SPEECH RESTORED.
A REMARKABLE CASE. A telegram from Allentown, Penns'-' vania, savs that 12 years ago, when she was a girl of 10 years old, Miss Minnie Wisser lost the power of speech through fright, and since then has been unable to utter a word. On Sunday, while out walking with n number of girl companions, ehe encountered a rattlesnake coiled and ready to strike. The sight of the reptile gave her such a fright that she cried out, “A The sound of her voice frightened the others almost- as much as did the snake, as her companions had never heard her speak. As the result of the fright her speech is restored, and she again is able to articulate as well as she did before she was stricken 12 years awo.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19952, 20 November 1926, Page 14
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132SPEECH RESTORED. Otago Daily Times, Issue 19952, 20 November 1926, Page 14
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