Jussieu cites the case of a girl who was born without a tongue but who spoke very distinctly.

Berdot describes a case in which the tongue was deficient, without apparent disturbance of any of the functions.

Riolan mentions speech after loss of the tongue from small-pox.
Boddington gives an account of Margaret Cutting, who spoke readily and intelligibly, although she had lost her tongue.

Saulquin has an observation of a girl without a tongue who spoke, sang, and swallowed normally.

Aurran, Bartholinus, Louis, Parsons, Tulpius, and others mention speech without the presence of a tongue.
Philib reports a case in which mutism, almost simulating that of one congenitally deaf, was due to congenital adhesions of the tongue to the floor of the buccal cavity.