He inserted under the stump of the tongue a small piece of wood, in a most marvelous way replacing the missing member.

Articulation with the absence of some constituent of the vocal apparatus has been spoken of on page 254.
Hypertrophy of the Tongue .-- It sometimes happens that the tongue is so large that it is rendered not only useless but a decided hindrance to the performance of the ordinary functions into which it always enters.
Ehrlich, Ficker, Klein, Rodforffer, and the Ephemerides, all record instances in which a large tongue was removed either by ligation or amputation.

Von Siebold records an instance in which death was caused by the ligature of an abnormally sized tongue.

There is a modern record of three cases of enormous tongues, the result of simple hypertrophy.
In one case the tongue measured 6 1/4 inches from the angle of the mouth about the sides and tip to the opposite angle, necessitating amputation of the protruding portion.
Carnochan reports a case in which hypertrophy of the tongue was reduced to nearly the normal size by first tying the external carotid, and six weeks later the common carotid artery.

Chalk mentions partial dislocation of the lower jaw from an enlarged tongue.