Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 197, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1917 — RECOVERS POWER OF SPEECH [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

RECOVERS POWER OF SPEECH

Joseph Getzelowitz, dumb from birth, suddenly recovered his power of speech in Bellevue hospital, New York, while recovering from a fall. Several boys had been tormenting Getzelowitz In Henry street, near the home of his sister, where he HvcW. Trv chasing the boys, he stumbled and fell. A policeman picked him up and had kJrii sent to Bellevue. There the physician* examined the young Russian and Jcaml that his vocal chords had all the appearances of being normal and in their opinion simply lacked the will to talk. While reading a prayer book he suddenly began speaking Yiddish with ease a<v.i ;«rfect pronunciation. . 4 He now speaks a few words of English. *