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: n WONDERFEL BORE.sETTER.
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lg#i- New York surgeons. ~
d Jennie June writes from New York !:
Hthe doctors are having q pretty liyoIy
time Of it Just now, The successes Of
the Italian bone-setter, Regina del ,Cui,
attracting more and moro attention..
and putting tlleir theory and conclI-
sions very frequently to shame. One
OF tho latest Of her triumphs is III tho
case Of Mrs sStover, u Boston lady.
NOW a resident Of Brooklyn, who by a
simple accident, fell aid Injured her
lip bone. Mrs. Stovor declared That
tho bone was broken; the doctofs that
were called In asserted that. no bone
:; was broken, and their treatment left
Der lame, helpless and moro convinced
than eyer;tllat her statement was cor
rect. She brought suit against hel.
| physicians, Drs. Catlin and Elmendorf.
for 1nalpf:actice, but it was decided
against Her OH the ground Tint THEY
admitted their ignorance of what was
really the'mattcr with her, and simply
treated her TO the bost Of thoir ability.
1T was GENERALLY conceded that
If tho doctors had been Of different
['schools her chances for whining her
cause would hive been better; as it
was, they were bound to stand by
each othor, and what ono swore tho
other stuck to. However, Mrs. Stovcr
did not greatly care for the issue. She
was willing to spend her money--it
cost her SB,000-for the sake of show
Ing Up hor doctors methods and how
much they knew. She is now in the
hands of, and being rapidly cured, by
an Italian peasant woman. Her theory
was correct-a small bone was
broken, one that, it is said, If fractur-
cd, is rarely ever, united. Regina by
IN Instant and painless operation
brought .thcm together, dressed them
with a poultice made Of the beaten
white of eggs, laid over flax in tho
form OF q bunch Of tow, enclosed thcni
with linen bandagcs put on by herself
and thq patient is now able to walk
aid is rapidly getting well >
Rcgina's mother had a natural gift
for bonc-sctting, and this faculty the
daughter seems to have inherited.
When little girl she could put to-
skclet6hs of Of birds or, fowls,
and her grcatest pleasure t7as in
watching; graHc-diggers; aiil playing
with the bohes they dug UP, trying to.
fit them togcthci: AS she grew Older
she bcchInc locally celcbratcA lor set:
ting limbs, and was especially sue
hips. In some respects Her methods
Bile Dr.. Knight; Of the itouse fol; Ldmsc
street aud Lexington avcnhe, in this
city, who discovers real causes with
wonderful skill, sets bones by sin gle
| m inf nt,Is u
boards, and clumsy, irp,,-clad ineaiis
bcrs of his profession. At one time the
regular physic!a,ls Of Italy used great
efforts to stop Rcgina's work. They
had recourse to tho most dcspicable
means to crush her; but tic people
| loved her, and when lilo courts for
badc Hcr practice, as they did shortly
after marriage, she worked in secret.
In. Trieste She cured over three, hun
drcd people in few weeks time, and
was presented with ali album cont3in-
ing .tYe signatures Of d thousand W ork,
men. :Vhe, municipality offered hey
tho hjgiiost indictment to remain and
take up hes. lode W it'll them, but she
preferreldo rctur,i and live with her
own people. Hcr. house is villa out
from Venice and AMONG tho Italian
Alps" on ths front. I have. been told
by ono who has visited it, IS ali anus
ing series OF trcscoes painted by a
grateful Venetian artist during ono. of
her absences from home IKE figmres
in the pictures arc small, naked che
rubs, engaged in surgical studies and
operations, and arc supposed to Yet.,
inn ~ "a
Ecr career. Tho hail OF vcstibulc
which is very large, is q museum for
crutches, some large, some small,
some of rich rosewood, velvet padded,
some rough and rudely shaped, tic
qucnt OF pain turned to gratitude.
cures is very simple. Ono Of f6'f
without crutch for twcnty-ono years
until treated by her. For thrcc weeks
she kept the hip envclopsd in, q poul-
mallow and other healing herbs, IN
order to soften the stiflcned muscles
and tcnd0ns. Then shc took tho
limb' moved it gently from left to
right, drew it slightly downwards,
"'Ni wv opCloIIoit' MiuCIl. CtttSCU no
pain, was over. The patient was then
required to stay in bed for three weeks
longer and have dAily applications
made, consisting chiefly Of the white
Of an egg beaten, and at tho end Of
that tino ho had enjoyed walking
about with Il cane, tic first time foi:
twcnty-ono years, and playfully an
nounced that he had Just reached his
majority; had, in fact, became young
again: Regina does not .taEe. every
case that is brought to hcf,' but she
tolls at once whether whether she can
help it or not, and if she cahlio, euro
declares it, and cannot be induced to
undertake it. She is as honest and
true as she is skillful.
TIE SIrUATIoN IN MA1NE.-A plu.
rality will elect the Governor instead
of majority, as hereafter, if tho con-
stitutional amendment to be submitted
on election day be carried, as it un-
dOllbtcdlV will b. IF tbio ,nlo loJ