The native American., 1840-01-18

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UNrED STATES INFIRMARY,
tae. Of OH and y stssti, djoinlag the aeihof's !ro
estaat Church, !3rs iE y r5sters,1 opposite The Reo
> b. B1aua's resaaacp aJou eighty yards from Ike ne3y
,'raeral POSI- Office liashiqsion ctiy
EAR BENJAMIN THoMSoN, The Founder Of The
THom3oniaa Botanic isirmaries in Boston, Massa
rEusets and Concord NJ H. and more recently from the
safe OF Virginia. having org had adesre TO establish all
lllrinary in this Metropolis takes this method ei lnor-
ming the pu5lic that he has gaiicd that desire, and las
Guad up in style cecued in this city (orpeIhaPs
.ty other except his intnary at Concord NJ H., which
has been pronounced the most perfect one In the World}
the above desirable house. or the same plan with hs In.
irmar;es in the East AL South. where his patients can
depend Oh such reat.eht their nirmities may demand
10 my friends, ai.d the friends Of the system need
but say that am here. They have no doubt seen my
pospechsc nd my practice spoken Of in all the Them
sonia periodicals in Tie United States, and my unprece.
deped in the places where have heretofore prac-
sed. The system is still! progressing with rapid strides,
For the benefit Of the public, Dr. L. gives the oil
lowing extracts relative TO his practice iii the places
where he has established nfrmarles
3osToN- Ecrdc from .fdpertisemeat.-" Since April,
1892 up May 1854 he has administered upwards of
two thousand courses of Medicine to than fifteen
hundred PATIENTS visiting from six rods to six hundred
miles distant almost every stage OF disease the greater
part of whom have been cured Patients given over to
die at the New York, Phiiadephia Massachusetts, New
Brunswick and Insane hospitals, have been cured at my
inl narie ONE, and only death, has occurred at
nv lnnary since is establishments and $1,000 is here
offered to any individual Who will prove to the conrary
also $1,000 10 any individual who will prove as great an
amonnt Of business to have been accomplished during the
same time at any hospital ia Europe or America, with
the occurrence OF less number deaths and more cures
CONCORD. Eriract from a Letter TO United States
Senator, dGied Jaauafy l., 1898 DEAR SIR There
appears 10 be considerable excitement here at pre-
sent new seems to have com
monced in medical science, DR.. Thompson has indeed
done wonders in the healing art he has performed
in the absence Of all hope of patients friends and
regular physicians. OF the many cases he has had,
few have come to my knowledge which justice compels
me to mention.
. A Young gentleman who had been out of heath FOR
several wears and who understand at the lnfirml-
ry the time you was and in consequence OF your
advice took one course OF medicine, declared as am
Informed that he received more r2llci IN 10 minute. ,
der the operation OF the Botanic Medicines than he lad
before for four years when under the charge the most
eminent physicians of the State; few days alter ne
took another course and cured A gentleman by the
name Of Maiden from Chichester who had been aict-
ed with dyspepsia and all s attendant train of evils for
several years, to the Inrmary with the intention
of remaining week, and was, agreeably to lis own
declarations cured in day, and enabled to return
to his family the third day alter be left them well man
This case understand has caused considerable excite.
men in Chichester ard the reighborng towns yonng
lady--a deporabe Of mental derangement-cue IN
one fortnight lady from Loudon who, at the age OF
seven years suffered severely from paraytic shock,
after which she was affected with fits and falling sickness
for 25 ears and was attended without any benefit by II
regular physicians TO the lnfrmaiy took courses
of medicine and enabled 10 make hearty meal OF
animal food, of which she had not been aoe even 10 taste
for ten years. remains WELL and able to labor at the pre-
sent time.
ssDr, Thomson's success in fevers has indeed been
great He has taken patients from almost all the regular
Shvs;caus here and restored them to health in few
hours. although Of them thought to De DANCE.
ronsy sick BY their friends and medical attendants, and
no prospect Of recovering under SIX or eight weeks II
psTERspuRc yA-Ertracf from Certifcae.--'We, the
undersigned 10 hereby certify, with much p'easure that
We have visited the Thomsonan 1nfrmary recently es-
tablished in Petersburg, the Ihomsonian pan and
baIpve that no one is better calculated to do it justice,
and 10 helm the afflicted, than DR. Thomson. We have
taken his medicines and have seen then ',s M
win manifest advantage in number Of cases where the
patens were quite i'll. His peculiar manner OF mixing
Them goes 10 them agreeable and paatable, and ms
seeming skill in timing and proporhoning me ooses 20
the are and strength OF the patient and disease, met our
warm4t admiration His vaper and medlcated baths are
truly Injurious and given in the most delicate ana
agreeable way and are periec understood oy 'he ema
attendants, under the direction of Mrs Anson and Doctor
Thomson The whole process, from what we have seen
and experienced may be undergone by the most tmiu
lady or delicate child without the least apprehension OF
danger in any point of view the contrary with much
advantage when it is needed. We would recommend
all the afflicted TO the Thnmsonians and to the Petersburg
Inrmary believing firmly lat ~ IS great Piace o' '
cure Of all curabe diseases.
e1'' = SALLY G. sruRp1yAxT, MARTHA LrLLEY,
ELIZABETH NtaLErr, MARTHA 7. CLARK
Petersburg, Sept q, 1897. ANN MlLhs'
PPterSbuTg September 10, iSof.---DeaT cl
is the greatest te por blessing bestowed upon man. and
is essential discomfort and happiness verify believe
that the system Of medicine invented by Samnei nom
son is t safes aud most eiicacous means, rightly un
erstood ard properly carried out as curative system,
,yer adopial We are bound TO exercise i!at reason
which 10 r en- 10 us for government and ""ction, to
pursue trash, and hoa to il, and never 1 sfe up any
known ain matter. fact for conjecture. saw several
of vo, atien heard OF several cases, and witnessed
several saw yonr and attention to the afflicted
under your immediate charge, and this had great effect
L,tt tho Of nv
scales from my eyes, satisfied my Judgment and confirm
ed Il His case was most serious hopeless one. had
e;ven him over to dic his jaws became fastened; he was
Seemingly dead to all sensibity; his pulse, which be-
fire. ba not abated for sixty hours, now nearly gone;
! ,os fast approaching the embrace OF DEATH 10 my
ereat as,onishnan you, in short time, relieved and
atored b;m to health This and number of other cures
have convinced and satisfied me that It IS lhe best and
moet cafe practice have ever seen carried OUT.
"Mv how was at first taken with chill succeeded by
ver fsyer and ne was completely out OF his head Tor
bree davs before yon saw him. lie was IN spasns and
insensibe when sent to your Inirmary Inc pFaeace'
according to the regular mode, was exhausted ou' inc 81
Scacv Of vour medicine and the vapor BATH had SO sau
tary an effect that he was truly and astonsihgy, and
unexpectedly to me and all my family also 10 'e aston
ishmen of every person who hin, soon restores 70