National Republican., 1885-02-13

We published q short time ago quite |
lengthy article about the professional
work Of DIR. r. @. Flower, Of Boston. We |
have recently come into possession Of q |
pamphlet devoted to the life aud work |
of DIR. Flower, giving numerous accounts
of his
MIRACULOUS CURES
and almost supernatural triumphs over
disease. We believe review of the same
would bo highly interesting to our
readers. Tho book reads moro like
fairy story than anything else, yet every
claim and assertion is substantiated by
numerous facts
We publish below number Of extracts
from this book that our readers may
know more Of the doings of this wonder
full physician, who seems to havo stirred
the earth with his professional triumphs
from center to almost circumference.
The first chapter Is biographical his
tory of the doctor, which starts out by
saying:
For some years DIR. Il. G. Flower has
startled the eastern world, from time to
time, by performing what has seemed
miraculous or supernatural cures. Ono
writer, in describing DIR. Flowers tri-
umph in the sick room, says: "Sickness Is
a toy IN his hands; IN a most phenomenal tpdy
he sheds light into The ddrkened eye, iife into
The dying form, and robs The sick room Of its
sufferer aud The coffin Of is prey"
DIR. Flower has been called to consult
over important and bad cases from tho
Rockies to tho Chesapeake, from Canada
to the Rio Grande. His greatest ability
Is seen in desperate cases, and his might
lest feats and most miraculous cures at
the death-be ITSELF
DIR. Flower is a young man, but 81 years
of age smooth face, medium size, very
large head. He is hard student deep
thinker, man Of remarkable quick per-
ception and intuitional faculty, which are
said to bo marvellous.
"a phenomenal feature In his practice
is his method Of diagnosing disease. lie
mover asks a patient his trouble, but the
instant he takes tho hand of a sick per-
son he tells most accurately tho disease in
all its ramifcatlons. This phenomenal
phase of his practice has brought to him
thousands upon thousands of patients, and
1t is claimed that out of upwards of 100, 900
examinations he has never made mis-
take.
I'm the business world Dr. Flower Is as
great q wonder as he is In the practice of
medicine. His intuitional powers in de-
tecting tho actual condition of tho markets
soem almost infallible. If he buys stocks
they go up; IL he sells they go down. Ho
has made fortunes for many Of his friends,
and saved many from ruin.
He is man of great individuality, u
man OF methods, and n man who, from all
appearances, does tho work of hundred
men"
Following is an interesting biography
of his professional career. Next Is a
chapter upon his
MIRACULOUS CURES,
which reads more like the curing of tho
sick, making the lame walk and the blind
500 of 1900 years ago than anything else.
Tho chapter following, entitled
A MEDICAL WONDER,
leads you still further into fascinating
realms of what seems to be miracles
Among those startling accounts and
miraculous cures is recorded n case of a
: gentleman for many years sufferer visit
ing DIR. Flower, as a last resort, in searcl
of health. As soon as DIR. Flower saw
him he said: "You have 1.-Two animal IL
your stomach, and ono which belongs tC
q southern country. You must have
swallowed 1t many years ago.
The horror-stricken man replied, 81
was afraid had" Ho then stated that
he was in tho army, during which time
he frequently drank from the
POOLS IN THE FLORIDA swAMPs,
and shortly after leaving there ho fell
the creature, as the doctor described it
in his stomach, and that every minute OF
his life for the last fifteen years he had
been in perfect dread, aud pretty much
all the time in great agony. Dr. Flower
took charge Of the case. 1t was soon ap
parent that the first remedy was death
blow to the creature, and soon there be-
gan TO pass away scales and bones and
pieces of feet The man received almos
= immediate relief, and is to-day compare
+ lively q well and happy man.
q The long lettcr, headed
: MIRACLES, II SUCH THINGS ARE,
!. written by the editor of the Boston Trap
: elier (Which is one of tho largest, mos
: reputable, and conservative journals o.
5 the east, after tho most thorough investi
/. cation of DIR. Flower and his practice
!, must always be, at least to the sick, {
q most interesting collection of facts. He
. says:
! "The readers of tho Trareller are vel
! acquainted with tho name Of DR.. Il. c
. Flower, of Boston, Mass. In fact, no pro
4 fessional man in America is better known
! than this successful, energetic, skillfu
|. physician of tho Hub
'HIs PROFESSIONAL STANDING.
T professionally, Dr. Flower stands very
: high, and, with the progressive ant
= liberal physicians, is prominently {
} leader. His opinion in very critical
cases is regarded final. A distinguished
Boston physician of forty years practice
said to your correspondent: Il regard DIR
Flower the most wonderful of living ply
sicians and one of the most wonderful o
men. Why,sir, have called him at differ
ent times to see twenty-one of my patient,
after | had regarded them as incurable
and, Furthermore. after had submitted
the cases to the best medical talent in til,
city, only to have them confirm my Opin
ion, adding that life could last but shor
, time at longest. Well, out of the twenty
one cases, DIR. Flower, after his examina
/. tions, pronounced four asincurahls,' Re
/ portcr-'And did they dieY 'Yes, sir
! the longest only lived one hour and fifty
minutes. OF the other seventeen, h,
(. said in his judgment they would recover
: If certain treatment was observed. III,
/ suggested treatment l had never used
Z and in some instances never heard of.
! followed the directions to the letter, and
i to my surprise, every one of the seven
teen patients got we'll. tell you, sir
there is destiny in Dr. Flowers diagnosi
Of disease; ho reads the internal condi
tion of patient the same as you wOulC
!. an open book
! Personally, DIR. Flower is exceedingly
popular, and bis friends being largely o
the old, leading, and representative fami
lies of the east, gives him great strength
at his homo. He is young man, having
just passed his 3lth birthday, though L
look into his clean shaved, smiling fac
you would not judge him over 25."
He than piyes n numher nf cures ner