se is of a type known as the "Synonym Stammerer" because
synonyms are used to avoid stammering. The mental strain of trying
always to substitute easy words for hard ones, was very great, however,
and after a few years' practice, the strain began to tell on the young
man. It affected his health and made him nervous and irritable.

It was at this time that he came to me. Genuine Stammering was his
trouble, and so it was diagnosed. He refused to admit that he had a
severe case, although the truth of the matter was, he did stammer badly
and the mental power which had sustained him in his attempts to speak,
was being steadily weakened by what we might term misuse.

He placed himself for treatment, although in a frame of mind that did
not augur well for his success, but by the end of the third day his
mental attitude had entirely changed, he came to realize the immense
difference between being able to speak fluently and naturally and being
compelled to substitute synonyms. From that day forth he was one of my
best students. His education stood him in good stead, his enthusiasm
was so spontaneous as to be contagious and at the end of four and a
half weeks, he departed, as thoroughly changed for the better as anyone
could wish. The arrogance was gone. In its place was something
better--a sure-footed confidence in his ability to talk--and this was a
confidence based on real ability--not on bluff. He was no longer
nervous and irritable--and in fact, before leaving, he had won his way
into the hearts of his associates to the extent that all were sorry
when he left and felt that they had made the acquaintance of a young
man of remarkable power.

Five years later, I met him in New York, quite by accident. He was in
charge of his father's business, had made a wonderful success of his
work and was universally respected and admired by those who knew him.
Even to this young man, who to many would have seemed to have all that
he could desire, freedom of speech opened new and greater opportunities.

If I had the space to do so within the covers of one volume, I would
gladly give many more cases, with description and diagnosis as well as
results of treatment. Specific cases are always interesting,
illuminating and conclusive. They show theory in practice and opinions
backed by actual results.

But lack of space makes it impossible to give additional cases here.
Those which have been given are typical cases--not the unusual ones.
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