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CHAPTER VI
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He was seen to have two glottic orifices with associate bands.

The treatment was directed to the catarrh and consequent paresis of the posterior bands, and he soon lost his evidences of double voice.
{footnote} The following is a description of the laryngeal formation of a singer who has recently acquired considerable notice by her ability to sing notes of the highest tones and to display the greatest compass of voice.

It is extracted from a Cleveland, Ohio, newspaper: "She has unusual development of the larynx, which enables her to throw into vibration and with different degrees of rapidity the entire length of the vocal cords or only a part thereof.

But of greatest interest is her remarkable control over the muscles which regulate the division and modification of the resonant cavities, the laryngeal, pharyngeal, oral, and nasal, and upon this depends the quality of her voice.

The uvula is bifurcated, and the two divisions sometimes act independently.


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