Daily Kennebec journal., 1881-04-23

health.
could not help expressing my admiration
of the doctors honor and frankness in moi
holding out delusive hopes ts his patient.
1T is matter of honor with me, he re-
piled, always to tell my patients their true
| condition. Ii their cases are hopeless. they
ought 70 know it,
| / carefully watched fous other examina-
tons after this, each OF different disease,
and all with the same result In every case
the descriptions were minute in detail and
entirely accurate, and in private interviews
with the patients l was convinced that DIR.
Flower could not possibly have had any pre-.
vious know ledge of the cases.
| | have friend in this city who has for
seven years been afflicted with 4 complica-
tion of troubles from which he has been able
! to find no relief knew that Dir. Flower had
| never seen this man. nor heard of him; and
| wishing TO make a further tsst of his powers.
| made an engagement TO bring this friend 10
his office that evening, and did so. DIR. Flower
| asked not a single question of either of us.
but taking my friends hand, commenced at
the beginning of his troubles, and came down
to the present time with as precise a descrip-
| tion of the case in all its details as could
have given, having been familiar with it from
the first, but differing from myself and other
physicians as to the cause.
noticed on the table large number of
letters, apparently from patients at distance
and asked:
doctor, how do YOU manage to make ex-
aminations where a personal interview is I'M
possiblc?"
In such cases ask few leading ques-
tions by letter. hardly know how it is my
self. but it is a fact that in such examinations
| have never vet made a single mistake
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Flower. and had nersonaI knowlcdge of some
of the remarkable cures he had effected and
after a good deal of persuasion induced Col
onel Scott to give him A trial"
II never shall forget that first visit CON
tinucd Mr. Kennedy Il accompanied DIR.
Flower to Colonel Scott's residence. The
Colonel had very little nope of receiving any
benefit from this new treatment. DIR. Flower
took the paralyzed hand in his-a hand which
Colonel Scott had not Leen able to shut for
more than two wears, and which was cold and
nearly dead He held il n short time and then
said:
"Now, Colonel Scott. shut your hand"
"Instan,lv the Colonel sbut III. hand tho
first time he had been able to do so for two
wears. Now some people NAV call that a
miracle. Call if what Won please was
there and saw it, and the facts are exactly
as tell you Colonel Scott continued un-
der Dr. Flowers treatment and in less than
six months was cured. and is now in the en-
joyment of good health and as actively en-
gagged in business as ever
This was Mr.. Kennedy's account of the
cure Cf the great railroad king. He is one of
the directors of the Pennsylvania company. a
leading busipess mar, of Philadelnbia and
one whose statements can be imnI;c;,lv ra-
lied on.
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