The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-03

tuan all the otner doctors mad done IN year and
a half previous
THE REPORTERS INTERVIEW
When your correspondent first visited DR..
! Flower he presented himself as one Of the af
/ ttlcted ones i'll need of a physician, and that he
/ was anxious to see if the Doctor he had read
so much about could tell him his troubles with
out asking him any questions Step this way"
/ said the Doctor. pointing to his private room;
| then. taking your humble servants hand, plae-
| ing 1t to his ear for few moments, he said
| w hen you were young man from about your
| sixteenth to your twenty fourth year you led
| very fndiscreet life. During the time you in
| luFed yourself and almost broke your cOnstltu
| ton down. About six years ago you had typhoid
( lever which settled IN part IN your kidneys
and from that time TO this you have not seen
a day when you did not have pain
/ in your kidneysH He then went into
| details in such a startling manner that L was
compelled to say, hold up Doctor as L felt the
few hairs around my bald rim fairly rising on
| ends What do you know about me DIR. FW
| asked; did you ever me, did any ever tell
! you about mes- Il know your he replied
what do you meant You know I do not
never saw you nor heard of you before was
I thoroughly amazed. but satisfied myself from
| that moment THAT Dr. F s practice and cures
| opened rich field for investigation l placed
| myself under his care, soon became well ac-
| qualnted with the Doctor. and by extra efforts
! on my part and by coUrtesIes shown me by the
! Doctor as we'll as several of his patients. have
! been enabled to make most thorough internal
FeStgGtIOlI OF the MOST WONDER
| Jul practice in modern records.
| A few days go l said to DR.. F. II have. from
| several friends, letters of inquiry about your
practice, and many points not able to ans
wer, would you kindly allow me to ask you
few questions, DR. Fr' IF you will come to my
private office at 10 P. NJ, viii take pleasure in
answering your questions" Promptly at the
hour
WAS AT HAND.
First Doctor, how old are your II have fust
reached my thirty fourth year" do you really
like your practiee!' Yes, sir. my life is wrapped
up IN saving my PATIENTS How many patients
have youF 4 don't know exactly--between
twenty and thirty thousand Have you seen
allf' mo, not half of them 'How do you treat
the patients you have never seen who live at &
dlstance" Il send them full list of questions
to answer and return, which enables me to judge
pretty thoroughly their condition, l then make
record OF the case, and begin the treatments:
all letters received afterwards are fled with
record What is YOUR speeialtyF' 1T is hard
to say, as have my share of all diseases and
take them as they come" Are you called from
home much in the interest of your patiemtsF YES
in bad cases I am frequently called abroad.
generally take the night for these trips SO as not
to he absent during office hours" DO you ever
visit professionally other citiesF Eyes,
indianapolis, Louisville. Cincinnati and
Philadelphia | make these visits
occasionally to accommodates my patients in dis
tant localities WE'LL Doctor, do you cure all
L
not, do not lose more than one in hundreds.
however WheneverI do lose patient it almost
kills meS newer have that [ cannot save
that do not feel that would not willingly go
in their stead This Ia the unpleasant part of
practice, though am glad to say it don't occur
Oftsn.T Your PATIENTS are those given up by
either PHYSICIANS, are they nutN Yes largely
so; after they have doctOFed everywhere else,
they come to a last resort who
attends to your PATIENTS when you absentr
'+Dr. b. O. Flower, my brother; he understands
my patients and my practice almost as we'll as
do myself. and with the assistance of DR.. r. w.
| Gray, and the electricians and magnstizeFs all
understanding their work thoroughly, have no
difficulty at ALL well Doctor should think
you would find vacations frequently necessary,
for you seem to do the work of hundred men.
L wonder your practice
DON'T KILL YOU"
81 have not taken days vacation for years. of
course feel the need of rest, and may have to
stop and take it, but as long as have strength
feel that should give it to my PATIENTS sBut
your friends. seem anxious about your over
doingf Eyes, | know it; but 1 feel that the
strength which has sustained me through an
have done will never fail me- But YOU must e,1-
euse me now; must attend to my correspond
ence,p and at this the Doctor waved your eorre-
spondent out and called in stenographer
The Chicago, Inter Ocean of the 9Th of last
April contains lengthy article about DR. f. and
his cures; it WIS rigid investigation of DIR. F's
practice and contained the testimonials of many
prominent Eastern ladies' and gentlemen The
following extracts will speak fer themselves:
a. A. Rowe prominent Boston business nan
residing at wellington street, was loud in his
praises Of DIR. Flower. In answer to the cues
ton What do you know of DR.. Flower as a
physician ''Why, sir, he cured me of disease
of nervous prostraton and depression, also
stomach trouble which was the curse of my life. .
These troubles wholly untitled me for business.
ii y friends feared
NEVER COULD BE CURED.
I doetored With the best physicians of Boston
and Philadelphia; travelled for my health; but
all TO no purpose. grew worse and worse, un-
til life became burden. was induced to call
upon Dr.. Flower Without asking me ques
tion, he told me my difficulties better than I
could tell them myself. placed myself under
his treatment at once He has made complete
/ cure Of my case; am enjoying to-day the best
| of health, what never expected to enjoy two
| years ago. L know Of a great many DR.. Flower
| performed the same wonderful cure for as he
did for me. His practiee IS immense. He does
moro business than any twenty doctors know
anything about His patients of the first
and best people ofthe country
Mr.. G. Seabury, a prominent ieweler, doing
| business at % Court street, was next asked IF
it were true. as has been stated that he had
been treated and cured by DR.. r. G. Flower"
Yes" replied Mr.. SeaburY, Il am among that
happy number Some five years since had
uneommOnly severe attack of pneumonia, from
the shock of which was left physical imbecile
almost Every change of temperature would
bring on some disorder or another. l did not
care to live, two years ago, so feeble and sickly
had grown. Glanced to see an account of
DR.. Flowers cures, consulted him; took his
remedies to the letter; and he has made nae,
you see a healthy, hearty man Dr. Flower is
the most remarkable man have ever seem; the
NEST courtly and polished gentleman one can
imagine; valued friend an eminent physician
in short, sir,
A MAN WITHOUT A PEER,
Taken from any stand point"
HON. B.. IT, MARTIN.
OF Manchester N H, said Twas in miserable
health; my friends as we'll as MY physicians had
given me up; my troubles were liver, stomach,
kidneys, muscular and nervous. Iconsulted DR..
F.. at the suggestion of J. Willard Rice, of Bos,