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The Laryngoscope and Nineteenth-Century British Understanding of Laryngeal Movements (2019)

Lorch, Marjorie Perlman (Author)
Whurr, Renata (Author)

Journal of the History of the Neurosciences
Volume: 28
Issue: 2
Pages: 262-276

URI: https://doi.org/10.1080/0964704X.2019.1589874

DOI: 10.1080/0964704X.2019.1589874

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Visualization Scientific apparatus and instruments Human physiology Human anatomy Laryngology 19th century Great Britain

The source of the human voice is obscured from view. The development of the laryngoscope in the late 1850s provided the potential to see the action of the vocal folds during speaking for the first time. This new instrument materially contributed to the understanding of vocal fold neuroanatomy, neurophysiology, and neuropathology. The laryngoscope led to elaborated understanding of disorders that previously were determined by changes in sound. The objective of this paper is to detail the consequences of this novel visualization of the larynx, and to trace how it aided in the development of understanding of the movements of the vocal folds. This is demonstrated through an examination of the activities and practices of a group of London clinicians in the second half of the nineteenth century.

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