The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-04-04

QcFOtou ID TIE llio aLu NUIk Oh III. 1lONef.
giving numerous accounts OF his
MIRACULOUS cUEKs
and almost supernatural triumphs over dis
ease. We believe q review of the same
would be highly interesting 10 our readers.
The book reads more like fairy story than
anything else, yet every claim and assertion
Is substantiated By numerous facts.
We publish below o number OF extracts
from this book thst our readers may know
more of the doings OF this wonderful ply
sician, who seems to have stirred the earth
with his professional triumphs from center
TO almost circumference. The first chapter
is a biographical history of the doctor, which
starts out 81 saying:
For some years Dr.. r. G. Flower has
startled the Eastern world, from time to
time, by performing what has seemed mirac-
ulous or supernatural cures One writer, in
describing Dr.. Flowers triumph in the sick
room, saye:
sickness is toy in his hands; in q most
phenomenal way he sheds light into the
dsrkensd eve, life into the dying form, and
Iobs the sick room OF it's sufferer and the
coffin OF its prey"
DR.. Flower has been called to consult over
important and bad cases from the Rockies
6rande. His greatest ability is seen in des-
perate cases. and his mightiest feats aud
most miraculous cures 81 the death-bsd
itself.
DR.. Flower is young man, but thirty-four
years OF age, smooth face, medium size, very
large head. He is q hard stadent. deep
thinker. man OF remarkable qaiok percep-
tion and intuitionsl faculty, which are said
10 be marvellous
"A phenomenal feature in his practice is
n h.I rf
asks patient his trouble, but the instant
ne takes the hand OF q sick person he tells
most accurately the disease in all its ramif-
cations. This phenomenal phase of his prac-
tice has brought him thousands upon thou
sands of patients and it is claimed that out
of upward of 100000 examinations he has
never made a mistake.
in the business world DR.. Flower il az
great a wonder as he is in the practice of
medicine. His intuitional powers in detect
ing the actual condition Of the markets seem
almost inlallible. III be buys stocks they 90
mp; if he sells they go down. He has made
fortunes for many Of he friends, and saved
many from ruin.
He is a man of great individuality, man
of methods. and a man who, from all APP
pearsnceS, does the work of hundred men,"
Following is Interesting biography of
his professional career. Next is q chapter
upon his
MIRACULOUS CURES
which reads more like the curing OF the
sick. making the lame walk aud the blind
see, of 500 years ago than anything else.
The 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 q case OF gentleman for
many years 3 sufferer visiting DR.. Flower
IS last resort, in search OF health. AS soon
as DR.. Flower saw him be said: You have
live animal In your stomach, and enc
which belongs to Southern country You
must have swallowed it many years ago"
The horror stricken mai replied, II was
sfEaid had" he then stated that be was
IN the army, during which time rs frequent
" drank from
FOOLS Is THE FLORIDA sYAMPs,
and shortly after leaving there he felt the
creature, as the doctor described it in his
stomsch, and that every inmate of his life
for the last fifteen years he had been in per-
feet dread, and pretty much all the time in
great agony. DR.. Flower TO * charge Of the
case. 1t was soon apparent that the first
remedy was death blow TO the creature,
and soon there began to pass away scales
and bones and pieces Of feet. The man re-
ceived almost immediate relief, and Is to-
day comparatively well AID happy man.
The long letter, headed
MIRACLES, II SUCH THINGS ARE,
written 5y tie editor of the Boston Trsv-
-eller (which is one of the largest most rep
utaoie and conservative journals OF the Esst),
sitter the most thorough Investigation OF Dr.
Fiower and his practice, must always be, at
least TO the sick, q most interesting collection
of facts Ea says:
The readers of the Traveller are we'll
acquainted with the name of DR.. r. C.
Flower, OF Boston, Mass. In fact, no pro-
fesslonal man IN America is better known
than TINS successful, energetic, skillfaI ply
stefan OF the Hub
''Hfs PROFESSIONAL STANDING.
Professionally, DR.. Flower stands very
high, and, with the progressive and liberal
physicians, Is pre- emInently q leader. His
opinion in very critical cases is regarded
nnal. distinguished Boston physician OF
forty years practice said to your correspond
-ent: 4 regard Dr.. Flower the most wonder
ful OF living physicians, and one of the most
wonderful OF men. Why, sir, / have called
him at different times to see twenty
'one OF my patients after l had regarded
ihen as incuraels, and. furthermore,
4ter l bad submitted the cases to the
best medical talent in the city, only to
have them confirm my opinion, adding that
lie could last but q short time at longest
Well, out of the twenty-one cases, DR..
Eowier, AFTER his examinations pronounced
four as incurRble.' Reporter-'Aud did
they DIE Yes, sir; the longest only lived
one hour and City minutes. OF the other
seventeen, ne said in his judgment they
would recover IL certain treatment was OBJ
served. BE suggested treatment had never
'used. and IN some instances never heard Of
followed the directions TO the letter. and
TO ny s7rp<ise. every ons of the seventeen
patients got well. tell Won. sir there Ia
destiny IN Dr. Fowlere diagnosis of disease:
he reads the internal condition Of q patient
the same as you would an open book
Personally. DR.. Flower is exceedingly
popular and his friends being largely of the
old, leading and representative families of
ahe EEst gives him great strength at his
home He is a young man, having lust
passed his thirty fourth birthday, though to
look into his clean shaved, smiling face you