The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-11-26
THE DAVENPORT BRorHERs-A N
EXPOSE.
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TO THE ED1roR,oF THE NEWS.


It is.astonishf6g- that a. community 90 Sc
rernly conservative aud eminentiy Intellectual as
that OF Charleston should ALLOW itsef to be befud
died by performances 80 easily explained aud un-
dcrstood as those of the Davenport Brothers
Science has thesolut!on OF the seeming riddle at
its finger ent,s, and you, must, not for 8 amoment
imagine that any one OF the score OF physicians
who were present at the several exhibltIoascou
not have promptly inforaea &yon concerning
these strange, causes aud elects They are very
familiar to the profession. j
Isaw through the phenomenal at once; andnow
that the Brothers have departed have no hssi-
tation in stating that anybody blessed with the
usual bones and dInusoles, VINO wiltfoliow the in
structions given bel w will he able % endnre as
much cord and dlscord as was done by these
seeming genii OF the evil spirit. ''-.A7.' '-..4s
First, let. mo observe that,no mechanical appli-
ances are necessary beyond 9, !ea. grain dose OF
blue mass andttls proper depletion Of the max
Illasyextremises OF thsapes,eratls major muscles.
This will secure the necessary elasticity of the
gomphosis and .perichondrium whereby specific
gravity seems TO be overeome, andT an ocular de-
usion, Is created on the partof the ,lnittated.
The Davenport Brothers themselves 10 not deny
that the phenomenal phase 'of the mystery is due
to the CO relation between the scntellant psyche
logisms Of the peripherala extremity Of the me-
dulla oblongata, aud the sublobular: sexostosls
OF the motor forces latent in the metacarpalr ex-
tremlties. voluntary perIsla;:iv action Is thus
produced, which results in ~ predetermined, in
termittent osseo-puscular contr0ction-and re-
leases the physical economy from its llgam ments
Whether through. inducttyst.ratiae elaaLidr-by lu-
territorial perception from subjective standpoint
1t makes no dtrerencs. +Ishope you catch the
idea
To Illustrate: The oscoccygis and astralagi be-.
ing orlnly fastened, elective aninity is at once
established between athe e,cetrebalum and tendon
achlIlls aud between the longitudinal sinus OF
the dura mater AMI the supsrcllitary e1cresences
Of the phalanges. The motor force now being ap-
D led latero. dlaphragma, a,toal'y, occasions tau
genital procedure Of will-power, which dlverging
from the p.ncreatie gland through the internal
pereosteum, reache, the nexor ligltorum, whence
1t is Immediately. retracted upon the lamdoidal
sutarsof the occipus, on the serratsd edges OF
which 1t Is momentarlly, held .ln biological abeF-
auce until 1t meets counter :current Of rectan.
gular volltIou. acting effectively through the In
nominate and thyroid oranlen.;- At thetponS OF
contact these currents are4nervo:yltAlly blended,
aua resolve themselves into cellular ovtorm cor.
puscles, which are tran 'versely conveyed through
the mucous membrane Of the epidernis; by the
usual process Of echymosls, and then feaeting
through the sarcophagus, produce an antphlogis-
tic effect upon the dlgits, which enable them to
recede easily from the ropes (Viae Humboldt.
Prof. Bache, Verdi, A. Ward, and the Patent
once Reports.l -,
Following the above directions, anybody may
accomplish these amusing feats. -
PROFESSIONAL SUBSCRIBER.
p. s. have submitted this description to
Major Willis, who went into the cabinet with the
Brothers, the other night, and he says 1t is ali
true. That Il this 'tneorL does not explain the
phenomena, what In thunder does 1t explaini
Ergo, 1t must be right.