The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-05-26
A REMARKABLE DOCTOR.

How He Cures His Patients by Sending
Them ON Visits to tho Planet Saturn.
From the Lancaster pal Express, May l0.]
Yesterday afternoon we accompanied
DIR. w. B. Fahnestock, of this city, to
visit one of his patients and see his mode
of treating disease with which the pa
tent has been affected for some time,
and has been unable to find relief. The
case is that of young man about 25
years of age, baker by trade. He has
been emplOyedin that business for years,
and formerly worked in this city and
Lititz, but later at Lewistown. 1t was
while working at that place that he be-
came affected as he is. He awoke one
morning and found that he had lost the
\ use of his legs, and during the next
night lost the use of his arms. He was
then in an entirely helpless condition,
so much so that he had to be fed, and
was not able to move hand or foot.
He was brought to this city, and in con-
versation with young gentleman who
helped him out of the car, he said he
had to be picked up and carried out,
that he was unable to move. His broth
er, with whom he is living, told us that
when he first came home he could do
nothing at all, and was not even able
to feed himself, and had to be helped at
the table. After being here several
months, DIR. FahnestOck was called in,
or more properly speaking, about a
month ago. At that time the patient
was still helpless, not able to move
finger or toe.
The Doctor, when he saw his patient,
Immediately thought of giving him
strength by placing him in a condition
in which he would make efforts to move.
This state he calls statu colo; from
status, state, and rolO, will-condition
from the will. This was to be done be-
cause, in his helpless condition, he could
not sufficiently control his will to move
muscle. He was placed in trance,
and his mind visited other places, where
he saw such scenes as to make him take
an effort to walk in spirit, and at the
same time he would attempt to make
motions, as though walking with his
legs. To strengthen his arms the same
means were devised. This, the Doctor
says, he is accomplishing, and friends of
the helpless man with whom we have
conversed say that the improvement in
his case has been marked, and in a few
months they confidently expect to see
him as well as ever.
The Doctor told us, when we visited
his patient yesterday, that he would take
him to the largest moon in the planet
Saturn. That he would take him, are
hardly the right words to use, as the
Doctor holds that the patient goes of
his own free will, the Doctor simply di-
recting his movements and getting him
to fix his mind on the place that he
wants him to visit. According to the
astronomical work which the Doctor
has recently issued, Saturn is inhabited
by race of people far superior in many
things to the jewellers on earth. This is
particularly so in respect to music, and
the young man yesterday described for
us the music as being different from any
thing he had ever heard here, and the
motions of his hands indicated that he
was playing an instrument something
similar to piano.
This brought the muscles of the fin
gers in play, and the patient has OBJ
tanned the use of them again, rs any
thing he can do while off on journey
to some distant place he always remem-
bcrs, and can do when he awakes, that
is, when his spirit comes back to the
body. He said the inhabitants of Saturn
knew he was there, and by mutual mind
reading they understood each other.
While his spirit was in Saturn, the Doc
tor asked him what he was doing, as he
was moving his feet as if trying to walk,
and he said he was going down to lake
to take bOat-ride. Presently his hands
and arms began to move, as though row.
ing boat, and after short row he re-
turned to shore and accompanied a |
beautiful young lady (the inhabitants of
that planet are described as being very
beautifully on walk to get some fruit, |
and in few minutes he was noticed 60
ing through the motions of eating,
smacking his lips, as though he was en-
joying a rare treat of some kind. The
dancing was next spoken of and de-
scribed as being conducted around a
raised mound, on which the dancers,
when tired, sat down to rest. But what |
resulted in giving him the most exercise
was trying to throw goat down. He
pulled backward and forward, trying to
trip the goat with his feet, and giving
him violent twists, but he could not sue
coed in accomplishing the task of throw
ing him, remarking, while endeavoring
to do so, that he had a slough time,
but could not get him down." All of
these things, DIR. Fahnestock in
formed us, were exactly the same
as described by other spirits who
had visited the planet Saturn. On the
patients return to consciousness we
asked him to describe the fruit. He did
so, saying cit was like a pear, only
much better" and that cit tasted very
good" While he was conscious the
Doctor told him to put his arm in the
same condition his body was just in. He
did so, and we were informed that it was
not sensible to any pain whatever, and
to show us, DIR. Fahnestock pinched it
until the marks of his nails could be
seen on the skin, which the patient said
he did not feel, but he soon cried out
when the Doctor pinched his arm while
it was in its normal state. The young
man, from a state of entire helplessness,
has so far recovered as to be able to wait
on himself at the table, and move his
legs back and forward, and his brother,
with whom he resides, said he could see
hat he was growing stronger every day.
This was also verified by the statements
Of Il young gentleman who is friend
IF the sick man.
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