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Stammering, Its Cause and Cure by Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue
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Elementary Stage only a few days or a few weeks, passing almost
immediately into either the Spasmodic or the Primary Mental Stage.
Not all stammerers pass into the Spasmodic Stage of the disorder,
however, some passing directly into Primary Mental Stage.

The Spasmodic Stage, however, is a form of difficulty somewhat
akin to the Advanced Phase of Stuttering, for in this stage the
trouble can be said to be of Physical-Mental nature instead of the
purely physical disorder found in Elementary Stammering.

Stammering, in the Primary Mental Stage, takes on a distinct
Mental form as differentiated from the Mental-Physical form and
becomes therefore more difficult to eradicate. If allowed to
continue, this form of Stammering (like Stuttering) passes into
the Chronic Mental Stage, in which case the Stammerer usually
exhibits pronounced signs of Thought Lapse and finds himself a
Chronic or Constant Stammerer, often unable to utter a sound-and
further at times unable to THINK of what he wishes to say.

The progress of both Stuttering and Stammering from one stage to
another is very certain. These speech disorders do not differ
materially from other human afflictions in this respect--they do
not remain constant. There is an axiom in Nature, that "Nothing is
static," which, being interpreted, means, that nothing stands
still. And this applies with full force to the stutterer or
stammerer. If no steps are taken to remedy the malady, he may be
very sure that the disorder is getting worse--not standing still
or remaining the same.


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