Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — She Spoke Without a Tongue [ARTICLE]

She Spoke Without a Tongue

One of the most remarkable cases on record was that of a woman, well authenticated at the beginning of the last century, who had no tongue, and yet spoke with perfect clearness. She was brought to Lisbon, in Spain, by Count d’Ericeya, from Monsary, in the Territory of Elvaa, Portugal, and the following acoount is given of her by an eminent divine: “She is 17 years old, but does not look more than 7. She can pronounce distinctly every letter in the alphatiet. She has not tbe least bit of a tongue, but the teeth in both sldfeS of her under jaw turn very much inward and almost meet. Her chief difficulty is in eating, for while others move their food with their tongue, she is forced to use her finger. She says that she tastes well. Her voice, though very distinct, is a little hollow and like that of old people wife have lost their teeth.”—[Detroit Free Press.