Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 November 1893 — A Cure for Stammering. [ARTICLE]

A Cure for Stammering.

A gentleman who stammered from childhood up to manhood gives a very simple remedy for his misfortune. He says: “Go Into- a room where you will be quiet and alone, get some book that will interest but not excite you, and sit do wn and read two hours aloud to yourself, keeping your teeth together. Do this every two or three days—or once a week if very tiresome —always taking care to read slowly and distinctly, moving the lips but not the teeth. Then, when conversing with others, try to speak as slowly and distinctly as possible, and make up your mind that you will not stammer. “The first result was to make my jaws ache—that is, while I was reading—and the next to make me feel as if something bad loosened my talking apparatus, for I could speak with less difficulty immediately. The change was so great that every one who knew me remarked it. I repeated this remedy every five or six days for a month, and then at longer intervals until cured. ”