The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1882-05-03
THE WORLDS EPLEPTIC INSTITUTE
Correspondence of the Chicago Times, Aug.
IN 1891

10. 1881.
While passing through St Joseph Mo, and
having heard great deal about the Worlds
Epilept!c Institute located here, | concluded TO
pay the celebrated institution IL short visit We
were met by Dr. Richmond the proprietor who
mas gained reputation AS broad as the land.
He is rather small yet prepossessing man, OF
very aiiable ana gcntlemanly manners, He gave
us hearty weCome, and took great pains in
showing us through his palatial and mammoth
institution. IL Is iive.story building, 200xls0
ieet with basement, and contains over three
hundred rooms, and can accommodate five hun
dred patients, and each and every room is fur
nished in the most elegant and lavish manner
But we Will begin ut the Office, which is large
room furnished with rosewood furniture
througout In the office are thousands of pho
tt00grsphs OF those who have been benefited by
the Ncrvine. The walls are elegantly papered
and are profusley decorated with rich and costly
pictures, relieved here and there by busts in
stone ana bronze of eminent men of this and
other countries In connection with the 1nst-
TUE is mammoth printing house and bndery,
occupying six or seven large rooms, and score
OF presses are kept running night and day turn
ing out work for the doctor. The office is one of
the llncst ana most complete in the west, and he
mas the rooms decorated, carpcted and trimmed
up with as much care and luxury as Is his own
private office. On the first floor of this mann
moth building Is the doctors private Office, the
printing department. bindery, tank room, pack
ing, bOttlng and consultation rooms bnrber
shop, drug store, etc, all of when are fitted M
regardless of expense The second floor has the
hotel Office, dining billiard and cooking rooms
many guest chambers and several parlors The
third and fourth floors are all rooms all of which
are furnished with Brussels carpets and tho
finest furniture The billiard room has six
tables all of which are free to the guests
OF the house and their friends. The bath
room is large and neat, and is also free TO guests
The entire building Is surrounded on the east
aud south by an elegant five acre park in which
are lovely trees, beds of rich and rare plants
gravel walks and drives. delicious arbors, and a
| most beautiful summer house. There are also n
| number of fountains that add wonderfully to the
| beauty of the parK, which is truly one OF the
| most lovely and attractive in the western conn
| try, and the Institute has no equal for luxury
and comfort in the world Everything is per.
lection, and the visitor is ut once charmed with
| the entire place and its surroundings An idea
| OF the immensely of the doctors business NAV be
| given when we say that on the day we visited
| the Institute he showed us to his express room.
| and we saw the expressman take goods labeled
| to the following places, to say nothing of hun
| dredS OF orders from all quarters OF America:
| Lyons, France; Geneva, Switzerland; Madrid.
| Spain: BRUSSELS, Belgium; Cape Town, Africa:
| shanghai China, Yokohama, japan: Bombay,
| India Melbourne, Australia. The doctor EN-.
| poys hundreds of men aud women In his Insti.
tute in the several branches. aside from the i'm.
mense force required To conduct the hotel IL il
worth u visit and DR.. Richmond extends TO all n
| cordial invitation TO come and see him. He and
his wonderful medical discovery have given Ia
~, Joseph good name all over the habitabe