{"1": {"fulltext": "RC 424\\n.L7\\n1896\\nCopy 2", "height": "4366", "width": "3137", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0001.jp2"}, "2": {"fulltext": "LIBRARY OF CONGRESS.\\nChap.. Copyright No.\\nShelf. [_ 7\\nJS94\\nUNITED STATES OF AMERICA.", "height": "4132", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0002.jp2"}, "3": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0003.jp2"}, "4": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4262", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0004.jp2"}, "5": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0005.jp2"}, "6": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4267", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0006.jp2"}, "7": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0007.jp2"}, "8": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4223", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0008.jp2"}, "9": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0009.jp2"}, "10": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4269", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0010.jp2"}, "11": {"fulltext": "THE\\nOrigin of Stammering\\nGeo. Andrew Lewis.\\nA severe stammerer for more than twenty years.)\\nPRINCIPAL AND FOUNDER OF\\nThe Lewis Phonometric Method.\\nRegistered at patent offices in the\\nUnited States and Canada.\\nFor the Permanent Cure of\\nSTAMMERING and STUTTERING,\\nAnd all other forms of Imperfect Utterance\\nof Speech and Articulation.\\nA practical and scientific treatise on the ORIGIN and CAUSE of SPEECH\\nDEFECTS with original illustrations, showing the difference between\\nthe mild and severe type^ of stammering. Lectures delivered be-\\nfore the members of the Wayne County Medical Society and the\\nDetroit Academy of Medicine, with suggestions for\\ntreatment.\\n1\\nTHE EXPERIENCE OF THE AUTHOR\\na\\nAND\\nENDORSEflENT OF PUPILS\\nCOPYRIGHTED\\nBY GEO. ANDREW\\nlewis. i2-)0S^\\nQf DC\\nR 2 1896\\nu\\n1896.", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0011.jp2"}, "12": {"fulltext": "PRESS OF\\nJOHN F. EBY CO..\\nDETROIT.\\nfi.te4*\\nx\\nwA\\n1\\n^k", "height": "4269", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0012.jp2"}, "13": {"fulltext": "The Author s Experience.\\nCome, I will show thee an affliction\\nUnnumbered among the world s sorrows. Tupper.\\nThe earliest recollection of my difficulty carries me\\nback to my infancy. I can well remember my mother\\ntaking me to school for the first time, and, with tearful\\neyes, she told the teacher not to chastise me if I\\nstammered, because, said she, He cannot help it.\\nFrom that time until my cure, I cannot remember a\\nperiod in my whole life when I did not labor to much\\ndisadvantage because of my impediment or when I could\\nhave said, I can speak.- True, at times I could speak,\\nbut always with a mental strain, and there were many\\ntimes when I was almost dumb. The severity of my\\ntrouble was heightened by the fact that some of my rela-\\ntives were afflicted in a similar manner, or, in other words,\\nI had inherited my difficulty, which made a cure, in my\\nmind, all the moire improbable.\\nIn this supposition, I have since found I w r as correct,\\nthe reason being The organism predisposed to the de-\\nvelopment of the defect was planted in the pre-natal life,\\nand, therefore, had the force of the unnatural condition\\nas a part of the condition of its own existence.\\nSeveral months after my mother had taken me to\\nschool, she passed away to a better world, after which\\ntime, notwithstanding my father and family tried every\\navailable means to lessen the severity of my trouble, I\\ngradually grew worse. My father tried to break me of\\nit by offers of money if I would or could repeat after him\\nwords and sentences he would speak, in vain. My diffi-", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0013.jp2"}, "14": {"fulltext": "culty was rapidly developing into the most severe form\\nof stuttering, a condition where, in my effort to speak, 1\\nplaced the stress to articulate upon the wrong muscles,\\nthereby causing the rapid repetition of a word or syllable\\nbefore the following word or syllable could be uttered.\\nThis is the kind of stuttering that many persona\\nmock at and mimic, many of whom have had cast upon\\ntheir shoulders by Almighty God the weight that they\\nw r ould burden down with ridicule and jest for the poor\\nunfortunate who carries it around. A most pitiable sight\\noccurred to me a few days ago. A young man who ap-\\nplied for admission to my Institute told me he had ac-\\nquired his difficulty by imitation, and notwithstanding\\nthe fact that he was of well-to-do parents, who had paid\\nout almost a fortune in their efforts to find relief for him,\\nhe said his life had been a blank, the direct result of his\\nown folly and jest.\\nLet those who mock be careful. Surely the poor\\nstammerer has enough to suffer without bearing the\\ntaunts and ridicule of the public.\\nAs I grew older, I naturally became more sensitive\\nabout my difficulty. My friends and relatives experienced\\nand expressed great sorrow over my condition, which\\nomly made me suffer the more, because I knew that those\\nwho loved me, and whom I loved, suffered with me.\\nShould I, by chance, be invited out of an evening\\nto a reception or party, I would many times imagine it\\nwas for the purpose of exhibiting my affliction, which\\nnow began to be accompanied by contortions, lolling\\nthe tongue, gasping for breath, and drawing the mus-\\ncles. Why should I not imagine for such purpose was", "height": "4267", "width": "3099", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0014.jp2"}, "15": {"fulltext": "my presence desired? I certainly was not asked because\\nof my entertaining faculties, nor for my conversational\\nabilities, and as many persons whom I knew held me up\\nto mockery behind my back, and invariably avoided con-\\nversation with me except by compulsion, I felt that I was\\nalmost alone in the world.\\nTrue, many persons were kind to me, and thoughtful,\\nconsiderate people spoke many kind words of hope and\\ncomfort to me. These were a few of the streaks of sun-\\nshine that stole into my life, and it is unnecessary for me\\nto say those persons God bless them, wherever they\\nare shall never be forgotten.\\nBetween the age of nineteen and twenty, my difficul-\\nty began to change. That rapid repetition of words ceas-\\ned. The outward manifestation of my trouble left me\\nfor a time, but the inw^ard torture I endured was some-\\ntimes awful. My impediment was speedily growing\\nworse. In my effort to conceal my affliction, I rapidly\\ndeveloped the mental phase of a most severe type of stam-\\nmering and added new horrors to my already woeful life.\\nI became almost tongue tied dumb as it were instead\\nof rapidly repeating my syllables, I now stood transfixed,\\nmy mouth distended like a funnel, my limbs slowly draw-\\ning themselves into ungainly shape, my eyes assuming the\\nmeanwhile a glassy appearance ;when I had labored in\\nthis condition for several moments, overcome by exertion\\nand extreme effort, my nerves all unstrung, I w T ould, as\\nby lightning impulse, sink back, gasp for more breath\\nand try again with the same results.\\nI shall never forget the evening I returned home\\nfrom school, disgusted. Throwing my books in the cor-", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0015.jp2"}, "16": {"fulltext": "ner, I vowed and resolved I would never return. What\\nwas I to do? My parents had not wealth, and I must\\nsoon be cast adrift to shift for myself and fight my own\\nbattles with the world.\\nReader, are you a stammerer? Are you a stutterer?\\nHave you ever suffered the impatience and ridicule of the\\npublic? Those are the moments when we either grow\\ndespondent or desperate, according to our individual\\nnature and temperament.\\nI decided to follow the mechanical arts, and applied\\nmyself diligently to the study of mechanics.\\nMy skill was soon acknowledged, and, with the offer\\nof a fair salary, I left home the following year, resolved,\\nif travel would reveal to me a balm for my wound, I\\nshould endeavor to be healed. Much advice was given\\nme, and many pet theories and methods of cure urged, a\\nfew of which I herewith give Hold a quill between\\nyour teeth; keep a pebble under your tongue;\\nwhistle just before uttering a word; take a long breath,\\nmove the head from side to side, and many such worth-\\nless and nonsensical ideas.\\nFor several years I continued to follow my business,\\nsaving money in the meantime to enable me to visit the\\nEast, where I understood some satisfactory results in\\ncures had been achieved. The mental strain I suffered\\nand the loss of vitality in consequence were rapidly mak-\\ning me a mental and physical wreck. I at last resolved to\\ngo and investigate, and resigned my position at\\nBay City, Michigan, for that purpose. I visited the best\\nschools on the continent, obtaining, at an enormous ex-\\npenditure of time and money, much relief.", "height": "4244", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0016.jp2"}, "17": {"fulltext": "After hard and diligent application, I used up\\nmy surplus capital, and was necessarily forced to seek\\nemployment. The relief I had obtained proved but tem-\\nporary for occasionally my old trouble would crop up\\nwith all its horrors, notwithstanding I continued my exer-\\ncises regularly, although I did not begrudge the amount\\nof time and money I had spent, as I felt I was on the trail\\nand would soon hunt down my antagonist.\\nAbout this time I was offered, and accepted, a posi-\\ntion with I. Herzberg Bros., wholesale and retail manu-\\nfacturing jewelers, S. E. corner ioth and Chestnut streets,\\nPhiladelphia, Pa. This store being one of the best ap-\\npointed of its kind, in the most fashionable business center\\nOff the city, I felt that if I could succeed in 1 entirely over-\\ncoming my impediment of speech, I would be of more\\nvalue to them, as well as realizing within myself my fond-\\nest dreams and aspirations. Could not a method or a\\nmeans of cure be devised or invented that would entirely\\nand permanently eradicate every trace of stammering?\\nSurely there could, and if so, how many others like myself,\\nwho had obtained partial relief could be set at liberty?\\nHow many others now being dragged back, as by some\\ninvisible momster, whose claws sank deeper and deeper\\nday by day, would thus be enabled to escape?\\nThe result of my experiment and investigation\\nproved more than I had expected. In the remarkably\\nshort period of ten days, I found that I had not only suc-\\nceeded in entirely eradicating every vestige of my own\\ndifficulty, but had also evolved a method of cure that must\\nsooner or later crown with new hope the sorrowful lives\\nof manv disheartened stammerers.", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0017.jp2"}, "18": {"fulltext": "A new ambition seemed to cast its shadows upon me.\\nI had, by combining the application of my invention, with\\nthe knowledge I had gained in the best schools on the\\nContinent for the correction of speech impediments and\\ncultivation of the voice, secured a method for the cure of\\nstammering, founded upon an educational basis; a method\\nfor the cure of stammering, founded upon the scientific\\npsychological and physiological laws that underline and\\ngovern the art of perfect speech; a method for the cure of\\nstammering that consists in going back to fundamental\\nprinciples, and building up the speech through a course\\nof training founded on a scientific, educational basis.\\nA method for the cure of stammering* where the\\npupil not only learns how to speak properly and perfectly,\\nbut also* to govern and control the will power in connec-\\ntion with the production of perfect speech which relates to\\nthe higher nerve centers affected as well as the control of\\nthe speaking organs. This means of cure, The Lewis\\nPhonometric Method, has the support of not only the best\\nbusiness and professional men in the country, but is also\\nendorsed in the highest terms by well known schools of\\nElocution and Voice Culture and by other institutions for\\nthe cure of speech impediments.\\nThere is no doubt but that stammering is a more\\nserious trouble than is generally believed, and although\\nthe stammerer in the past has to a large extent been\\nobliged to bear with humiliation the blunt of his affliction,\\npublic sympathy is rapidly assuming the place of public\\nridicule, and the time is not far distant when the cause of\\nthe stammerer will appeal to the masses in the same\\nsense as the cause of other human infirmities and de-\\nIO", "height": "4223", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0018.jp2"}, "19": {"fulltext": "mand the recognition it deserves. The blighted lives,\\nthe crushed ambitions, the wail of parents in behalf of\\ntheir children, the tears, the letters of despondency, im-\\nplications for help from every quarter of the civilized\\nglobe, tog-ether with the nervous and physical wrecks\\nthat stammering- has left in its wake combine to prove\\nthe extent of the stammerer s helpless condition.\\nI know of no other work in which I could engage\\nto better prove my usefulness to mankind than that of\\ntreating the stammerer. Having- myself for more than\\ntwenty years been obliged to bear the yoke, I can bet-\\nter appreciate the suffering and sorrow of others thus\\nunfortunately afflicted.\\nWith an aim of devoting my entire future life for\\nthe benefit of others, I have founded my institution on\\na basis of HOME AND SCHOOL COMBINED hith-\\nerto unapproiached, and hope by the continued encour-\\nagement of success to extend to hundreds of suffering\\nand disheartened stammerers a new life, crowned with\\nnew ambitions. One of God s greatest and most noble\\nblessings, the privilege and enjoyment of perfect and un-\\nfettered speech.\\nii", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0019.jp2"}, "20": {"fulltext": "Anatomical View\\nof the\\nSpeaking~Organs.\\ni, canal from throat to middle ear; 2, back part of nose; 3, soft palate; 4, soit\\npalate covering tonsil; 5, tonsil; 6. base of tongue; 7 epiglottis: 8, part of car\\ntilage of larynx; 9, laryngeal portion of pharynx 10, cavity of larynx 11,\\nnasal fossae; 12, vault of the palate, or roof of mouth; 13, 14. tongue; 15, mus-\\ncle beneath tongue 16, hyoid bone 17, interior of larynx 18, 19, thyroid\\ncartilage.\\n12", "height": "4262", "width": "3117", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0020.jp2"}, "21": {"fulltext": "The Origin of\\nSTAMMERING.\\nBy George Andrew Lewis,\\n(Lecture delivered, by invitation, before the members of the Wayne County\\nMedical Society. February 20, 18^6, at the office and parlors of Dr. John E.\\nClark, President of the Board of Education, Detroit, i jich.)\\nProbably no class of unfortunates seeking relief\\nfor an affliction have received as little benefit as has the\\nstammerer. So much that is erroneous and contradictory\\nhas been written and said about stammering and its cure\\nthat persons thus afflicted have become greatly confused\\nand many who have given much time and study to the\\nsubject know not what to think.\\nThe injurious modes of treatment resorted to by\\nsurgeons during the early part of the present century,\\ntogether with the thousand and one or more useless\\ntheories that have since been advanced for the cure of\\nthis difficulty by as many charlatans and humbugs have\\nprobably served only toi make the stammerer the more\\ndiscouraged and have crushed his hopes of ever obtain-\\ning positive relief or permanent cure.\\n13", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0021.jp2"}, "22": {"fulltext": "I shall not attempt to go into detail and describe the\\nmany nonsensical ideas that stammerers from time to\\ntime have had imposed upon them by the countless numh\\nber of professors whose dupes they have been and to\\nwhom some of them have paid large sums of motley.\\nMany of these persons have applied to us for treatment,\\nafter having been thus victimized, and have related to us\\ntheir former experiences. One stated he had been treated\\nby correspondence and that he had been obliged to pay\\nin advance for each letter of instructions. Another had\\npaid a large sum of money for a badly mutilated tongue.\\nA third had been told, as a great secret by a traveling pro-\\nfessor (for which he had paid well) to wash the throat\\nout every night with a gargle of salt and water and sleep\\nwith a pebble underneath his tongue. We have his state-\\nment for it that he continued to do this with faithful regu-\\nlarity for more than two years. A fourth told us that he\\nhad been under the treatment of an advertising physician,\\nand produced as evidence a bundle of prescriptions. A\\nfifth had worn an electrical band around his waist, to\\nwhich were attached wires connecting with a pocket bat-\\ntery. A sixth had unluckily fallen into the hands of a\\nhypnotist, who guaranteed to cure him in a half hour. A\\nseventh had been placed under a heavy penalty of reveal-\\ning the secret and told if she would move her head back-\\nwards and forwards every time she attempted to speak,\\nshe would in this manner open the glottis and the result\\nwould be a perfect and continuous flow of speech.\\nI could go on in this manner and fill a whole volume\\nwith the experiences of hundreds of stammerers who\\nriav\u00c2\u00a3 been thus defrauded and victimized by these charla-\\n14", "height": "4264", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0022.jp2"}, "23": {"fulltext": "tans, from many of whom they received not one particle\\nof benefit, notwithstanding their experience cost them,\\nin many instances, an expenditure of a great deal of time\\nand money. In fact, I have arrived at the conclusion\\nthat persons thus victimized are made worse than they\\nwere before their contemplation of treatment. Thus for\\nyears and years have been practiced different modes and\\nmethods for the cure of this distressing malady, the un-\\nfortunate sufferer finding out too late that he had been\\nthe victim of some dishonest quack, willing to take his\\nmoney from him regardless of the benefit which he (the\\nstammerer) should derive from the experiment.\\nScarcely a day passes that we do not receive one or\\nmore letters giving a full and detailed account of\\nformer experiences through which stammerers thus vic-\\ntimized have passed. Many of our correspondents who\\nhave undergone one or more of such treatments without\\nsuccess express grave doubts as to a permanent cure.\\nWe never urge or offer inducements to such persons to\\nundergo treatment, but rest the matter entirely with them-\\nselves. If our recommendations prove insufficient to con-\\nvince them of the merits of our system, we furnish them\\nwith the names of a great number of persons who have\\nattended our institute or who know of the success of our\\nwork, and ask them to write to/ any or all, if they so de-\\nsire, and ask an honest opinion concerning the reliabil-\\nity of our treatment.\\nI would dwell longer on this cause of distrust did I\\nnot believe that enough has already been said.\\nProfessor Herman Klencke, M. D., of Hanover, who\\nconducted a school for the cure of stammering as early\\n15", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0023.jp2"}, "24": {"fulltext": "as 1840, and who was probably one of the first to de-\\nnounce as quackery surgical operations and advance radi-\\ncal ideas for the treatment of stammering, very cleverly\\ndraws the following comparison Many physicians and\\nstutter doctors treat this disorder whose seat and cause\\nthey know nothing about. This procedure seems to me\\ncontinues |Dr. Klencke, like that of a person who\\nwould attempt to catch up with the bright spot which\\nsome one throws in his way by the reflection of the sun\\non a mirror, and who would strive to tread out the spot\\nor cover it up with his hands.\\nBefore entering into a discussion of the origin of\\nstammering let us first consider the following definitions:\\nAristotle defined stammering as the inability to ar-\\nticulate a certain letter, and stuttering as the inability to\\njoin one syllable with another.\\nMr. Potter, one of the latest, defines stammering,\\nas commonly used, as a temporary inability to articulate,\\nthe organs being tightly held together; stuttering, as the\\nrepeated utterance of one sound before the next can be\\nuttered, both resulting from an inability of the will to con-\\ntrol the organs of speech properly, and a deficiency of a\\nready response to the will by the organs themselves.\\nAgain we read Stammering, the inability to pro-\\nduce certain sounds, or the substitution of one sound\\nfor an other.\\nI quote from another authority, Stammering is the\\nresult of a functional disorder of that portion of the\\nbrain which presides over the faculty of speech.\\nA number of English and American writers use the\\nterms stuttering and stammering synonymously-\\n16", "height": "4275", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0024.jp2"}, "25": {"fulltext": "Dr. Klencke draws the parallel as follows\\nSTUTTERING.\\n1st. The Stutterer immediately\\nbegins to stutter violently when\\nhe is observed, and shows a spas-\\nmodic fear and apprehension.\\n2d. He does not betray his de-\\nfect in slow, measured declama-\\ntion or in singing or when talk-\\ning in syllabic measure.\\n3d. He exhibits an agitation of\\nhis respiratory organs and conges-\\ntion of the blood in the chest and\\nhead, which is increased in pro-\\nportion to his efforts to overcome\\nhis difficulty, and there appears a\\nconvulsive action of the chest,\\nthroat and head.\\n4th. He can correctly form all\\nconsonants as separate sounds,\\nwithout a loud tone or in a whis-\\nper, but begins at once to stutter\\nif he attempts to join certain\\nsounds with the voice or with a\\nvowel. His voice evidently fails\\nby the wrong action of the me-\\nchanism of the muscles, respira-\\ntion and voice function.\\nSTAMMERING.\\n1st. The Stammerer usually\\nspeaks better when he is ob-\\nserved and thus forced to pay at-\\ntention to himself, and only un-\\nder peculiar circumstances does\\nhe show fear and apprehension.\\n2d. He betrays his defect when\\ncareless, in singing, declamation,\\nand measured talking.\\n3d. He never exhibits an agita-\\ntion of his respiratory and blood\\ncirculating organs, neither ner-\\nvous nor convulsive action, and\\nby action of his will he can\\npartly or wholly overcome his de-\\nfect.\\n4th. He does not have the\\nleast difficulty in the formation of\\nhis voice. He betrays his defect\\nas much in loud talking as in\\nwhispering, and the combination\\nof his defective sounds with the\\nvowel meets with hindrance.\\nIn addition to the above, Dr. Klencke also gives the\\nfollowing Stuttering is a defect which is manifest only\\nin talking and not in singing or declaiming. Its causes\\nlie in the auxiliary organs of speech in the organs of res-\\npiration and vocalization, without the articulating organs\\nbeing primarily affected.\\nStammering, on the contrary, is a defect which is\\nmanifest the same in singing and declaiming as in talk-\\ning. Its causes lie in the organs between the larynx and\\nthe lips, in the articulating organs,\\nProf. A. Kussmaul, of Strassburg, says, in Ziems-\\nsen s Cyclopedia of the Practice of Medicine, Vol. 14,\\npage 633, Stammering consists in the incapacity to pro-\\n17", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0025.jp2"}, "26": {"fulltext": "nounce the letters properly, while in stuttering there is\\ntemporarily a spasmodic inability to vocalize certain\\nsounds, especially the explosive consonants.\\nThe above definitions are but a few of a great num-\\nber we have been given at different times by different\\nauthorities. In fact such a great number of theories have\\nbeen advanced, probably for the reason that scarcely two\\npersons experience this difficulty in exactly the same\\nmanner or undjer the same conditions, that the stam-\\nmerer has been compelled to accept a conglomeration of\\nideas, concerning the real nature of his malady, and grope\\nhis way in the dark in his effort to free himself from his\\nunfortunate affliction.\\nStammering has been confounded with stuttering,\\nand vice versa, in consequence of which a multitude of\\nentirely dissimilar conditions of abnormal speech have\\nbeen heaped together and designated either stammering\\nor stuttering, a general cure applied, which, in a few cases\\nproved successful. The entanglement became still more\\nincreased when the ignorance with regard to stuttering,\\nunder which term at one time all other defects of speech\\nwere included, stimulated the surgical craze to search for\\nlocal causes. In consequence of this entanglement of\\nideas concerning the real causes and conditions of stam-\\nmering sprang forth as many ideas setting forth innum-\\nerable methods of treatment. I do not wish to infer that\\nall persons thus interested were impostors, but would\\nrather attribute the mistakes of many of them to ignor-\\nance of the true origin of the difficulty. While many er-\\nrors were thus being made, much good was being accom-\\nplished, although the stammerer s tongue often times\\nis", "height": "4278", "width": "3110", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0026.jp2"}, "27": {"fulltext": "suffered mutilation and untold miser}- for crimes of which\\nit was not guilty.\\nThe continued investigation on the part of eminent\\nscientists and physicians in search for an infallible method\\nof cure brought forth advanced ideas, which sooner or\\nlater must abolish the crude theories of early investiga-\\ntors.\\nTo the painstaking efforts of a few who gave almost\\ntheir entire lives to the study of this neglected subject are\\nwe indebted for the fundamental principles from which\\nmodern methods of treatment have since evolved. When\\nI say modern methods of treatment I do not refer to the\\nmany schemes and trickeries that have been imposed\\nupon the stammerer by charlatans or pretentious pro-\\nfessors, some of whom know not the first principle of the\\ncorrect basis for voice or tone production, and a few of\\nwhom have amassed ill-gained fortunes from the unfortu-\\nnates who were unlucky enough to fall into their clutches.\\nI refer to the methods of treatment and of business\\ndealing entertained by a few r conscientious and practical\\nAvorkers, who are endeavoring in behalf of the stammerer\\nto not only crush out the trickery and deception of these\\nundeserving persons and bury the crude practices of\\nsurgery, but who are striving to give to their fellowmen\\na practical and thorough means of eradication for an af-\\nfliction that is probably one of the most severe, certainly\\nome of the most neglected of all human ailments.\\nIn conclusion of my remarks concerning the differ-\\nence between the definitions of the terms stammering\\nand stuttering, I give herewith, in a single sentence, the\\nconcensus of opinion of the best authorities of modem\\n19", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0027.jp2"}, "28": {"fulltext": "times of this country and Europe, supported by my own\\npersonal experience as a sufferer from a most severe type\\nof stammering for more than twenty years.\\nSTAMMERING. The inability, under certain con-\\nditions, to articulate, or control the organs of speech,\\nwhich are usually, under such circumstances, tightly held\\ntogether, accompanied, in many cases by the substitution\\nof one sound for another.\\nSTUTTERING. A defect in respiration and vocal-\\nization, often times causing spasmodic action or the rapid\\nrepetition of one word or syllable before the following one\\ncan be uttered.\\nThe former is due to a deficiency or lack of exercise\\nand control of mental energy of the will over the organs\\nof utterance, and is usually accompanied by contorting\\nthe features, rolling the eyes, or drawing the limbs. The\\nlatter, due to an improper maner of breathing and vocal-\\nization, is usually accompanied by spasmodic actions of\\nnot only the speaking, organs but often times the whole\\nbody becomes violently convulsed ?nd contorted.\\nHaving thus considered the definitions of stammer-\\ning and stuttering, let us now en^er into and discuss the\\nreal origin or primary cause of this difficulty. If you\\nwill follow me closely, I will endeavor to carry you with\\nme through a practical and scientific investigation, and\\nlocate, if possible, the real source and origin of stammer-\\ning. I shall confine my statements wholly to my own\\npractical views on the subject, gathered from years of\\ncareful study of recognized authorities and from contact\\nwith many persons thus afflicted, both before and since\\nmy cure.\\n20", "height": "4274", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0028.jp2"}, "29": {"fulltext": "We have already determined that stammering is an\\nimpediment of the speech. Let us consider. What is\\nspeech? Tupper has very appropriately said, Speech is\\nthe golden harvest that followeth the flowering of\\nthought.\\nSpeech also can be considered a means of convey-\\nance. I might quote many definitions for this term, but\\ndo not think it necessary. It conveys to us by the most\\ndirect means the thoughts of men, and is probably the\\nmost important instrument God has given to us. Let us\\nthen trace it to its origin and, by breaking it up into dif-\\nferent elements, analyze it to discover, if possible, the\\noriginal cause of the stammerer s difficulty.\\nFIRST.\\nIdeas are received, arising either from immedi-\\nate sensations, or originating in the brain in an abstract\\nmanner, and are arranged in proper succession by that\\norgan.\\nSECOND.\\nThe will determines to give this train of ideas\\nexpression in any way it can. So far, the process of action\\ncan only be called mental.\\nTHIRD.\\nThe stimulation to action of the motive nervous\\nsystem connected with the speaking organs.\\nFOURTH.\\nThe motive nervous system thus stimulated\\ngenerates to action the vocal apparatus resulting in ar-\\nticulate speech.\\n21", "height": "4255", "width": "2961", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0029.jp2"}, "30": {"fulltext": "Each step is, of course, tributary to the preceding-\\none and as long as all act in harmony, one with another,\\nfluent speech and perfect articulation are the result.\\nThe question now arises, where in this chain do we\\nfind the deficiency that manifests itself in the stammerer.\\nLet us gx back and discuss the first element considered.\\nTo argue that the elaboration of thought in the brain\\nof the stammerer is deficient and its arangement for pro-\\nduction unsystematic is to argue that the stammerer, in-\\ntellectually speaking, is not only weak minded but lack-\\ning of intelligence. Do we find this to be the case? The\\nfact that many of the brightest and brainiest men of\\nancient and modern times have suffered from stammering\\nis conclusive evidence that stammering is not due at least\\nto any lack of intellectual power on the part of the person\\nthus afflicted.\\nHistory tells us of many notable persons who have\\nstammered.\\nIt is announced that Louis II of France, and Michael\\nII were both surnamed Le Begue, meaning stammerer.\\nLouis XIII of France, was also a stammerer. The Rev.\\nCanon Kingsley was a stammerer. Chas. Lamb was a\\nstutterer, and the notable physicians, Viosin, Palmer,\\nChcgoin, Merkel, Guillaume, D Alais, Bacquerel, and\\nCohen, were all stammerers. Allusions to this disorder\\nare found also in the Bible. Moses was a notable ex-\\nample. The Ephraimites, and those whom Jesus cured\\nof their impediments of speech.\\nHaving thoroughly satisfied ourselves that the de-\\nfect is not manifest in the first element of speech, let us\\nproceed to and consider the second. The will determines", "height": "4276", "width": "3117", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0030.jp2"}, "31": {"fulltext": "to give this train of ideas expression in any way it can.\\nIs the desire to give utterance by physical act to internal\\nthought in any way necessarily lacking in the stammerer\\noriginally? If so, the defect must arise from either ex-\\ncessive or deficient energy or desire, in which case we\\nWould find that the stammerer, during infancy, before\\nspeech is complete, would be wholly unable to cry. It\\nuses this means of making known its wants, and if the\\ndefect originated from a deficient or excessive mental de-\\nsire, we would find this child, when it attempted to make\\nknown its wants, would not only be wholly unable to do\\nso, but would, through its efforts, betray all the symptoms\\nof a stammerer. We usually find, however, that the\\nstammerer as a child does not betray the symptoms of his\\naffliction. It is not until a more complex action is thrown\\nupon his motive powers that his defect is noticeable.\\nLet us consider the third The stimulation to action\\nof the motive nervous system connected with the speak-\\ning organs My belief is that here in this medium, which\\nmight appropriately be termed The mental energy of the\\nwill acting on the accumulated nervous force of the motor\\norganism of the body, exists the original cause of ab-\\nnormal speech. I believe that there exists in some persons\\nan idiosyncrasy amounting probably to an irritability or\\nsensibility of fibre in that portion of the brain which con-\\ntrols the motions requisite for the production\\nof speech, and that this peculiarity exposes\\nit to be most easily disarranged and driven\\ninto spasmodic action by the ordinary mental desire to\\nspeak. The peculiarity would appear to me rather a dif-\\nference in sensibility than in structure, from the circum-\\n23", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0031.jp2"}, "32": {"fulltext": "stance that very many fluent speakers if not all persons\\nare, in a measure, liable to the affection. Very powerful\\ncauses, such as horror, excessive perplexity, or shame\\nwill, under some circumstances, partially paralyze or con-\\nvulse the power of speech in ordinary persons. The great\\ndistinction, however, being that the stammerer requires\\nbut a slight cause to overturn the balance of his ma-\\nchinery of speech, while the ordinary individual would re-\\nquire some extreme cause, such as seldom occurs to af-\\nfect his fluency, and even then can easily recover again\\nby the exercise of his will and reasoning faculties.\\nHaving by this analysis detected what would appear\\nto be the weak link, let us now proceed to the fourth ele-\\nment and find if there, too, exists any deficiency that\\nwould cause stammering. You will at once agree that\\nthere is not the slightest ground for the supposition that\\nstammering is in any way attributable to physical defect\\nor direct physical inaction of the vocal apparatus. The\\neffect of the difficulty experienced by the stammerer is, of\\ncourse, manifest to the observer principally in the organs\\nof speech, yet the real cause of the malady is of a more ob-\\nscure origin and by no means attributable to malforma-\\ntion of the speaking organs.\\nFrom an experience of meeting several hundred\\nstammerers, I have as yet never found one single case\\nwhere the difficulty was attributable to wrongly formed\\norgans of speech. The fact that the stammerer can\\nsometimes sing without the slightest difficulty, can often\\ntimes read aloud to himself without the least fear, and\\ncan at times speak perfectlv words that give him the\\ngreatest difficulty generally, is sufficient evidence in proof\\n24", "height": "4271", "width": "3097", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0032.jp2"}, "33": {"fulltext": "of the above assertion. I do not wish to infer that the\\nstammerer is any different in this respect from other\\npersons. Because he stammers, it does not follow that\\nhis organs of speech are perfect, but he is no more likely\\nto suffer from malformation of the organs of speech than\\nare persons not afflicted with stammering.\\nI scarcely think it necessary to offer any further argu-\\nment in support of the fact that the real origin of the\\nstammerer s difficulty is found in the third element con-\\nsidered. For abstract mind to act on abstract bodily\\norgans, it is necessary that there be a medium. In this\\nmedium, I believe exists the real origin of the stam-\\nmerer s difficulty. Though hesitation is only a thing\\nof degree from the most fluent speaker down to the most\\nconvulsed stammerer, yet practically speaking, stammer-\\ning does not begin until hesitation has arrived at such a\\npitch that the sufferer, by the exercise of his reasoning\\nfaculties, cannot collect himself and become master of the\\nsituation.\\nThe reason that many children do not betray their\\naffliction of stammering until they have attained the age\\nof boyhood is because in early life the mental desire is\\nnot excessive. It is probably the same as in any other\\nchild endeavoring to be understood. As life advances,\\nmental power develops, and when the child has become\\nsufficiently old to use its mental functions to- any degree,\\nit discovers an inability to express itself, either from\\nhesitancy or convulsive action. This difficulty is owing\\nto the disturbance of mental emotion, the child through\\noriginal physical weakness not being able to bear more\\n25", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0033.jp2"}, "34": {"fulltext": "than the ordinary stimulus of the mind and will without\\nbetraying its defect. During the earlier days of its child-\\nhood, the mental activity was not as great, and hence the\\nchild stammered but little or probably not at all.\\nThe attention of the child is continually attracted to\\nthis peculiarity, which soon becomes second nature to it,\\nand added to the original physical weakness, the constant\\nincreasing mental emotion soon overbalances the equi-\\nlibrium of control, and although the original physical\\nweakness, may almost entirely disappear as the child ad-\\nvances in age, yet the difficulty of stammering remains.\\nIt is an impossibility to determine, in any case of\\nstammering, the exact amount of excess of mental emo-\\ntion or deficiency of motive power.\\nArguing from a supposition that these two influen-\\nces, mental emotion and motive power, equally distribut-\\ned would give to a person the ability to converse without\\nhesitation under ordinary circumstances, I will endeavor\\nto demonstrate to you by means of bodies of comparative\\nsizes the difference between the mild and severe types\\nof stammering.\\nNo. i.\\nThis body represents a person who\\ncan talk without hesitation under ordinary\\ncircumstances. If confronted with embar-\\nrassment, excitement, shame or perplexity,\\nmental emotion would increase to a degree\\nsufficient to overbalance motive power, result-\\ning in hesitation, stammering or convulsive\\naction.\\nNo I\\n/AoTiv\\npower\\nThere appears to exist m many stammerers a predisposed condition\\nto the development of the defect. This idiosyncrasy exposes the brain fibre\\nto be most easily disarranged and thrown into spasmodic action by the ordi-\\nnary mental desire to speak.\\n:6", "height": "4278", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0034.jp2"}, "35": {"fulltext": "No, 2,\\nThis body represents a person who contin-\\nually suffers from hesitation or who is ad-\\ndicted to stammering in a slight degree.\\nNo2\\nMental\\nEmotion\\n/Aotive\\npower\\nNo. 3.\\nThis body represents a stammerer wholly\\nunable to control himself under ordinary cir-\\ncumstances.\\nNo 3^\\nMental\\nEmotion\\nP\u00c2\u00b0vyer\u00c2\u00bb\\nNo. 4.\\nThis body represents a most violent and\\nsevere form of stammering, oftentimes ac-\\ncompanied by dreadful contortions of the\\nface, and convulsive action of the muscles\\nand limbs.\\nNo. 5\\nThis body represents the ordinary individ-\\nual. Such a person would hesitate only un-\\nder extrme excitement, and would rarely if\\never lose control of his speech.\\nNo. 6.\\nThis body represents unusual ability to\\nspeak with confidence under the most trying\\ntest or circumstances, without the slightest\\nuneasiness or apprehension of uncontrol.\\n/V\\\\oTive\\npoWep\\n27", "height": "4159", "width": "2975", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0035.jp2"}, "36": {"fulltext": "The illustrations herewith presented represent but\\nfour different classes or degrees of stammering. There\\nwill be found to exist as many different degrees of stam-\\nmering as there are individuals affected, as scarcely two\\npersons can be found who experience difficulty in ex-\\nactly the same manner. The influences, too that cause\\nthe stammerer to betray his defect may be entirely dif-\\nferent. One person will invariably stammer when\\nbrought into the presence of strangers, but never experi-\\nence much difficulty among the members of his own\\nhousehold. Another will scarcely, if ever, betray his de-\\nfect before strangers, but will invariably stammer when in\\nconversation with immediate friends. One person can\\nspeak from a platform to a public audience after he has\\nonce entered into his subject, the great difficulty being in\\ngetting started. Another is able to begin without the\\nslightest apparent difficulty, but will continually stammer\\nwhen he gets warmed up to the occasion.\\nWhile it may be impossible to analyze the different\\nphenomena of innumerable cases of this kind, yet we can\\nwithout difficulty draw a parallel between two distinct and\\nseparate classes. I will call these for brevity and illus-\\ntration\\nA B\\nTHE PHYSICAL TYPE. THE MENTAL TYPE.\\nThe former (A) is comparatively but little complicated\\nwith mental emotion, while on the other hand the latter (B)\\nhas probably lost much of the original physical weakness,\\nbut from the over-balance of the equilibrium of control,\\nsuffers materially from mental emotion and is easily agi-\\n28", "height": "4257", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0036.jp2"}, "37": {"fulltext": "tatedj and made worse. Some cases of the mental type,\\nhowever, retain much of the original physical defect.\\nThe nature of the former is almost entirely due to\\nlack of motive power or original physical weakness,\\nwhile the nature of the latter is almost entirely mental,\\nthe result of continually increasing and decreasing men-\\ntal emotion. Stammerers who come under the denom-\\nination of Class A. are troubled continually, more or less,\\nnever much better, never much worse, always about the\\nsame Excitement, shame, perplexity, anxiety, embarrass-\\nment, or impaired health does not much increase the se-\\nverity of their affliction, while on the other hand stammer-\\ners who might be designated as belonging to* Class B. ex-\\nperience, during certain periods and while under certain\\nconditions scarcely any difficulty, but when suddenly con-\\nfronted with excitement, shame, perplexity, anxiety, or\\nwhen suffering from fatigue, exhaustion, or impaired\\nhealth, they invariably stammer and sometimes violently.\\nMr. A. has the ability to address a public audience\\nwith as little trouble as he might experience when reading\\naloud to himself, while Mr. B. could read aloud to himself\\nwith perfect ease and composure, but when called upon\\nto speak publicly, owing to his stronger mental emotions\\nwould be wholly unable to do so without betraying his\\nimpediment to a very great extent.\\nThe different peculiarities of stammering manifested\\nin persons belonging to either class would fill several com-\\nplete volumes. The constant apprehension of fear on the\\nsubject of speaking entertained by the stammerer keeps\\nhis nerves continually in a state of agitation and unrest.\\nHis anxiety to speak fluently, the dread and fear that he\\n29", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0037.jp2"}, "38": {"fulltext": "may not be able to do so, together with the humiliation of\\nan exhibition of his infirmity combine to increase the\\nseverity of his affliction. Many persons believe that\\nstammering is the result of nervousness, but a second\\nthought would, I think, convince them that nervousness\\nis more often the result of stammering. This has been\\nmy experience, and the proof is evident from the fact that\\nwhen the stammerer has gained control of his speaking\\norgans, his nervousness has almost entirely disappeared.\\nHaving become master of the situation, there is not the\\nleast fear or apprehension on the subject of speaking, and\\nthus the one great agitator of his nervous system has been\\nremoved. Gradually, the nerves settle back to a normal\\ncondition of rest, giving the once nervous and prostrated\\nsufferer complete self-control.\\nPersons who stutter, usually suffer only in a slight\\ndegree from an excess of mental emotion typical with the\\nstammerer.\\nThe original physical weakness of the stutterer may\\nalmost entirely disappear and yet the stuttering habit re-\\nmain, owing to recollection, carelessness, force of habit,\\nand association.\\nWhile the origin of stuttering is attributable to the\\nsame source as the origin of stammering, yet the former\\nis more easily conquered and subdued. This is explained\\nby the fact that when the original physical weakness of\\nthe stammerer disappears, we have left the mental phase\\nof the difficulty to contend with, while with the stutterer,\\nafter the disappearance of the original physical weakness,\\nwe have but to correct an improper mode of respiration\\nand vocalization, strengthen and develop the vocal and\\n30", "height": "4265", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0038.jp2"}, "39": {"fulltext": "respiratory organs and gain an equilibrium of control.\\nThis accomplished, we have established a foundation upon\\nwhich to build a cure.\\nThe diagnosis and symptoms of a number of cases\\nthat have come under my observation would indicate\\nthat not a few persons who stammer and who suffer from\\nexcessive mental emotion have also acquired peculiar\\nforms of stuttering. In their strained and labored ef-\\nforts to give utterance to certain syllables or words, they\\nhave unconsciously acquired an improper mode of breath-\\ning. Losing control of their respiratory organs, they be-\\ncome wholly unable to vocalize certain sounds, their\\nefforts resulting in contraction or convulsive action.\\nWhatever may be the outward manifestation of stam-\\nmering or stuttering, one who has not passed through the\\nordeal can form no conception of the mental torture en-\\ndured by persons who are thus unfortunately afflicted.\\n31", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0039.jp2"}, "40": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4243", "width": "2997", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0040.jp2"}, "41": {"fulltext": "4\\nThe Lewis Phonometric Institute and School for\\nSTAMMERERS,\\n41 Adelaide Street. Detroit, Michigan,", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0041.jp2"}, "42": {"fulltext": "The Location of Our School.\\nCentrally located, easy of access for both Canadians\\nand Americans by either rail or water, Detroit one of\\nthe most beautiful cities if the United States offers super-\\nior advantages as a location for an Institute for the cure\\nof stammering.\\nThe Lewis Phonometric Institute and School fot\\nStammerers is situated at No. 41 Adelaide st. just one-half\\nblock East of Woodward ave. This location could not\\npossibly be surpassed. The ^Private Reception Room\\nand Pupil J Class Jiooms are situated on the ground floor\\nand have been especially equipped and fitted up to meet\\nthe requirements of a large attendance. The Business\\nOffice, Pupils Heading Room and PvUic Reception\\nRoom are situated on the second floor immediately\\nabove the Main Class Room, and are conveniently ar-\\nranged for the accommodation of pupils and guests and\\nfor the transaction of business.\\nThe location of |our Institute, its pleasant appoint-\\nment and thorough equipment and adaptation for the\\ntreatment of stammering, added to the superior advant-\\nages of our School Residence as a home for the comfort\\nand accommodation of pupils attending, combine in one\\nInstitution advantages unequalled anywhere else on this\\nContinent.\\n24", "height": "4262", "width": "2981", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0042.jp2"}, "43": {"fulltext": "STAMMERING.\\nPractically, Theoretically\\nBy GEO. ANDREW LEWIS\\n(Lecture delivered before the members of The Detroit Academy of Medi-\\ncine, June 25, 1895.)\\nMy experience from contact with the stammerer con-\\nvinces me that the difficulty is scarcely, if ever, manifested\\nin two persons in exactly the same manner. I have also\\nlearned that the conditions under which stammerers\\nexperience the greatest trouble are by no means the same.\\nThere appears, to be a wide difference of opinion re-\\ngarding the definition and origin of this malady. It is\\nnot my intention, however, to enter into and discuss dif-\\nferent authorities and criticise their definitions, but to out-\\nline as clearly as possible the cause of the stammerer s\\ndifficulty and practically demonstrate to you my mode of\\ntreatment.\\nI have frequently been asked the question, To\\nwhat do you attribute stammering? What is the dif-\\nference between stammering and stuttering To the\\npublic, there would seem to be but little difference, and\\neven the close observer, unless thoroughly acquainted\\nwith the pecularities of this affliction, might easily be led\\nastray in his conclusions.\\nWithout going into detail of explanation, I will say\\nthat stammering is principally manifested in the articulat-\\ning organs. Stuttering, on the other hand, is largely\\n35", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0043.jp2"}, "44": {"fulltext": "confined to the organs of respiration and vocalization.\\nWe have often heard it said that persons who stammer\\nin conversation can sing without difficulty. This is\\ngenerally the case, but not always. I occasionally come\\nin contact with persons who experience the same impedi-\\nfrient in singing as in talking. Their efforts to articulate\\ncertain syllables in singing meet with the same hindrance\\nas is manifested in their conversation. Such cases, how-\\never, are rare. All movements of the human body are\\nbrought about by the action of muscles that are attached\\nto movable apparatuses and are made to operate\\nthrough the medium of the nerves. Without the proper\\ncoi-operation of the muscles, it is impossible to accom-\\nplish anything. Thoughts originate in the brain the\\nbrain acts upon the nerves, the nerves act upon the\\nmuscles, the muscles act upon the bones, and only\\nafter this process are we able to undertake any act. If\\nthe process of action is one of harmony, the act will be\\nsuccessfully accomplished. If, however, after the origin\\nof thought, there is an inability to accomplish or perform\\nany ordinary human action, the deficiency is due to a lack\\nof co-ordination. This lack of co-ordination of action\\nwhen spoken of in connection with or as related to the\\nproduction of words is the source from which originates\\nor develops all forms of abnormal speech. The humili-\\nation of stammering, the desire to speak fluently and the\\nfear that he may not be able to do so, keeps the stammerer\\nin a state of constant mental emotion. It is owing to this\\ncondition of continued fear that we have associated with\\nstammering so much nervousness.\\nWith the aid of a number of my pupils who are\\n36", "height": "4264", "width": "2995", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0044.jp2"}, "45": {"fulltext": "present with us this evening, I will endeavor to practically\\ndemonstrate to you as far as possible my mode of\\ntreatment.*\\nMy manner of dealing with the stammerer is prob-\\nably different to any that has heretofore been introduced,\\nmy own experience as a sufferer having given\\nme a keener knowledge of the stammerer s nature than I\\ncould possibly otherwise have gained.\\nThe first pupil I will introduce to you this evening\\nappeared before you at your last regular meeting, and, as\\nyou remember, was utterly unable to read or speak three\\nconnected words. He applied to me personally for treat-\\nment and was obliged to indicate by signs and by writing\\nhis wishes. The contortions of his face, you will remem-\\nber, were most painful. He will address you to-night,\\nand I want you to note carefully his complete change.\\nI will also introduce to you a pupil who has been\\nunder my treatment but three weeks, who stammered\\ncontinually for many years and who will tell you in a\\nfluent and conversant manner of his remarkable cure.\\nI have also w r ith me a pupil who has been under\\nother treatments at several different periods during his\\nlife, from which he says he received no perceptible bene-\\nfit and who will, I am sure, be pleased to relate to you\\nsome of his former experiences. You may talk to these\\ngentlemen and to my other pupils with me this evening\\nand I do not believe any of them will stammer, notwith-\\nstanding they are all here in Detroit for treatment, some\\nA. number of pupils under treatment expressed their desire to attend\\nthis lecture and asked permission to submit themselves for examination to\\nthe members of The Detroit Academy of Medicine as evidence of the thor-\\noughness of the treatment they had undergone.\\n37", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0045.jp2"}, "46": {"fulltext": "of them having come a long distance to attend my In-\\nstitute.\\nBefore asking the gentlemen to address you, I will\\nendeavor to demonstrate (as far as the time allotted for\\nthis lecture will allow) the mode of treatment I follow\\nin my school from day to day and from which we have\\nbeen able to attain the results you see manifested here\\nbefore you.\\nI can, of course, give you but an idea of the work\\nthat is carried on daily in my institution, owing to the\\nfact that I am obliged to demonstrate within an hour s\\ntime what usually requires from three to eight weeks to\\naccomplish.*\\nFrom four to five hours each day we exercise our\\npupils after this manner. Vocal and physical exercises\\nare alsoi introduced and generally by a series of exercises\\nfounded on an educational basis of disciplining the pupil\\nto do exactly as he is told, he gradually gains perfect con-\\nfidence and freedom of speech.\\nAt first, the instruction to the pupil is usually private,\\nand after he has made sufficient progress to warrant it,\\nhe is obliged to perform before a portion of the class\\nw r hat he has already done in my presence. If he can do\\nthis successfully, other pupils are introduced and he is\\nplaced under the most embarrassing conditions, made to\\nread, to converse, to deliver impromptu speeches, is cross-\\nquestioned and the most severe tests applied. If with\\nperfect confidence he proves himself capable to fully stand\\nthese tests, he is then permitted for a few days to talk at\\nA half hour was at this point of the lecture, devoted to the practical\\ndemonstrations of the Lewis Phonometic Method of treatment, used largelv\\nin effecting- a cure.\\n38", "height": "4266", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0046.jp2"}, "47": {"fulltext": "leisure to myself or to the other pupils, asking any ques-\\ntions he desires or entering into general conversation. If,\\nafter this time, we find that he does not stammer, he is\\npermitted to join our question asking expedition and\\nallowed to talk to any one or every one; the more the\\nbetter.\\nIt is impossible to tell definitely the length of time\\nany pupil will require for treatment when he enters. It\\nlargely depends upon his application to his work and his\\naptitude of comprehension.\\nThe average person, however, has been obliged to\\nremain from three to six weeks.\\nAuthor s Note. The reader must not infer from the above that pupils\\nattending our institute are in any manner asked to submit themselves to\\ncriticism either in a public way or otherwise. On the contrary, we are ex-\\ntremely careful to maintain the utmost privacv for those who place them-\\nselves under our treatment and care. We never mention the names of our\\npupils without permission, and when desired the strictest confidence and\\nsecrecv of correspondence or attendance is preserved. As already stated,\\nthe gentlemen who attended this lecture expressed their desire to be pres-\\nent, knowing that they would be called upon to address the members pres-\\nent. Notwithstanding this caution they decided to attend in a body and\\nwere highly complimented on all sides for the success of their undertaking.\\nStammering A Habit,\\nWith many persons stammering is purely a habit,\\noftentimes the result of a lack of proper training in youth.\\nThe first attempts at speech, made by children, often-\\ntimes reveal slight indications of stuttering; but not gen-\\nerally before the individual becomes completely aware of\\nhis defect with all its horror, do the parents try to obtain\\n39", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0047.jp2"}, "48": {"fulltext": "for their child relief? The little prattler, instead of being\\ncontinually corrected for its imperfect articulation, is often-\\ntimes encouraged in its baby talk, by its parents and\\nfriends, until it becomes second nature for it to mis-\\npronounce and misarticulate words and syllables. The\\nwriter has known children of from 10 to 15 years of age\\nwho had never entirely forgotten their baby talk, and\\nslight traces of it was oftentimes noticeable in their con-\\nversation.\\nMany of these encouraged baby-talkers have turned\\nout to be stammerers. This way of dealing with the\\ntrouble is equally as wrong as it would be to postpone to\\na later period the necessary orthopedic treatment of a\\nchild tending to bodily deformity. As the child grows,\\nthe evil, instead of decreasing, increases, eventually leav-\\ning its victim a stutterer or stammerer of the most severe\\ntype. Thus what was at first, by the parents of the child,\\nencouraged, becomes to it, later on, second nature, and\\noftentimes a bad and disgusting habit.\\nMany parents answer their children in this same\\nbaby talk. Thus the child is taught and confirmed that\\nits own mistakes are correct, and gradually grows into\\nthat evil maner of talking, whence stammering and\\nstuttering arise.\\nIt is surprising with what fidelity a child will imitate\\nwhatever it sees or hears. Children hardly able to talk\\noftentimes surprise their parents with their knowledge\\nand actions. Therefore it becomes all parents to exert the\\nutmost carefulness in the training of their children, and to\\nwatch for and correct any tendency to a faulty or imper-\\nfect articulation.\\n40", "height": "4278", "width": "3119", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0048.jp2"}, "49": {"fulltext": "Never strike or scold a child for defective utterance.\\nA spirit of firmness, with nothing to startle or excite, but\\nrather with a tendency to kindness, will be found to be of\\nmuch value. Canon Kingsley says: Fear of bodily\\npunishment, or even capriciousness in his teacher s tem-\\nper and rules, will surely confirm the bad habit. If he is\\nby any means kept in a state of terror, shame, or even\\nanxiety, then this stammerer will grow worse and worse\\nas he grows older.\\nAsk the child to slowly and carefully repeat what has\\ngiven it difficulty to utter; if it be a request, do not grant\\nit until the child has done its best to ask for it correctly,\\nalways speaking to it in a manner to indicate that you are\\npositive. A splendid practice, and one which gives notice-\\nable results almost immediately, is to teach to the child\\nsome simple rhyme or story, have it repeat after you\\ncorrectly, exactly what you say, being always very careful\\nnot to talk in an affected or exaggerated manner.\\nIf the child is quite young, teach it first to pronounce\\ncorrectly each letter of the alphabet. Many children at-\\ntempt to speak upon but scarcely any breath, first expell-\\ning nearly all the air from their lungs they then begin to-\\ngive utterance to partially formed words and syllables.\\nSuch should be taught to carefully inhale before attempt-\\ning to speak, and never permitted to begin a sentence in a\\nquick or hurried manner. Let the proper time be given to\\nthe development of the lungs of children, and much of the\\ntendency that exists at the present day to pulmonary\\ntroubles would vanish, and there would be more bright,\\nmerry voices, and, consequently, happier hearts in our\\nschools and homes. Teach the child the proper mode of\\n41", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0049.jp2"}, "50": {"fulltext": "breathing, the correct manner of articulating, and much\\nof the sorrow and distress, the result of stammering,^\\nwould give w^ay to cheerfulness, and happier lives would\\nbe the result. The old proverb. A stitch in time saves\\nnine, is especially applicable here.\\nThe following is an extract clipped from an article\\nwritten by Dr. Morell McKenzie, for the Popular Science\\nMonthly: It is hardly an exaggeration to say that the\\ntraining of the voice should begin almost with the cradle.\\nI do not, of course mean to say that a baby should be\\ntaught to squall according to rule, or that the prattle of\\nchildren should be made a laborious task, but I wish to\\ninsist on the importance of surrounding the child, as soon\\nas it begins to lisp, with persons who speak well/\\nAll languages/ old Roger Ascham says, both\\nlearned and mother tongues, are begotten and gotten sole-\\nly by imitation, for as ye used to hear, so ye learn to speak;\\nif ye hear no other, ye speak not yourself; and whom ye\\nonly hear, of them ye only learn.\\nQuintillian says: Before all, let the nurses speak\\nproperly; the boy will hear them first, and will try to shape\\nhis words by imitating them. This applies chiefly to the\\npronunciation and correct use of w T ords but much might\\nalso be done for the right management of the voice, if\\nevery child could grow up among people who speak well.\\nThe flimic.\\nHave you ever mocked or imitated the habits and\\ncontortions of a stammerer?\\nBeware, lest you also are made to carry the yoke\\n42", "height": "4259", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0050.jp2"}, "51": {"fulltext": "It seems a severe but a just punishment that those\\nwho hold up their fellowmen to ridicule because of their\\ninfirmities are oftentimes similarly afflicted. A young lady\\nwho applied to me for relief not long since broke down\\nand shed tears when she told me she had been punished\\nbecause she mocked a person who was afflicted in the\\nsame manner. Many applications for admission to my\\nInstitution have been accompanied by letters that told the\\nsame sad and pitiful story: I acquired my difficulty by\\nmocking/\\nChildren especially, and, I am sorry to say, many\\ngrown persons, having witnessed some peculiar type of\\nstammering or stuttering, which, to them, appears laugh-\\nable, set about to imitate the poor unfortunate who has\\nunluckily crossed their path, and to their sorrow many\\nsuch mimics find that when they wish to discontinue the\\nhabit, the monster, with all its horrors, has securely fast-\\nened its talons into their flesh, not to be easily shaken off.\\nTake my advice, then, if you have been habitually\\nmocking the stammerer, stop it, and stop it at once.\\nThe poor unfortunate victim, the target of your jest,\\nhas already enough to suffer without bearing the taunts\\nand ridicule, of inhuman scoffers.\\nHereditary Stammering.\\nThat stammering, with many persons, is a disease is\\nno longer a doubt in the minds of those who have made\\na careful study of the subject. Dr. Raphael Cohen cites\\nthe case of one family where stammering was transmitted\\nthrough four generations, the malady usually developing\\n43", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0051.jp2"}, "52": {"fulltext": "between the second and fifth year, the affliction com-\\nmencing with a repetition of syllables and words at first\\nseldom, then often, until it broke out in all its uncontroll-\\nable force. This type of stammering has previously been\\nconsidered by others incurable. Eminent physicians and\\nspecialists in both this country and abroad have been\\nutterly unable to afford any relief to the unfortunate\\nstammerer who was unlucky enough to inherit his diffi-\\nculty.\\nNotwithstanding the failure hitherto to afford relief\\nto such cases, a careful glance over the many letters we\\nhave received will at once convince the reader that the\\nclosing of the nineteenth century has revealed to the\\nworld, among its many other inventions and discoveries,\\na means for the curing of stammering and stuttering\\nequally adapted to and effective in each and every case,\\nfrom the mildest type to the most severe, the contortions\\nof which are oftentimes painful to witness, and dis-\\ngusting beyond description.\\nStammering The Result of Disease.\\nStammering with many persons is the result of er-\\nuptive diseases, such as scarletina, small-pox and other\\nkindred disorders; it may be the result of external injur-\\nies, sudden fright, or any violent nerve or brain trouble\\nmay cause it; in nearly every such case, however, the\\nafflicted individual previously possessed a weak enforcing\\npower of the will over the organs of utterance. Very\\nrarely is stammering caused by any organic defect. In\\na series of six hundred cases, carefully investigated by\\n44", "height": "4278", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0052.jp2"}, "53": {"fulltext": "Columbat, there was not one case of stammering caused\\nby malformation of the organs.\\nWhen to Commence Treatment.\\nWhile the great number of cases we have treated has\\nproven to us and to others that at no stage have we been\\nunable to successfully combat the difficulty, yet persist-\\nency in the habit renders it more difficult to bring the or-\\ngans back to their normal condition. The longer we\\ncontinue any habit, the more difficult it becomes to stop\\nit, and this especially is applicable to the subject in ques-\\ntion. For this reason no person should deny himself or\\nherself of the privilege available to recover their speech\\nat as early a date as possible.\\nClass Exercise.\\nFrom four to six hours are set aside daily for class ex-\\nercise, when pupils are expected, unless satisfactory ex-\\ncuse is given, to attend diligently to the work which it is\\ntheir duty to perform. The exercises are both pleasant\\nand profitable, and are varied to suit the different forms of\\nspeech impediment with which we have to deal.\\nOur treatment is adapted to the indications and di-\\nrected against the maifestation according to the require-\\nments of each particular case with which we have to deal.\\nWe never administer drugs or medicine of any kind\\nto our pupils nor apply electricity in any form in connec-\\ntion with our treatment.\\n45", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0053.jp2"}, "54": {"fulltext": "Much of our success is due to the natural means we\\nemploy in overcoming this unnatural difficulty.\\nThe permanancy of our cures we attribute to the\\nphysical development of the pupil, noticable from the be-\\ngining of treatment.\\nThese exercises are not only valuable as an auxiliary\\nmeans but also open the way and lay the foundation for a\\nlife long cure. The mental influences become regulated,\\nthe will strengthened and the whole organism apparently\\ntransformed into the awakening of a new individuality.\\nThe Result of Stammering.\\nSeparated by his affliction and infirmity from society\\nand companionship, the poor, unfortunate stammerer is\\ndriven to the solitude of his own unhappy contemplation.\\nCanon Kingsley says: The stammerer s life is full\\nof misery, and always a short one, by reason of the men-\\ntal depression and misdirection of vital energy which is\\ninduced thereby. With many stammerers life is an at-\\ntempt with but little success. In their effort to succeed\\nthey are continually kept in a state of fear and anxiety.\\nHow many pillows have been saturated with tears, every\\ndrop an appeal for free speech? How many hearts have\\nlonged for the day to come when humanity would be re-\\nleased from this woeful curse?\\nThis constant strain upon the mind and nerves ra-\\npidly consumes vitality. The boy, vigorous as a child,\\noftentimes finds himself a physical and nervous wreck\\nabout the time he should be developing into a magnificent\\n46", "height": "4273", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0054.jp2"}, "55": {"fulltext": "specimen of manhood. The fact that he stammers is\\nnever out of his mind; thus he realizes that others have\\nbestowed upon them by nature gifts that he has not, and\\ngradually it becomes second nature for him to regard\\nhimself as an unequal. The ambition which should a-\\nrouse us all to action in our youth in him is dormant.\\nSooner or later this vital force that is being gradually un-\\ndermined perishes, and the victim awakes to find himself\\nprostrated with grief over his sad condition. The mental\\nstrain in some cases, the result of stammering, is some-\\nthing awful. Many severe cases develop to such a degree\\nas to cause convulsions. Persons so afflicted oftentimes\\nlose their minds entirely, a fact which statistics prove not\\ninfrequently happens.\\nThe Unfortunate Stammerer.\\nThere stands a person whose face is physically drawn\\nout of shape. His mental faculties are warped. He is\\nnot a mute, but still he cannot speak. His thoughts are\\ncrippled and confused. To all appearances he is a man,\\nbut if we knew him well we would find that in many things\\nhe is but a child. The persons who understand his pecul-\\niarities are few and his sympathizers are equally rare.\\nHis strange silence and timid actions lower him in the es-\\ntimation of his fellowmen. The sweet privilege of social\\nenjoyment is unknown to him. Every undertaking he\\nenters into is abandoned through gloomy forebodings of\\nfailure. His thoughts, denied the liberty of oral express-\\nion, become as stagnant and unreliable as his manner of\\n47", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0055.jp2"}, "56": {"fulltext": "acting. His countenance bears a piteous but repulsive\\nappearance and is indicative of a long and fierce battle of\\nsuccessive failures. His consolation is the ridicule and\\ncruel impatience of innumerable mimics, who ape him at\\nevery opportunity. At last, pressing deeper into his flesh\\nthe poisoned arrows of his terrible infirmity, his burden\\nof sorrow crushes him to the earth.\\nThe Cure.\\nA careful study of the different methods for the cure\\nof stammering and stuttering, and other speech impedi-\\nments, as practiced by the most successful of those who\\nhave within recent years devoted their time and study to\\nthe subject, together with the personal experience of hav-\\ning been a most severe stammerer for more than twenty\\nyears, proves to me beyond a doubt that only such systems\\nproduce cures and permanent results as are founded on an\\neducational basis, where the pupil is disciplined and put\\nthrough a systematic training, beginning at the found-\\nation and rebuilding the tissues that have naturally be-\\ncome weakened, through lack of proper use, at the same\\ntime strengthening and developing the vocal organs.\\nProbably no other means of cure in the world has\\nmet with such remarkable success in ridding humanity\\nof this awful curse as has THE LEWIS PHONOMET-\\nRIC METHOD. Our graduates, representing now\\nnearly every State in the Union, and Province of Canada,\\nmany of whom had been life-long sufferers, bear us out in\\nthis assertion with their splendid letters of endorsement.\\n48", "height": "4266", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0056.jp2"}, "57": {"fulltext": "Home Treatment.\\nMany persons have written to me to inquire if I could\\ngive them printed or written instructions that would serve\\nthe same purpose as their presence at my school, to which\\nquestions I have invariaby answered, No. While I might\\npossibly give to a person instructions in a written or\\nprinted form, and in a manner that they might possibly\\nobtain some relief, yet it would prove very unsatisfactory\\nins the end to both pupil and instructor. We have known\\nof a number of unscrupulous persons who have offered\\nto treat stammerers by correspondence, but have yet to\\nlearn of a single stammerer who has received one particle\\nof benefit from such treatment. Almost daily we receive\\ncommunications from persons asking for mail treatment,\\nwith ofifers of remuneration. I invariably refuse offers of\\nthis kind, always advising the correspondent that it is ab-\\nsolutely necessary to attend the institution and remain di-\\nrectly under my personal observation, that I may from\\nday to day (for a short period) assist and direct them to\\na proper use and development of the organs of speech,\\nwhich have been so long abused.\\nTime Required to Effect a Cure.\\nThe length of time required to, effect a cure depends\\nlargely upon the severity of the case and the application\\nof the pupil to duty. The average case has required from\\nthree to six or eight weeks treatment. We do not guar-\\nantee the length of time for treatmnt required to effect a\\n49", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0057.jp2"}, "58": {"fulltext": "cure in any particular case, as much depends upon the\\npupils aptitude for learning and application. An in-\\nvestigation of our testimonials will prove to the reader\\nhowever that many of our pupils who had been life long\\nsufferers were never heard to stammer after their first\\nweek s instruction although they remained with us until\\nthe completion of their course.\\nLetters of Indorsement.\\nThe letters of indorsement presented to the reader of\\nthis book represent and voice the sentiments of hundreds\\nof others who have spoken likewise, and whose letters can\\nbe seen at any time on the files of our office. Persons\\nwishing to further satisfy themselves of the reliability of\\nour work will receive upon application a list of graduates\\nand ex-pupils, who are ever ready to express their grati-\\ntude for their relief we have afforded them.\\nThe Results of Treatment.\\nThe results of treatment are noticeable on the\\npupil almost immediately. The depressed, careworn look\\npossessed by many stammerers, the direct result of years\\nof constant worry and battle, gives way to a cheerful ex-\\npression and buoyant disposition. The improvement\\nphysically, in some cases almost from the beginning ,is\\n50", "height": "4267", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0058.jp2"}, "59": {"fulltext": "marked to such a degree that the chest development of\\nsome pupils while under this treatment has been from\\nthree to four inches, the gymnastic exercises being well\\ncalculated to build up and strengthen the tissues and\\nmuscles that have become weakened through lack of pro-\\nper exercise and use.\\nTerms of Tuition.\\nOur charges in a case of stammering or stuttering\\ndepend upon the extent of the difficulty, as some require\\nmuch more care and attention than others.\\nIt is impossible to determine the type and severity of\\nany case of stammering or stuttering without first obtain-\\ning a thorough knowledge of the manifestations and indi-\\ncations surrounding it. To enable us to gain this knowl-\\nedge we have prepared a sheet of questions known as our\\nQuestion Blank which when properly filled in will give\\na complete chain, leading up to the diagnosis of the case.\\nWe will be pleased to mail one of our Question Blanks\\nto any stammerer upon request and upon the return of\\nwhich carefully and properly filled in we will pronounce\\nthe type of stammering and quote terms for treatment.\\nNo charge is made for consultation either by correspond-\\nence or otherwise.\\n51", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0059.jp2"}, "60": {"fulltext": "Caution.\\nWhen writing letters of inquiry to persons whose\\nnames we furnish, or whose indorsement of our treatment\\nis contained herein, the writer will please mark his letter\\nPERSONAL and inclose a stamped envelope to ensure\\na prompt reply.\\nAll business communications pertaining to- terms, ap-\\nplicatons, particulars regarding treatment, etc., should be\\naddressed direct to our office and will receive immediate\\nattention.\\nThe Lewis Phonometric Institute\\nAND SCHOOL FOR\\nSTAMMERERS.\\n4i Adelaide St. Detroit, flictiigafi.\\n52", "height": "4270", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0060.jp2"}, "61": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0061.jp2"}, "62": {"fulltext": "The School Residence.", "height": "4263", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0062.jp2"}, "63": {"fulltext": "The School Residence.\\nThe School Residence of the Lewis Phonometric\\nInstitute, a comfortable, homelike home, has been ar-\\nranged for the accomodation of pupils attending, and is\\nconveniently situated near the Institute, on Edmund\\nPlace, probably the most beautiful residential avenue in\\nthe city.\\nMany pupils who- attend our school regret the time\\nfor their departure so pleasant has their visit been to\\nthem.\\nThe entire class board together, each of the pupils\\nbeing provided with a comfortable room and all the ac-\\ncommodations of their own homes at a reasonable price.\\nBoarding with the class is optional. The pupil may,\\nif he so desires board elsewhere. However, one will find\\nit more advantageous to board with the rest of the\\npupils.\\nMusicales, debates, at homes, etc., given in the par-\\nlors supply evening entertainment for the class, and\\neverything that can be done to make it pleasant lor the\\npupils is carefully looked after.\\n55", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0063.jp2"}, "64": {"fulltext": "A Word to Stammers.\\nThe management of The Lewis Phonometric Insti-\\ntute has selected the following letters of endorsement\\nfrom among a great number received from its gradu-\\nates, by way of press notices, etc., and from prominent and\\nwell known persons who know of or have tested the\\nmerits of its method of treatment.\\nWe shall be pleased to furnish upon application to\\nparties who desire it as further reference prominent\\nand well known resident physicians of Detroit and\\nelsewhere, business and professional men s ex-stammer-\\ners and graduates, who will be pleased to answer by\\ncorrespondence any inquiries addressed to them regard-\\ning the success of our work.\\nThe rapid growth of our school can be attributed\\nonly to the success that has followed our efforts, and\\nhas not only built up for us a correspondence extend-\\ning over the entire continent but has also rewarded us\\nwith graduates from nearly every state of the Union and\\nprovince of Canada.\\nAddress all communications\\nThe Lewis Phonometric Institute\\nAND SCHOOL FOR\\nSTAMMERERS.\\n41 Adelaide Street. Detroit, Michigan.\\n56", "height": "4274", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0064.jp2"}, "65": {"fulltext": "From Louis S. Wagner.\\nQuebec City, Quebec, Canada.\\nI write this article for publication that those who are\\nsuffering from stammering or stuttering may seek and ob-\\ntain relief. I was born in Quebec City, 1866, and at my\\nearliest infancy commenced stuttering, since which time\\nmy difficulty had rapidly developed.\\nMy father stammers at the present time, and has since\\nchildhood, and his brother, my uncle, is one of the moist\\nsevere cases I have ever known.\\nI feel happy to say that I have never hesitated, stam-\\nmered or stuttered since my first lesson, and have not ex-\\nperienced the least fear that I would.\\nI have been in public office at the City Hall, Quebec,\\nsince 1888, and have written today a letter to Mr. C. J.\\nL. Lafrance, City Treasurer, Quebec, that reads as fol-\\nlows\\nDear Sir, It is with the greatest pleasure that I\\nhave to let you know that I am completely cured of my\\nstuttering and stammering.\\nAfter having taken my first lesson at the Lewis\\nPhonometric Institute, at the hour of 10 o clock A. M. on\\nMonday last, at 11 o clock I could speak without the\\nleast hesitation.\\nI expect to be in Quebec City, next week.\\nYours truly,\\nLOUIS S. WAGNER.\\nP. S. I speak equally as well in English as I do in\\nFrench.\\n(Written Oct. 12th., 1894.)\\n57", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0065.jp2"}, "66": {"fulltext": "From Louis S. Wagner.\\nCity Hall, Quebec City, Can., Oct 27, 1894.\\nMr. George A. Lewis, Principal Lewis Phonometric In-\\nstitute:\\nDear Sir: The Hon. E. A. Dery, Judge of the Re-\\ncorder s Court, of this City, passed many compliments on\\nmy speaking in court yesterday. I have as yet not had the\\nslightest trouble. His Worship the Mayor of Quebec\\nCity, desires you to add to your list of references his\\nname, saying that he knew me as a very bad stutterer\\nand stammerer, and that after being but eight days in\\nyour school, I returned home completely cured.\\nExtending to you my best wishes in your good work,\\nI remain, yours respectfully,\\nLOUIS S. WAGNER.\\nFrom Louis S. Wagner.\\nCity Hall, Quebec City, Oct. 1st, 1895.\\nMr. Geo. Andrew Lewis, Principal Lewis Phonometric\\nInstitute\\nDear Sir: It is now a year since I attended your in-\\nstitute and I can assure you I shall never regret the day\\nI entered. I am pleased to let you know of my continued\\nsuccess. Yours very truly,\\nLOUIS S. WAGNER.\\n58", "height": "4277", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0066.jp2"}, "67": {"fulltext": "From Mt\\\\ Frank A. Tuerk,\\nTavistock, Ontario, Can., Aug. 26th, 1895.\\nDear Mr. Lewis: As I have not written you for a\\nconsiderable length of time I desire to again express my\\nsincere thanks for the sucessful and permanent cure you\\nhave afforded me. Everybody in Tavistock knew me for\\nyears as a most inveterate stammerer, and to think that I\\nwas entirely cured of my difficulty in the remarkably short\\ntime of three weeks seems almost too good to be true.\\nDuring my treatment at your school I met a number of\\nyour pupils who had tried other methods and had failed,\\nand I am pleased to tell you that I have recently heard\\nfrom them and that they expressed themselves as highly\\ndelighted with their cure. Wishing you further success\\nwith your good work, I am,\\nVery gratefully yours,\\nFRANK A. TUERK.\\nFrom V. Stock,\\nGeneral Merchant and Notary Public.\\nTavistock, Ont., March 1st, 1895.\\nThis certifies that Mr. Frank Tuerk, of this village,\\nhas been known to me for many years, and that\\nhe has suffered very much from an impediment of speech\\ngenerally called stammering; at times so much so that\\nit was painful to hear him attempt to speak. On the 20th\\n59", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0067.jp2"}, "68": {"fulltext": "day of January last he left here to attend Mr. Geo. A.\\nLewis Institute for stammerers. After three weeks ab-\\nsence, on the 19th day of February, he returned, speaking\\nwithout difficulty and freed from obstruction. When\\ncases as bad as Mr. Tuerk s can be successfully cured by\\nMr. Lewis, then all suffering with the like trouble may\\nfeel assured: of being relieved by him from their affliction.\\nHis treatment merits confidence.\\nV. STOCK.\\nFrom A. fliller, Ass t Postmaster.\\nTavistock, Ont., Feb y 27th, 1895.\\nTo Whom it May Concern:\\nI have known Mr. Frank A. Tuerk for nearly eight\\nyears previous to his attending Mr. Geo. A. Lewis school.\\nHe was very much troubled with stammering and stutter-\\ning, sometimes it being almost impossible for him to\\nmake himself understood, but since returning, have not\\nheard him make the least sound in that way but can speak\\nas freely as anyone. I can cheerfully recommend the\\nabove school to* any who are affected with this same dis-\\nease and feel confident their expectations, after attending,\\nwill be more than realized.\\nA. MILLER.\\n60", "height": "4266", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0068.jp2"}, "69": {"fulltext": "From F. Krug.\\nTavistock, Ont., Feb y 26th, 1895.\\nMr. Geo. A. Lewis:\\nDear Sir: Your pupil, Mr. Frank Tuerk, was in my\\nemployment for something over three years. It was\\nreally painful to have to witness the stammering that he\\nw r as subject to. The result of your treatment is really\\nmarvelous, he can now converse with ease, not the slight-\\nest sign is to be seen that he was ever such a victim of\\nstammering. I therefore with pleasure certify to above.\\nRespectfully yours,\\nF. KRUG.\\nFrom F. A. Tuerk.\\nTavistock, Ont., Jan. 1, 1896.\\nMr ,Buffalo, N. Y.\\nDear Sir: I received your letter some time ago, but\\nmislaid it and of course did not remember your address.\\nI hope: you will excuse the delay.\\nIt will be a year the latter part of this month that I\\nwas cured of stammering by Mr. Geo. A. Lewis, and I\\nmust say that my cure has-been very satisfactory, indeed\\nevery fear of stammering has been removed, and nobody\\nwould now think that I was ever the victim of such a ter-\\n61", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0069.jp2"}, "70": {"fulltext": "reble affliction. It was very hard to speak to strangers\\nbefore I was cured. I was a most inveterate stammerer,\\nand used to stammer five to ten minutes at one syllable.\\nEverybody who knew me will say that.\\nI can now read before an audience and have not even\\nthe least fear of stammering; in fact I have perfect free-\\ndom of speech. I remain,\\nYours very truly,\\nFRANK A. TUERK.\\nFrom James H. Stevenson.\\nGlencoe, Ontario, Canada, Aug. 10, 1895.\\nMr. Geo. A. Lewis, Detroit, Mich:\\nMy Dear Mr. Lewis: I write to let you know of my\\nsuccess since I graduated from your school. I delivered\\nan address before the young people of our church a few\\nevenings ago and did not experience the least difficulty.\\nOne of our employes told me to-day that he has\\nwatched me carefully for many months to see if he could\\nnotice any indication of my former difficulty which you\\nknow at times was severe. He told me that he has never\\nobserved any hesitancy in the way of stammering.\\nWith best wishes for yourself and the success of your\\nschool, I remain,\\nYours truly,\\nJAMES H. STEVENSON.\\n62", "height": "4262", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0070.jp2"}, "71": {"fulltext": "From Mrs. Edna Chaffee Noble,\\nDirector of Detroit Training School of Elocution and English Literature.\\n60 Edmund Place, Detroit, Mich.\\nI have unqualified faith in Mr. George Andrew\\nLewis methods for treating stammering. His cures are\\nnot miraculous, for they are founded upon the laws of\\nnature and a thorough understanding of the sensitive or-\\nganization of those who suffer from this particular kind\\nof speech defect. It gives me great pleasure to speak of\\nMr. Lewis success as I have personal knowledge that he\\nis not only competent for the difficult work he undertakes\\nbut worthy of all trust.\\nVery sincerely yours,\\nAugust 13th, 1895. EDNA CHAFFEE NOBLE.\\nFrom Joe J. Thornton.\\nMagnolia, III., Jan. 20th, 1896.\\nMr. Geo. Andrew Lewis, Detroit, Mich.\\nDear Mr. Lewis: I write to let you know I con-\\ntinue to talk without stammering. I read a long article\\nin school a few days ago without the least trouble, some-\\nthing I could never do in my life before I attended your\\nschool.\\nDo not hesitate in referring anybody to me con-\\ncerning your work, because I am always glad to tell of\\nmy cure. Remember me to your secretary and to Mrs.\\nLewis, and believe me Sincerely yours,\\nJOE J. THORNTON.\\n63", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0071.jp2"}, "72": {"fulltext": "From J, W. Thornton.\\nMagnolia, III., Jan. 13th, 1896.\\nMr. Geo. A. Lewis, Detroit, Mich.\\nMy Dear Sir: I must say that I am perfectly satis-\\nfied with my son s cure. I find he is very deliberate in\\nconversation but does not have the least difficulty of\\nstammering-. To any one seeking a cure for stammer-\\ning, I would cheerfully recommend you and your\\ntreatment.\\nTo yourself and wife I desire again to thank you\\nfor your kindness to my son Joe while with you.\\nTruly yours,\\nT. W. THORNTON.\\nFrom Joe J. Thornton.\\nMagnolia, III., Jan. 15th, 1896.\\nMr Freeport, 111.\\nDear Sir: I received your letter today and am\\npleased to tell you of my cure of stammering. Before I\\nwent to Mr. Lewis School, I w 7 as a bad stammerer, but\\nnow talk perfectly without the least fear of my old\\ntrouble. The treatment is not at all severe, any one be-\\ning able to take it. While there from a large class I saw\\na number of pupils (six or seven) leave the school cured\\nand every pupil there seemed perfectly satisfied. There\\nis no doubt as to the efficiency of Mr. Lewis work and I\\nwould advise any stammerer by all means to go to him\\n64", "height": "4269", "width": "3129", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0072.jp2"}, "73": {"fulltext": "for treatment. 1 met a number of pupils at Mr. Lewis 7\\nSchool v. ho had attended other institutions and taken\\nother treatments without success, but were entirely cured\\nby Air. Lewis. Yours very truly,\\nJOE. J. THORNTON.\\nFrom Mrs. Fred L. Wells.\\nPort Huron, Mich., July 5, 1895.\\nMr. George Andrew Lewis, Detroit, Mich:\\nDear Sir: Let me write one more letter to you to\\nexpress as w T ell as I can my congratulations on your suc-\\ncess in curing my niece, and the great thankfulness and\\npersonal gratitude felt by her whole family for what you\\nhave done. I really envy you the privilege of being such\\na boon to mankind. How you must enjoy the lifting of\\nclouds and the opening up of new hopes and possibilities\\nto those who have been in bonds. If vou do not restore\\nthem to life, you restore life to them. When I think oi\\nwhat a different world this will hereafter be to my niece\\nI can hardly keep back tears of joy and of gratitude to\\nyou who have been instrumental in giving her this free-\\ndom. May God bless you inj all your efforts and give you\\ncontinued success, and may you live long to carry on this\\ngood work to which you have set your hand. I am sure\\nsince you cured my niece there can be very few cases that\\nwill fail under your treatment. To us you will always\\nseem a true friend as one who came in time of need.\\nVery sincerely yours.\\nHATTIE WELLS.\\n6;", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0073.jp2"}, "74": {"fulltext": "From Prof. Geo. B. Hynson.\\nPrincipal of the National School of Elocution and Oratory, the oldest\\nestablished School of Voice Culture in America.\\nPhiladelphia, Pa., August 31st, 1894.\\nMr. George A. Lewis, Principal Phonomet-ric Institute;\\nMy Dear Sir: I was pleased to learn that you have\\nopened your school and shall send any one in need of\\nsuch a specialist to you. You are at liberty to use my\\nname as reference. Sincerely yours,\\nGEO. B. HYNSON.\\nFrom Annie Farrell.\\nWindsor, Ont., Nov. ii, 1895.\\nMr. Geo. Andrew Lewis, Principal Lewis Phomonietric\\nInstitute.\\nDear Mr. Lewis Since leaving your school I have\\napplied every means to test the completeness of my cure\\nand must say that the result is not only pleasing to my-\\nself but a complete demonstration of the efficiency of your\\nsystem. Words that were formerly my special stumbling\\nblocks I can now pronounce without the least hesitation.\\nAll my friends say that such an improvement in so short\\na time as four weeks is marvelous. I need scarcely add\\nthat I shall take every opportunity of recommending your\\ntreatment to any one afflicted as I was. I wish also to\\nthank you and your assistants for the kindness and at-\\ntention shown me while a pupil of your school. Give my\\nkindest regards to Mrs. Lewis and believe me\\nSincerely,\\n13 Glengarry Ave. ANNIE FARRELL.\\n66", "height": "4274", "width": "3141", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0074.jp2"}, "75": {"fulltext": "The Lewis School.\\nThe good work that is steadily being accomplished\\nby The Lewis Phonometric Institute and School for\\nStammerers, cannot well be overestimated. The\\nmethods adopted by Mr, Lewis in connection with iiis\\nwork speak for themselves. The News has taken a deep\\ninterest in this worthy enterprise, and is only too glad\\nto be in a position to confidently commend it to the\\npublic.\\nI first read about the institute in The News, said\\nT. W. Lutze, of Union City, Mich., enunciating each\\nword clearly and without the slightest halting or hesi-\\ntation. Now I have been completely cured, I drop-\\nped in to tell you how thankful and happy I am. I have\\nbeen a hopeless stammerer ever since I was a little child.\\nIt was impossible for me to speak a word without a\\ndesperate struggle, in w r hich my features were contorted\\nout of all recognition. I came to The Lewis Phonomet-\\nric Institute Nov. 16. When I arrived I had a hard time\\nin letting anybody know what I wanted. You see how well\\nI can talk to you now. I am completely cured, talk\\nas easily as any man, and am satisfied that all my troubles\\nare over. I feel so grateful that I want all who suffer\\nas I have done to know that relief is so easily obtained.\\nThe case of J. Reutter, a lad who lives at 403 Du-\\nbois street, Detroit, is even more remarkable than that\\nof Mr. Lutze. He sells The News, and lost no time in\\ninforming the managers of the paper of his happy ex-\\nexperience.\\nI have always been a terrible stammerer, he said.\\n67", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0075.jp2"}, "76": {"fulltext": "The trouble began with my first efforts to talk, and has\\nbeen incessant ever since. Before I entered the institute,\\nwhich was only ten days ago, it would have taken me\\nseveral hours to have said as much to you as I have al-\\nready done. Now I do not stammer at all, even under\\nexeitement. It seems almost impossible that as much\\ncould be done in so short a time, The future looks\\nvery different to me, now that I have got the best of\\nmy awful trouble.\\nMr. Lewis has again been obliged to enlarge his\\nschool to accommodate the rapidly increasing attend-\\nance of pupils who come here from all parts of the Unit-\\ned States and Canada. Detroit Evening News, Dec.\\n1 6th, 1895.\\nFrom C. F. Daniels.\\nBISHOP SCHOOL,\\nWinder near Rivard.\\nCHAS. F. DANIELS, Principal.\\nDetroit, Mich., Jan. 15th, 1896.\\nMr. Geo. A. Lewis.\\nDear Sir: I wish to express to you my apprecia-\\ntion of the wonderful cure you have produced in my\\npupil, Jacob Reutter.\\nBefore going to you for treatment his stammering\\nwas painful. He could scarcely make a recitation; but\\nnow he does as well as any of his class. His cure is\\ncomplete.\\nHis other teachers are delighted. He will now enter\\nHigh School which he did not expect to do/.\\nRespectfully,\\nCHAS. F. DANIELS.\\n68", "height": "4273", "width": "3132", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0076.jp2"}, "77": {"fulltext": "From Miss Eva A. Reutter.\\nDetroit, Mich. Jan. 6th, 1896.\\nMr. Geo. Andrew Lewis, Principal Lewis School for\\nStammerers.\\nDear Sir: I desire to thank you for what you have\\ndone for my brother. We have not heard him stammer\\nonce since entering your school. He has now not the\\nleast difficulty in talking ,and we consider his cure both\\npermanent and complete.\\nIt will always afford us pleasure to have you refer\\nany one to us concerning the success of your work.\\nYours very truly,\\n403 Dubois street. EVA A. REUTTER.\\nFrom Wesley Lutze.\\nUnion City, Mich., Jan. 30, 1890.\\nMr. Geo. Andrew Lewis,\\nDear Friend: Permit me to add my testimony to\\nthose of many who have been cured of stammering at\\nyour Institute. I had been a very bad stammerer my\\nwhole life and found it difficult to utter many sounds\\nwithout straining my lungs to the utmost extent. At\\ntimes my mouth would open wide while at other times I\\ncould not open it at all but would contort and twist my\\nfeatures in a most painful manner. I am pleased to say\\nthat four weeks treatment at your school entirely over-\\ncame my difficulty and I can now talk as well as any one.\\n69", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0077.jp2"}, "78": {"fulltext": "Since my own cure I do not believe there is a single case\\nof stammering that cannot be successfully treated by your\\nsystem. With unspeakable gratitude to you for the re-\\nlief you have afforded me and wishing you every sucess.\\nI remain, Yours truly,\\nWESLEY LUTZE.\\nThe Lewis Phonometric Institute.\\n(Extract.)\\nA few weeks ago the writer visited the Lewis Insti-\\ntute and heard the class of ladies and gentlemen students\\nrecite. Among the number was a young fellow about\\ntwenty years of age. He was absolutely unable to utter\\ntw r o words without going into a contortion. His case\\nseemed incurable. His memory was impaired and he ap-\\npeared almost a physical wreck. He was requested to\\nrepeat four words as a test of memory. His efforts to\\nspeak were painful to witness.\\nTo see the same young fellow today would astonish\\nyou. He has secured a perfect command of language.\\nHe has confidence in himself, and speaks entertainingly\\nof his cure. 1 have not stammered since the first week\\nI arrived here/ he remarked. My home is in Ohio,\\nand I know it will be an agreeable surprise to my folks\\nwhen I return, fully cured. The Lewis system of curing\\nstammering and stuttering has accomplished wonders in\\nmy case, as I had tried other methods in both New\\nYork and Philadelphia without any apparent benefit.\\nThe Detroit Tribune, September 23, 1895.\\n70", "height": "4259", "width": "3117", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0078.jp2"}, "79": {"fulltext": "From The Christian Herald.\\nDetroit, Mich., Oct. 3rd.\\nSeeking to be of value to its readers in its adver-\\ntising as truly as in its reading columns, a representa-\\ntive of the Christian Herald obtained an interview with\\na patient of Mr: Lewis Tuesday afternoon to learn from\\nthe patient s point of view, all possible concerning the\\nmethod and success of Mr. Lewis treatment of imperfect\\nspeech. k T first learned of Mr. Lewis and his treatment\\nthrough an article appearing in your paper/ said Mrs.\\nN. P. Smith, or Ortonville, Michigan, who had some-\\ntime before entered The Lewis Phonometric Institute, to\\nbe cured of a distressing impediment of speech, from\\nwhich she had suffered for more than twenty-five years.\\nWhen about three years of age, continued Mrs.\\nSmith, my parents noticed that I was beginning to\\nstammer and notwithstanding everything was tried at\\nthat, time to prevent it. my difficulty appeared to grow\\nworse. I cannot look back over my whole life and re-\\nmember a time when I did not stammer. Have you\\nany difficulty now? asked our representative. Not\\nthe least, remarked Airs. Smith, and it seems too good\\nto be true. You cannot imagine what a different life\\nthis will be to me. One who has not stammered has no\\nidea of the torture endured at times by those who are\\nunfortunately afflicted. Of course, at times, I could talk\\nfairly well, but under certain conditions, I was unable\\nto speak a word. Now I have not the slightest difficul-\\nty, remarked Mrs. Smith, and her face brightened up in\\nsuch a cheerful manner when she spoke as to thoroughly\\n71", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0079.jp2"}, "80": {"fulltext": "convince one that she was, indeed, a happy woman.\\nHave you any objections to my informing the readers\\nof the Herald of your cure? asked our representative.\\nNot the slightest; remarked Mrs. Smith. If I can,\\nin any way, aid in directing other stammerers to the\\nhappiness I have experienced, I will, I am sure, be more\\nthan satisfied.\\nThe Lewis Institute has graduated a very large\\nnumber of pupils since it established in Detroit. Mr.\\nGeo. Andrew Lewis, the founder and principal of the\\nschool, suffered from stammering in a most severe form,\\nand after many efforts to find relief, incorporated and\\nregistered at patent offices, both in this country and\\nCanada, his school and method. Since that time,\\nhis efforts to relieve others of this affliction have met\\nwith unprecedented success. The Herald has personal\\nknowledge of the success of this work and of remarkable\\ncures that have been effected.\\nA unique feature of the school, introduced by Mr.\\nLewis, is a comfortable, homelike residence, fitted up\\nespecially for the accommodation of pupils, and which\\nis conveniently located near the school.\\nFrom firs. N. P. Smith.\\nOrtonville, Mich., Jan. 23, T893.\\nMr. Geo. A. Lewis, Detroit, Mich.\\nDear Sir: I shall be pleased to refer any person\\nwho stammers to you for treatment. I attended your\\nschool for three weeks and can truthfully say that your\\nsystem does all that you claim for it.\\nYours very truly,\\nMRS. N. P. SMITH.\\n72", "height": "4261", "width": "3149", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0080.jp2"}, "81": {"fulltext": "From Robert J. Hubbard.\\nMt. Clemens, Mich., Jan. 20th, 1896.\\nDear Mr. Lewis: My parents and friends are de-\\nlighted with my cure. I am pleased to tell you that I am\\ntalking without the least fear of stammering. My cure\\nI consider remarkable as I had stammered for more than\\ntwenty years. Kindly remember me to your staff and\\npupils and believe me,\\nMost sincerely yours,\\nROBERT J. HUBBARD.\\nFrom Allan M. Henderson.\\nGlendenning, Manitoba, Canada, Aug. 29th, 1895.\\nMr. George Andrew Lewis, Principal Lewis Phonometric\\nInstitute\\nDear Mr. Lewis: I am pleased to tell you that I am\\ntalking with perfect ease and freedom and have not ex-\\nperienced the least difficulty in reading. You will re-\\nmember when I came to you I could scarcely utter a\\nword. Everybody says they would never know that I had\\never stammered. You may refer any one to me with re-\\ngard to your method and I can give them a satisfactory\\nreply from experience.\\nVery sincerely yours,\\nALLAN M. HENDERSON.", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0081.jp2"}, "82": {"fulltext": "From ilr. M. McKenzie.\\nWyoming, Ont., Canada.\\nMr. George Andrew Lewis, Principal Lewis Phonomet-\\nric Institute:\\nDear Sir: lam really proud of the success of my\\nfriend, Mr. Allan M. Henderson, at your school. I am\\nnow thoroughly convinced of your ability to cure stam-\\nmering, and feel confident that you have placed him in 1 a\\nposition to engage in the active duties of life in whatever\\nsphere he may choose with the assurance that at least one\\ngreat barrier to success has been removed.\\nWishing you every success in your grand under-\\ntaking, I remain, Yours very respectfully,\\nM. McKENZIE.\\nA Practical School for Stammerers.\\nAn educational feature that has recently taken\\nhigh rank in Detroit, and which is doing much to\\nrelieve the unfortunate, is the phonometrical cure of\\nstammering. It is a method which is based strictly upon\\nnatural and scientific methods, and the success which is\\nbeing achieved is giving the city a wide and enviable\\nreputation. Patients who have been pronounced hope-\\nless come to Detroit from all parts of the United States\\nand Canada, and in a remarkably brief space of time,\\nare returned to their homes, thoroughly cured of the dis-\\ntressing habit. This great work is under the care of\\ngentlemen of superior ability, and the public can always\\nfeel assured of fair dealing. Detroit Tribune, Friday,\\nAugust 24, 1895.\\n74", "height": "4263", "width": "3119", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0082.jp2"}, "83": {"fulltext": "Stammer No fiore.\\nTo a representative of The Free Press who called\\nyesterday at The Lewis Phonometric Institute (register-\\ned), several of the pupils told some remarkable experien-\\nces. Mr. Ernest McCorkell, of Quebec City, who arriv-\\ned in Detroit just a week ago, was introduced to us and\\ntold of his cure as follows. I learned of Mr. Lewis\\nthrough a Air. Louis Wagner, who has been in public\\noffice of the city hall, Quebec City, for many years.\\nMr. Wagner was once to my knowledge a very bad\\nstammerer. He attended! Mr. Lewis school about a year\\nago, and ever since his return he and my friends have been\\nconstantly urging me to take this course, and I can as-\\nsure you that I am not sorry I am here. I arrived just a\\nweek ago today and will surprise you when I tell you that\\nI have not had the slightest difficulty since I entered Mr.\\nLewis class.\\nOther pupils were now introduced to us by Principal\\nLewis and all seemed to have the same encouraging re-\\nports of their progress, A pupil from Montreal, assured\\nus that he had been so severely afflicted that he often-\\ntimes took an interpreter along to do his talking for him.\\nHe said he would reach home next week, having been\\nwith Mr. Lewis not three weeks, and that he believed his\\nfriends would scarcely know him. A large class of\\npupils, including several ladies, now began to assemble\\nin the class room and our reporter took his departure,\\nstrictly cautioned by Air. Lewis not to mention the names\\nof any of his pupils without their consent and expressed\\npermission. From the Detroit Free Press.\\n75", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0083.jp2"}, "84": {"fulltext": "From Ernest McCorkell.\\nQuebec City, P.Q., Can., June 28th, 1895.\\nGeorge A. Lewis, Esq., Detroit, Mich.:\\nDear Mr. Lewis: I arrived home safely yesterday\\nmorning feeling quite well. My friends are all pleased\\nto hear me speak so well and astonished at the great im-\\nprovement and they all wish you much success with your\\nInstitute.\\nKindly remember me to all your pupils and believe\\nme, Sincerely yours,\\n6 Herbert Street. ERNEST McCORKELL.\\nFrom G, S. Parke, M. D.\\nQuebec City, July 5th, 1895.\\nI certify that Ernest McCorkell, Esq., has been under\\nthe care and treatment of George A. Lewis, Detroit,\\nMich., for stammering, and that he has made a perfect\\ncure of the case. Mr. McCorkell now speaks without\\nany hesitation.\\n81 St. Anne Street. C. S. PARKE, M. D.\\nFrom W. H. Childs.\\nSt. Roch, Quebec, Canada.\\nGeo. A. Lewis, Principal Lewis Phonometric Institute\\nDetroit, Mich:\\nSir: I am highly pleased with the success you had\\nwith my friend Ernest McCorkell. I have known him\\nsince he was a boy. He has always been a bad case of\\nstammering, but is now perfectly cured, thanks to your\\ngood care. Yours truly,\\n340-342 St. Valier Street. W, H. CHTLDS.\\n76", "height": "4275", "width": "3157", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0084.jp2"}, "85": {"fulltext": "Surprised the Audience.\\nThe recitation given by Mr. John Thomas Moore,\\nat the At Home given by the Court Imperial, No. 8092,\\nA. O. F., in the C. O. F. hall, on the sixth of November,\\nwas rather a surprise party to many of those present.\\nMr. Moore has formerly been known to all here as\\na stammerer of the most severe type, with most disgust-\\ning contortions at times. He attended the Lewis Phono-\\nmetric Institute several months ago, and, judging from\\nthe manner in which he handled himself on the evening\\nreferred to, his stammering is to him a lost art. His\\ndescriptive and vivid account of the Battle of Marengo\\nwas exceedingly well rendered. Mr. Moore seems like\\nan entirely different man since his cure. Petrolia Topic,\\nNovember 23, 1894.\\nFrom John Thomas Moore.\\nPetrolia, Sept. 15, 1894.\\nMr. George Andrew Lewis, Principal Lewis Phonometric\\nInstitute:\\nDear Sir. Kindly permit me to add my testimony\\nto those of many whom you have cured of stammering.\\nI had stammered my whole life, sometimes becoming\\npurple in the face in my painful efforts to speak; at\\nother times I would almost go into convulsions.\\nI can truthfully and thankfully say now, however,", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0085.jp2"}, "86": {"fulltext": "that I never have the least fear of stammering* or hesitancy\\nand have never stammered since my first week s in-\\nstruction.\\nHaving tried other methods in both this country and\\nabroad, I am in a position to judge of the merits of the\\nmethods you use. I believe there is no case of stammer-\\ning or stuttering that you cannot cure, having witnessed\\nequally remarkable cures performed at your Institute in\\na most remarkably short time.\\nWith unspeakable gratitude towards you for the re-\\nlief you have afforded me, I remain,\\nYours truly,\\nJOHN THOS. MOORE.\\nFrom J, Dunfield, M.D.,\\n(Mayor of Petrolia.)\\nPetrolia, Ont., Feb. 7, 1895.\\nI have much pleasure in testifying that I have known\\nMr. Geo. A. Lewis for many years, and have seen some of\\nthe wonderful cures he has made of persons addicted to\\nstammering, especially in the case of Mr. John T. Moore,\\nwho was a very bad stammerer; but who, at the present\\ntime, talks without the least hesitation. I have pleasure\\nin recommending any person so afflicted to Mr. Lewis\\nfor treatment.\\nJOHN DUNFIELD, Mayor.\\n7S", "height": "4260", "width": "3126", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0086.jp2"}, "87": {"fulltext": "From the Essex Free Press.\\nEssex, Ont., Septemper 14th, 1894.\\nRegarding the remarkable cure of Jno. T. Moore,\\nand the gentleman who has been the means of effecting\\nit, Mr. George A. Lewis, the Free Press may say that its\\neditor has been personally and familiarly acquainted with\\nMr. Lewis for the past four or five years. Mr. Lewis is an\\nenergetic and enterprising young business man, but the\\nimpediment in his speech, from which he himself has been\\nremarkably cured, was to him a painful affliction from his\\nchildhood, and the writer was pleased, on meeting Mr.\\nLewis a few weeks ago, to note that he was entirely cured\\nof his old trouble.\\nA Fluent Speaker,\\n(Petrolia Topic June 16th., 1894.)\\nOur citizens were much surprised at the eloquence\\ndisplayed by Mr. Geo. A. Lewis, last Saturday evening, at\\nGoldsmith Hall. Mr. Lewis spent fifteen years of his\\nlife here, and was known by everybody to be an inveterate\\nstammerer. In fact, sometimes it was positively painful\\nto listen to him, so severe w^as his affliction, which was at\\nthat time regarded by all as incurable. Two years ago\\nhe went East for the express purpose of ridding\\nhimself of this distressing impediment in his speech.\\nHe gained much relief at an enormous outlay of\\nmoney and time, but gradually found himself drifting\\nback into his old habit. It was then he brought his own\\n79", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0087.jp2"}, "88": {"fulltext": "ingenuity to the rescue, and succeeded in inventing a\\nsystem of treatment, by the aid of which he permanently\\ncured himself in the wonderfully short time of ten days.\\nHis improved method at once met with the most remark-\\nable success. Many cases by others considered incurable\\nfound almost instantaneous relief by the application of\\nhis system. Many Petroliates could scarcely believe that\\nso wonderful a change could be brought about as was ap-\\nparent in his clear and distinct enunciation. During four\\nhours of incessant speaking, he showed not the slightest\\nS)^mptoms of his old trouble. We consider his voice a most\\nremarkable one. The Topic but echoes all his friends\\nvoices in congratulating him on the success that has at-\\ntended his efforts towards curing himself and others.\\nFrom the Petrolia High School.\\nPetrolia, Ontario, Can., April 27, 1894.\\nTo Whom it may Concern\\nThis is to certify that Mr. George A. Lewis during\\nthe earlier part of his life was a student in the Petrolia\\nHigh School for several years. During his course he\\nmade substantial progress in the various subjects in the\\nHigh School course to which he devoted himself, and it\\nwas only owing to an impediment in his speech that he\\nrelinquished the idea of studying for one of the learned\\nprofessions.\\nOn leaving school Mr. Lewis devoted himself to the\\nmechanical arts, and his success therein is a guarantee of\\nwhat his energy and skill can accomplish. Besides at-\\n80", "height": "4265", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0088.jp2"}, "89": {"fulltext": "taining to the highest excellence in his art, he has not\\nbeen neglectful of his natural defect, viz., that of stammer-\\ning; and he has at last succeeded in wholly overcoming\\nthe annoyance and is now in a position to instruct others\\nhow to combat and successfully remove a disease which\\nis not only a great personal inconvenience, but also often\\nmilitates against a man s success in life. We have great\\npleasure in recommending Mr. Lewis as a specialist,\\nwho, we feel satisfied, will so fulfil his obligations as to\\ngive entire satisfaction to his students, and afford relief\\nto all who may have the good fortune to consult him.\\nJNO. J. BELL, B. A., Principal.\\nWM. CLYDE, M. A, Eng. Master.\\nFrom Geo. S. Waite.\\nTOLEDO MANUEL TRAINING SCHOOL,\\nGeo. S. Waite, Supt.\\nToledo, Ohio, November 30, 1895.\\nMr. Geo. Andrew Lewis, Detroit, Mich.:\\nDear Sir Please find enclosed N. Y. Draft on First\\nNational Bank for the sum of for which please\\nsend receipt.\\nWe are more than pleased, and I can assure you we\\nhad a Thanksiving in earnest. Not only has my sister\\nbeen cured, but she has improved in every way. We\\nthank you and I know you will have much success with\\nyour school.\\nYours respectfully,\\nGEO. S. WAITE.\\n81", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0089.jp2"}, "90": {"fulltext": "From Alfred A. Palmer.\\nMontreal, Quebec, Can., Feb. 23, 1896.\\nMr. George Andrew Lewis,\\nDetroit, Michigan.\\nDear Sir: I heartily recommend your school and\\nsystem of treatment to all who suffer from defect and im-\\nperfect articulation, and can say that your method is the\\nonly common sense one I know of. Wishing you every\\nsuccess in your noble and helpful work, I remain,\\nYours truly,\\nALFRED A. PALMER.\\n41 Gain Street.\\nFrom nailery Palmer,\\nMontreal, Quebec, Can., Feb. 23, 1896.\\nMr. George Andrew Lewis,\\nPrincipal Lewis Phonometric Institute,\\nDetroit, Michigan.\\nDear Sir: I take great pleasure in certifying to the\\ncure of my son Albert (Fred) who has been under your\\ntreatment for one month only. He was a stammerer for\\nthe past fourteen years, but now is entirely cured of this\\ncomplaint. His voice and breathing have improved so\\nmuch that I can hardly imagine he is my son who went\\nto Detroit to be cured of stammering. Before attending\\n82", "height": "4246", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0090.jp2"}, "91": {"fulltext": "your school, he was unable to speak for any length oi\\ntime without complaining of pain in his chest, back, and\\nside. These symptoms have entirely disappeared and no\\ntrace of his former troubles remains. It is indeed wonder-\\nful that such a cure was effected in so short a time, and\\nI can only say that I am extremely thankful for your care-\\nful attention and success. I trust that if you ever visit\\nMontreal, you will not fail to let us know of the fact,\\nand we w r ill endeavor to make your visit as pleasant as\\npossible. Wishing you every success in your good\\nwork, I remain,\\nYours thankfully,\\nMALLERY PALMER.\\n41 Gain Street.\\nFrom Mrs. George Kling.\\n412 W. Washington St., Ionia Mich.\\nHaving been under treatment at the Lewis Phono-\\nmetric Institute for five weeks I am pleased to say that\\nalthough I stammered for twenty years of my life, I am\\nnow entirely cured and have never had the slightest diffi-\\nculty in speaking since my first few lessons.\\nVery truly yours,\\nMRS. GEORGE KLING.\\nS3", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0091.jp2"}, "92": {"fulltext": "The Evening News.\\nDetroit, Mich., Dec. 30, 95.\\nMr\\nAlpena, Mich.:\\nDear Sir: In answer to your inquiry of the 28th,\\nwe take pleasure in stating that we have investigated The\\nLewis School for Stammerers and have found that they\\nnot only do what they advertise, but from many inter-\\nviews with former patients, find that a complete cure has\\nbeen effected in every case, which has come under our\\nnotice Yours very trulv,\\nEVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION.\\nH. S. SCOTT Assistant Manager.\\nFrom The flichigan Christian Advocate,\\nOffice of the Methodist Publishing Co.,\\n189 Woodward Avenue,\\nDetroit, Mich., Sept. 30, 1895.\\nRev. J. E. Arney, Pana, 111.\\nDear Sir: Your inquiry of the 27th is before us.\\nWe have made personal inquiry concerning the Lewis\\nPhonometric Institute and School for Stammerers and\\nknow of some splendid work, which they have done in\\nthis vicinity. Have your friend come to Detroit for\\ntreatment and if he wishes to call on us first, we shall be\\n/glad to take him up to the Institute and introduce him to\\nthe Principal, Mr. Lewis,\\nYours very truly,\\nTHE METHODIST PUBLISHING CO.\\n84", "height": "4269", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0092.jp2"}, "93": {"fulltext": "flany Successful Cures.\\nDetroit, Mich., Jan. 20th, 1896.\\nMr Whiteville, Mo.\\nDear Sir: Replying to your favor of Jan. 17th.,\\nwe take pleasure in saying that The Lewis Phonometric\\nInstitute is all it claims and has to our knowledge\\nturned out many successful cures of the worst possible\\ncases of stammering.\\nYours very truly,\\nEVENING NEWS ASSOCIATION.\\nH. S. Scott, Assistant Manager.\\nUnfettered Speech.\\nOf all the institutions designed to relieve suffering\\nhumanity, one of the newest, and one that will be hailed\\nwith joy by many a poor victim, is the Lewis Phonomet-\\nric Institute, a school for the cure of stammering and stut-\\ntering and other forms of imperfect speech and articula-\\ntion. A man who had stammered for 35 years told a\\nJournal representative today that after the first few les-\\nsons he has not experienced any trouble and is cured\\nafter being in the school only a w r eek and a half, and\\nfurther proved his assertion by reciting a difficult selec-\\ntion from Hamlet without any difficulty of utterance.\\nA complete staff of instructors attend to the classes\\nunder the personal direction of Mr. Lewis. The pupils\\nmaking up the school are here from different parts of the\\nUnited States and Canada. Detroit Tournal, May 7th,\\n1895.\\nS5", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0093.jp2"}, "94": {"fulltext": "From Henry Doerfling.\\nBaden, Ont., Can., Feb. 25, 1S96.\\nMr. George Andrew Lewis, Detroit, Mich.\\nDear Mr. Lewis: I write to express my thankful-\\nness to you for the relief you have afforded me. Although\\nI stamered for many years and my difficulty of speech\\nwas certainly increasing, you have completely cured me.\\nI feel that I cannot recommend your system of treatment\\ntoo highly to others and shall always be pleased to speak\\nwith gratitude toward you and your school. I find in con-\\nversation that I speak without stammering as well in Ger-\\nman as in English. Yours very truly,\\nHENRY DOERFLIXG.\\nFrom Paul Gil low.\\nDearborn, Mich., Feb. 10, 1896.\\nMr. Geo. Andrew Lewis, Principal Lewis School, De-\\ntroit, Mich.\\nDear Sir: You need not have the least hesitation\\nin referring any stammerer to me concerning the thor-\\noughness of your treatment.\\nMy son, Henry, before attending your school was\\none of the worst cases of stammering I had ever known.\\nHis efforts to articulate brought on severe contortions\\nand his painful manner of talking was not only embar-\\nrassing to himself but also to those with whom he came\\nS6", "height": "4261", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0094.jp2"}, "95": {"fulltext": "in contact in conversation. I am pleased to say that\\nalthough it is nearly a year since he left your school he\\nstill continues to talk without stammering.\\nHe often speaks of your kindness to him and will\\ncertainly never forget you for the relief you have afford-\\ned him. With gratitude towards you and wishing you\\nthe continued success you well deserve\\nI remain yours very truly,\\nPAUL GILLOW.\\nFrom Albert O. Thayer.\\nWESt Somerville, Mass., March, ioth, 1896.\\nMr. Geo. Andrew Lewis,\\nDetroit, Michigan.\\nDear Mr. Lewis: I wish to express tx you again my\\ngreat thankfulness and gratitude for what you have done\\nfor me. I feel that I can better appreciate the value of\\nyour treatment than the majority of others who have\\nattended your school in as much as I have tried other well\\nknown Institutes in Philadelphia and Boston but without\\nsuccess and at an enormous expenditure of money and\\ntime.\\nYou may refer any one to me and I will be only too\\npleased to speak well of you and of your institution be-\\ncause from experience I can say that your system of treat-\\nment and application is the most thorough and complete\\nof any in America. When I went to Detroit to undergo\\ntreatment it was with the greatest difficulty and effort that\\nI made myself understood and I was oftentimes obliged", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0095.jp2"}, "96": {"fulltext": "to write my wants upon a tablet which I kept in my\\npocket for that purpose. I am glad to say now however\\nthat my old trouble has left me and I feel entirely cured\\nfor which I can never thank you sufficiently. I should\\ncertainly recommend your treatment to any stammerer\\nbelieving that when cases as severe as mine can be suc-\\ncessfully treated that any case will yeald readily to your\\nsystem of application and method of treatment. Believe\\nme. Sincerely yours,\\nALBERT O. THAYER.\\nA Noble Work.\\nThe success achieved by The Lewis Phonometric In-\\nstitute is attracting wide interest in educational and scien-\\ntific quarters, and the methods employed in relieving\\nsupposedly hopeless stammerers are matters for pro-\\nfound and approving discussion all over the country.\\nIt comes as a revelation, and its very simplicity is re-\\ngarded as its highest reccommendation. George Andrew\\nLewis, the head of the institution, was formerly a hope-\\nless stammerer himself, and it was while groping about\\nin search of personal relief that he perfected the methods\\nwhich are now doing so much to restore other unfortu-\\nnates to happiness and confidence in themselves. Mr.\\nLewis lays no claim to anything miraculous in his man-\\nner of treatment, but depends wholly upon natural, phy-\\nsical laws, aided by a thorough knowledge of the dis-\\ntressing conditions which call for relief. The Institute\\n88", "height": "4266", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0096.jp2"}, "97": {"fulltext": "at present has an attendance of twenty pupils and\\nis constantly flooded with eloquent letters of thanks from\\nthose who have been cured and their friends. Those\\nwho constantly leave the institution restored to perfect\\nspeech are its very best possible advertisement, and they\\nare scattered all over the United States and Canada.\\n\u00e2\u0080\u0094Detroit Tribune, February 15, 1896.\\nAll business communications, pertaining to terms\\napplications, particulars regarding treatment, etc., should\\nbe addressed direct to our office and will receive im-\\nmediate attention.\\nThe Lewis Phonemetric Institute\\nAND SCHOOL FOR\\nSTAMMERERS.\\n41 Adelaide Street. Detroit, Michigan.\\n89", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0097.jp2"}, "98": {"fulltext": "Rules and Regulations,\\ni.\\nEach pupil shall report for class exercise daily, or\\ngive a satisfactory excuse for absence.\\n2.\\nAny instructions from the principal to the pupil, at\\nany time during treatment, shall be observed by the lat-\\nter, provided such instructions are: calculated to hasten\\nhis or her cure.\\n3-\\nAny pupil wishing to leave class exercise shall first\\nobtain permission from the instructor.\\n4.\\nAbsolute silence shall be observed by the pupil for\\nsuch period of time as shall be by the instructor specified\\nas necessary for his or her particular case.\\n5.\\nThe total abstinence from, the use of narcotics, such\\nas tobacco, cigarettes, alcoholic liquors, opium and\\nmorphine, shall be observed by all pupils while under\\ntreatment.\\n6.\\nLate hours, late suppers, and dissipation of any kind\\nmust be careful avoided by pupils during treatment.\\n7.\\nAny pupil making use of unseemly or ungentleman-\\nly language in the presence of other members of his\\nclass will immediately forfeit all right of scholarship and\\nbe forthwith expelled from the school.\\nNOTE\u00e2\u0080\u0094 If the names and addresses of stammerers are furnished us we\\nshall be pleased to mail them copies of tbis pamphlet without mentioning\\nthe source of information.\\n90", "height": "4248", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0098.jp2"}, "99": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0099.jp2"}, "100": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4278", "width": "3207", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0100.jp2"}, "101": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0101.jp2"}, "102": {"fulltext": "KLk", "height": "4248", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0102.jp2"}, "103": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0103.jp2"}, "104": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4271", "width": "3046", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0104.jp2"}, "105": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0105.jp2"}, "106": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4161", "width": "2989", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0106.jp2"}, "107": {"fulltext": "", "height": "4233", "width": "2946", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0107.jp2"}, "108": {"fulltext": "h w lYityiTwi tv\\nLIBRARY OF CONGRESS\\n022 216 350 A", "height": "4393", "width": "3141", "jp2-path": "originofstammeri00lewi_0108.jp2"}}