Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 272, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1916 — DREAM RESTORES HIS SPEECH [ARTICLE]

DREAM RESTORES HIS SPEECH

Welsh Soldier Recovers the Power in London Hospital Lost in Battle.

London. Many remarkable instances of the recovery of soldiers of the power of speech, lost through shell shock or wounds, have been told. The latest is that of a Welshman, Private Morris, who had his voice restored In a dream. He was Injured during the battle.of the Somme, and on recovering consciousness found that he had lost the power of speech. While in a hospital In London be dreamed that he was back in the trenches and that a shell burst near him. He shouted at the top of his voice, and on waking was spoken to about it. To bis astonishment he found be was able to reply.