The Cairo bulletin. [volume] (Cairo, Ill.) 1872-1878, 1874-03-22
A ST. LOUIS WONDER
EXTRAORDINARY CURES PER.
FORMED BY THE LAYING
ON OF HANDS"
lSt. Louis Iimee.1

lSt LOuto
While the majority of men believe the
professsd cures by animal magnetism TO
be bus snares and delusions, many per-
cons, and thinking ones at that, as stoutly
maintaiA that all the ills that human flesh
10 heir 70 can be cured BY 'passes" made
by the hands Of the magnetizer upon MS
subject.
Some facts on the question have just
been made known in ST. Loais. that will
somewhat puzzle those who laugh ut the
idea of healing and curing by mesmerism
"A subject that, from the days of Mes.
mer to the present time has provoked
earnest investigation both in America
and Europe.
John McAulifi Is q carriage manufac-
turer on Eight street, between Morgan
and Christy avenue. He Is a Vermonter
by birth, but has resided in st. Louis for
t6irty-six years. His character Is beyond
impeachment This gentleman has been
brought into publicity that he far from
desires, by the following reported cure:
A young lady from Kirkwood, Mss
Doug lass, the niece Of . leading merchant,
had been confined 10 her DOM for twelve
months, and TO her bed for Eve months,
with hin and spine disease. She had been
| attended BY many Of the best physicians
IN the city and her case given up. Her
| friends hoard that Mr.. McAu1if had
wrought some wonderful cures BY the lay
ing on of hands and persuaded the
gentleman, who shrinks from public no.
toristy, and has steadily refused TO make
= profession of his powers, to take the
afflicted young lady under his care. On
the 25th Of February he callel on the
girl, who could not DO moved without
fainting. and was suffering the most cx.
cruciating pains. he made fcw passes
over the diseased parts, and tho girl got
up and walked. Two days afterwards he
called again; sho complained Of little
soreness, but with q few passes that dis
comfort vanished, and the girl put on her
shoes and walked about tho house. As
the weather was damp and unhealthy. he
cautioned her not to expose herself. In q
few days he made third visit and found
his patient under severe attack of infu-
"a, her face swollen and flushed, and
suffering . terrible headache; her limbs
we're so sore she could not touch the
floor. Again he made few passes, and
inside of twenty minutes she was dancing
around the rooms and joyfully exclaiming
. she was as sound and hearty a. ever in
her life A fourth visit was made, with
some moro passes, when the girl few
down the stairs and commenced TO play
with her schoolmatcs. Since then she has
not been troubled in any way, and the
cure seems radical and permanent.
The report of this seemingly miracul.
Gus cure came to the Times under such
excellent authority that representative
Of the paper was detailed to look the mat.
tor up.
A call was made on Mr.. McAulifi, q
pleasant looking, round faced, cOrpulen,
old gentleman, but he manifested no in.
clination to give any information. The
screws were applied and the following
facts ELECTED:
Mr.. McAuliff processes TO have som,
wonderful power 70 cure diseAses-thi
power came TO him natural, and he dis
covered this power by accident. II
knows not what it IL, but attributes all hi
cures TO animal magnetism or mesmerism
He ia no theorist and never read an,
work on the subject. He has times 10
Vulnerable put persons into mosmerit
sleep, and has rYrsd., ysis anu All uIsesse
of nervous nature affecting the face Of
limbs. He never tried his power on dis
eases Of the vital organs, but thinks he
could accomplish successful results. In
no case did he fail to produce mar ked i'm
| pToNomouts. SNoh MY uhuhNhs VI Wonu
erful cures are now in his hands. Fol
. number Of years he treated all applicants
but five or six years ago cases multiplied
so rapidly that he had one Of two things
to do-stArts hospital or quit receiving
patients. He resolved to allow his wond.
erful powers to lie dormant and attend to
his other busineas, and oaly of late, upon
repeated and persistent entresties, has he
| VIOLATED this rula
In addition to the case given above, the
reporter asoertained thHt wonderful
euro had been effected on a preacher of
Alton-s brother OF Timpkin, the car
riage manufacturer at Sixth and Morgan.
This preacher had one side Of his face
badly psralyzsd, but by eight "asses' he
was made whole.
In another case man who hao suffered
terribly with inhsmmatory rheumatism
for some forty-fve years, and who was
yelling and whooping with pain, was
made whole again by this lying-on-of-
handle process. 1t 10 asserted that scores
Of wonderful cures by this man, all we'll
attested, can be brought forward.
What cay the orthodox physicians and
surgeons as - these reputed cures?