A NEW SURGICAL WONDER
AN ABTIFICIAI VOICE. A remarkable invention is that which has been brought into use by Professor Anderson Stuart, of the Sydney University, which has enabled a man who by operation in the throat had been rendered voiceless, to speak for hours with perfect case. The principle of the invention is that a reed is adjusted in a tube occupying a position in the larynx so that a current of breath over it causes it to vibrato and produce a sound which, governed by the articulating organs and the resonance of the mouth and nose, results in a remarkably good voice being produced. The voice is a monotone, slightly metallic in character, but perfectly intelligible, clear, and pleasant to listen to. In the invention there is an ingenious contrivance by which the accumulation of the natural fluids of the mouth and air passages which would impair the working of the larynx is prevented. One of the features of tho invention is that by changing the reed tho man who used tho apparatus could e<piip himself witli a soprano, a tenor, a contralto, or a bass voico as lie pleased. The medical faculty is much interested in this invention, which is said to be the most perfect appliance yet devised for artificially replacing a larynx that has been removed.
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Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 3, Issue 153, 6 November 1895, Page 4
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221A NEW SURGICAL WONDER Hot Lakes Chronicle, Volume 3, Issue 153, 6 November 1895, Page 4
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