begetterexplained by closely studying the diagramon the next page. (You will note that thisis gotten up in the form of a telephone sys-tem, the conscious mind being the exchangeand the subconscious mind the operatingpower. Here there are wires running to theorgans of speech.) Now, when the brain desires to express anidea, it at once gets into communication withthe power station, which in turn connectswith the organs of speech, making a completecircuit. But suppose there should be a com-plication between the brain or the telephoneexchange and the power station; there wouldnot be a proper connection with the organs Stammering—Its Cause and Cure 17. 18 Stammering—Its Cause and Cure of speech, causing disjointed syllables or im-proper articulation. Therefore, co-ordinated muscular move-ment, which involves complicated nerve ac-tion—controlled directly by the dictation ofthe brain—is necessary for normal speech. MECHANICAL AND MENTALOBSTRUCTIONS TO SPEECH Next to being dumb, stammering is one ofthe most common obstructions to perfectspeech. The question has often been askedwhy the medical profession, as a whole, hasneglected the study of stammering. I do notknow whether the subject was thought to beof minor importance or that the many intri-cacies entering into its study caused it to besidetracked in favor of a few specialists. Ihave asked quite a few well-known phy-sicians to explain the cause of stammering,but I have yet to get a satisfactory answer. In ancient history we find that much atten-tion was paid to the impediment of speechby the Romans and Greeks, and many the-ories were advanced a
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