The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1853-12-16

VII VIII Iee1uie a. HserSpohtan Hall, on This Eve
HIhs' at CioCk. cuD1eet-Restoratiou and pressr-
walton of sight from near-sghfednsss .na f
ness ALSO from weakness OF all kinds partial ana -,
tai blindness AID inflammation in Ill IT, ..; aao "
Experiments will be performed upen saob atsss -
cases above mentioned in presence Of the and;enc
From the Norfolk Herald.l
DR.. BRAINERD who has obtained much pyofssx;au
al celebrity by his successful practice as an ocnii.t
has been treating cases of diseased and defect;ys
eyes IN Portsmouth for week past, and intends v.
understand, to devote another week TO those who
delicate organ in Norfolk. The Portsmouth Globs
says of Dr.. b.
I'VE usually treat all itneratirg professors of re-.
markabIe cures as empires and hunbugs but we are
competed from the success the Doctor has so sig.
nally met with, from the opinion of professional
men, and from the modest, unassu ming unaffected
bearing aud gentle and genteel department. of the
Doctor himself, to look upon him really scien.
tihc man and philanthropist"
The Norfolk Beacon says, in making this anuou,cs
nen we would direct attention to the fact that DR.
BIS skill IN his profession has been made the subiect
OF many glowing editorial in Northern and South.
ern papers, whose editors testify in the strongest
manner to his successful treatment of all diseases of
that most delicate organ, the eye. Our PoTt,nopth
contemporaries enamerate case utter case, cured BY
MIN during his stay IN their town, and they are fully
sustained by the Baltimore Sun and Republican, and
many other papers of equal repute.
From the Norfolk Beacon
DR. BRAINERD's LEcTURE.-There was a very full
and attentive audience at Mechanics Hall Monday
evening to hear DR.. Brainerds Lecture and witness
his most astonishing experiments upon the eyes of
r
sure that no person greater satsfaction in
tact the audience Were to appearance perfectly de.
lighted We can hardly do less than TO state the ma
ture OF the experiments performed, which were as
follows :-Cases of near-slghtedness Case lst for
over 70 years had not dstin gush feature about
tle audience from another by minutes application
could see every person clearly and re ad fine print
10 0inches farther from him. Case I'd saw much clear.
81 about the audience could read print Is inches far
ther from the eyes. Case Sd, read the finest print
and could tell everybody about the house This
seems very remarkable as he had not for ten wears
seen anything of the kind; besides which, ali the
pain to hight was removed. Case 4th, saw the audi
ence more distinctly; less pain to light. Case 5th
focal distance changed about three feet in reading
fine print.
Next several cases of far-sishtedness-the
first gentleman read Is feet hun with equal
eases the 3D. better with glasses onIy: the sd psrson
equal clear about three feet nearer to him
Then came cases of iuilamed eyes-case LIST, all !.
pam removed IN minutes, also the blurring, hazi-
hight, blurung &c, all the pain aud burrins removed
in less than 8 minutes.
Next came the greatest cases of success the entire
removal OF pain to light, of s. lC aud 20 years stand
ing, which was accomplished in not over minutes
treatment in any one case. Upon the whole, the .
result fully sustained every position which the Doc.
tor has assumed in relation to the matter as great
discovery and entirely his own.
From the Norfolk CourierI
We always feel glad when we are visited by men
OF talent and information those bringing with them
really useful truths. When we heard of the con.
tempated visit of DR.. Brainerd and his well anthen.
ticated cures, we felt pleased.
We did not fully make up our opinion, but attend.
ed the Hall for the requisite information.
At the close of the lecture DR.. Is, experimented
with quite number of the audience. Many of them =
well known to our community. The results were as
tonshing and entirely satisfactory. Persons who
have been short sighted for years, were much
heved by one application of his cups that they
themselves ama2ed-a lady and two gentlemen who
could bear light without pain entirely cured
in two minutes. One person with infamed eyes was
almost magcay restored. We were compelled to
admit that the Doctor had fully redeemed his pro-
miss,
We were pleased to see that while the Doctor had
restored many who totally blind he did not
profess to all of blindness and that he
was not disposed to raise issues with the Medical
Faculty He rather invited their friendship and at
tenton. We hope that the feaf of encroschnent on
long established theories will not this thing to
be Investigated solely by those who are the least
competent to judge upon it. There is vast amount
| of truth in the theory of the cure.
Il DR.. BRAINERD can be consulted at the Metro
apolitan Hail on SATURDAY, Dec. 18th, fr1m to
III A. NJ and from to p NJ. The public are invited
q be present and witness his experiments and treat
Is ent for THIS DAY only as he repeats his Lecture
ia Petersburg, Monday evening. by request OF
md 1ca gentlemen and Others and will remain there
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