The Massachusetts spy, and Worcester County advertiser. [volume] ([Worcester, Mass.]) 1825-1831, 1826-10-04
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CURE FOR S7.4yMyNERI NC.

interest of some individuals, but the public
have right TO it, and many, we are sure, will
be grateful TO the man who has not, Is he
| might have done, and as others hare lone,
| concealed and turned to his own profit, dis
| covery by which the happiness, for LIE, of
muitltudes OF our feilow-men may be so Seat-
! ly promoted. We have had no opportunity to
| test it ourselves, but we have no doubt Of the
perfect correctness OF our correspondent as
sertion, that . the difficulty consists almost
! wholly in the attempt to speak while the ltnes
are partially exhausted" How beautifully
this explains the fact, that stammerins people
can always sing without the least embarrsss-
| ment. When a man sings, he raises his head.
| the lungs have free play, and are kent we'll
filed with air. The difficulty is in the LUNGS
not in the tongue, which evidently can artic-
| ulate nothing, without sufficient current Of
air passing through the mouth.
Mrs. Lcigh's experience may, for ausbt we
know, render her useful assistant in some
difficult cases but very few we apprebend
will need any thing more than a careful atten.
ton to the rules given by our correspondent.
". Chron.
Mn. EDIToR-lt is a maxim which !
have adopted from my youth, 10 rive
publicity 10 any facts which will, in NV
opinion, be conducive to the public good
! ply, from my heart, the man. whose
sordid selhshness is SO great, that he
will withhold from the public, informa-
ton which, if generally known, would
promote the happiness of thousands.-
| apply this remark to those who were
the first discoveries of the art of curing
stammering people. Shall man de-
mand pay for telling another how bel
may be cured Of disagreeable disease /
or rather, how he may be able to over
come an unfortunate habit Yet SUCH
Is the fact, and from tao 10 fifty doIiarI
have been demanded and received fotI
the communication of a secret. which,
every friend of man would consider
himself bound TO reveal. Permit me.
therefore, in order to prevent any far
ther UNJUST exactions from the unfortu-I
nate sufferers, to stale, 10 few words.
the method by which the cure of STAN
merers is effected.
l.. Keep the lungs full by frequent
Inhaiations Of air. The difficulty con-
sists almost wholly in the attempt TO
speak while the lungs are partially ex-
hau5;ed
H. If the tongue adheres too close
ly, al first, to the roof of the mouth,
place on it nine-penny piece, or a
quarter of a dollar, as ii may be found
necessary, that the utterance may be
more distinct.
Ill. Being thus prepared, read
page of poetry, consisting Of short lines,
remembering 10 draw in the breath at
the end of every line.
BY following this plan, in short time,
a radical and permanent cure will be
effected. No instance of failure has
come to my knowledge. III had time,
would explain the principle on which
the above rules are founded. What |
have communicated is the result of my
own Investigations, and, as have learn.
ed that others employ this method of
cure, feel confident hat those who
are afflicted with the complaint, will put
"A speedy end to the harassing embar-
rassmen!s which it often occasions.
Microscopes - .4nimdlcuiG.-Two Hol-,
landers, OF the names Of HartZoeker
and LeuweDhoeck, have the credit of
being the inventors Of the microscope.
This curious instrument, however, has
been greatly improved since its first in
vention; and il French philosopher,
who has recently made much use of il
for the purpose of observing animalcu-
le, and studying animated nature by its
means, and who has published an &C
count of his observations in Paris, OBJ
serves, that mngnlfyiug glasses are yei
in very imperfect nature, and very far
from being capable Of rendering visible
every species of animalcuIe, or Gem
braolng the whole extent of nature"
/" He begins his description with notices
of The most minute and simple of the
animalcul8--the Moaade, CT living
point, one species Of which is so small,
that under magnifying power of a
thousand, it appears no larger than the
hole made by the finest needle in
sheet of delicate paper. The shapsless
insects offer the most surprising phe-
nomena under the microscope, and real
ize the fable of Proteus, by their won
derful changes of form. Others exhib-
it feelings, thought and instinct of Pc
culiar character; they move about in
single drop of water, as if swimming in
an ocean, and wage war among them
selves with the greatest activity. They
have also the faculty of separating their
bodies in several pieces, each OF which
becomes distinct animal. Ia ascending
the scale of being, some of the subjects
wear short hairs, like eye-Iashes, which.
they can move with rapidly. Others
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