aphonia
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Odier has known a woman who was affected with aphonia whenever exposed to the odor of musk, but who immediately recovered after taking a cold bath.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
Slight forms of structural aphonia are of a catarrhal nature, resulting from more or less congestion and tumefaction of the mucous and submucous tissues of the larynx and adjoining parts.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
Ball records a curious case of what he calls hysteric aphonia.
From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle
At first this seemed unaccountable, but later it was found that the old woman for whom the patient had been caring had a "stroke" with loss of the power to speak, though no aphonia.
From The Journal of Abnormal Psychology, Volume 10 by Various
The same may be said of feigned insanity, aphonia, deaf-mutism, and loss of memory.
From Aids to Forensic Medicine and Toxicology by W. G. Aitchison (William George Aitchison ) Robertson
