This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... the back of the tongue or the upper rim of the lid, he must not hastily conclude that this is all that can be seen in the case before him. He should, on the contrary, repeat the experiment upon the same person day after day until at last he succeeds, for it must be borne in mind that the proportion of cases ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 edition. Excerpt: ... the back of the tongue or the upper rim of the lid, he must not hastily conclude that this is all that can be seen in the case before him. He should, on the contrary, repeat the experiment upon the same person day after day until at last he succeeds, for it must be borne in mind that the proportion of cases in which a fairly skilled laryngo-scopist is unable to get a satisfactory view of the interior of the larynx is very small indeed. It is generally supposed that it is necessary to cause the singer to put out his tongue, and then to hold it with a cloth in order to get a good laryngeal image; but this is a great mistake. The tongue and the larynx being intimately connected, any movement of the former cannot fail to affect the latter; if, therefore, the investigations with the laryngoscope are to be of any value with regard to the hidden configurations of the voice-box in the production of tone, the formation of the " registers," &c., it is clear that no contortions of any sort must be indulged in. They might help to show the larynx in making some noise, but it would be pointed out, and with great force, that such revelations are of no use. The tongue must remain in its natural place, and if the singer has the power, which he ought to have, of keeping it flat, it will not interfere in the least with the proposed observations. This is shown very plainly in the photograph printed as the frontispiece of this book, with the mirror at the back of the throat, in which a complete image of the larynx in singing is reflected, while the tongue lies so flat as to be practically not visible. We have thus demonstrated the utter groundlessness of the objection urged in some quarters with so much persistency, that all observations with the laryngoscope are...
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