BENSON BOBRICK

William Lilly, un notable astrólogo inglés, hizo en 1647 un horóscopo para Carlos I, y escribió: "La Luna se encuentra en Antares, una maléfica estrella fija, que simboliza muerte violenta, y Marte se acerca a la estrella Caput Algol, que indica decapitación". Dos años más tarde, la cabeza del rey rodaba en el cadalso.

A former stutterer, Benson Bobrick here offers his perspective on the condition as well as an interesting history of how physicians have treated it.Stuttering, or stammering (the terms are interchangeable clinically), occurs four times more frequently in males and ranges from mild hesitation in speech to severe disability. Hot irons were applied...