Upon his haunches before a large calabash upon a fire Bakahenzie finished the mumbling of incantations over the sacred ingredients, and leaping to his feet began a wild dance to the throb of the drums and the Diaphragmatic chorus of the assembled cult.
"Witch-Doctors"
Charles Beadle
Care should be exercised here as well, for prolonged tickling brings about intense muscular contraction especially of the Diaphragmatic muscles, which contraction is accompanied by an agitated mental condition as well as extreme nervousness, all of which approaches very closely to the combination of abnormal conditions which are found to be present in stammering or stuttering.
"Stammering, Its Cause and Cure"
Benjamin Nathaniel Bogue
It is, however, a fact that, not only in England, but also on the Continent, pupils are taught to breathe clavicularly, in opposition to Nature's method, which is Diaphragmatic-i.
"The Mechanism of the Human Voice"
Emil Behnke