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Garrison-Morton-Norman History of Medicine

PAGET, Sir Richard Arthur Surtees (1869 – 1955)

1869 – 1955

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1930 CE

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Human speech. Some observations, experiments, and conclusions as to the nature, origin, purpose and possible improvement of human speech.

PAGET, Sir Richard Arthur Surtees (1869 – 1955)

Paget believed that speech originated in the "pantomimic action" of the lips and tongue related to the speaker's senses and emotions. This led to his central thesis that hand signs and gestures were the original form …