The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-03-06
GREAT MEDICAL PRACTICE.
DIR. r. C. FLOWER OF BOSTON -
HIS EXTENSIVE PRACTICE
Both at Home and Abroad Boiled
Down Facis-SOme Interest.
ing Reading.

ing Reading.
To write the biography OF this dis
tinguished physician in few lines
would be On impossibility; a leader in
his profession and i'm every sense Of
the word, great; with a practice far
eXcelling that of any of the old physi-
clans OF the earth, and yet he is young
man Of but thirty-six years OF age.
From the opening sentences OF lit
tie book published by Deland q Barta
of this city and entitled "DR. X. O..
FLOWER OF Boston, Mass. Who he is.
What he is doing His miraculous
cures. His work as physician we eX-
tract the following:
For some years Dir. X. G.. FLOWER
bias startled the Eastern world, from
time 10 time, by performing what have
seemed miraculous or supernatural
cures. One writer, in describing DR..
Flowers triumph in the sick room,
says: ",Sick1loss is a tOy IN his hands; IN
most phenomenal iCdy he sheds light into
he ddrkened eye, life into The dying form,
and robs The SICK room Of IT, su6e,er and
coffin # d' prey"
DIR. FLOWER has been called to con-
suit over important and bad cases from
the Rockies TO the Chesapeake, from
Canada TO the Rio Grande. His great
est ability is seen in desperate cases,
and his mightiest feats and most mi
raculQus cures at the death-bed itself.
DIR. FLOWER
is a young man, but thirty-six years Of
age, smooth face, medium size, very
large head. He is a hard student,
deep thinker, a man of remarkably
quick perception and intuitional fac
ulty, which are said to be marvellous.
DR. FLOWER, by birth, is Western
man. He transferred his practice to
the East some years ago, since when
he has made most remarkable record.
To better describe the rise OF his
Eastern practice, we quote from the
combined History of Edwards, Law
renee and Wabash Counties of Hi
nois," published by j. S. McDonough
& Co. of Philadelphia, which is his
tory of the English settlement of
Southern Illinois, settlement estab-
lished by George Flower of Stratford,
England (the grandfather of DR.. r. G..
FLowEu). We quote from pages 226
and 227, which is an extract from the
Biographical History of the young
doctor,
BIOGRAPHY.
Ellis practice drifted largely to the
eastward, and the doctor finally deter
mined to move to the great cities of
the East, where he could more sue
cessfully operate his almost super
natural healing powers. In accord
ance with these feelings, he sold out
his institute, and transferred his
practice to Philadelphia and New
York From this on his practice be-
came very great. His cures were so
numerous and so phenomenal that he
became wonder in the East. Always
anxious to live in Boston, and many
attractions drawing him to the Hub,
he gave up his beautiful residence, on
Fifth avenue, New York, and trans
fer ed his practice in May, 1882; to the
Athens of America.
"ln Boston he has built up a prac.
tice which is said by many to be the
largest in the world. His offices are
some distance from his residence, and
under no circumstances will he mingle
business with the pleasures of his
home.
"A phenomenal feature in his prac-
tice is his method of diagnosing dis
eases. He never asks a patient his
trouble, but the instant he takes the
hand OF sick person, he tells most
accurately the disease in all its ramif-
cations. This phenomenal phase of
his practice has brought to him thou
sands upon thousands of patients, and
it is claimed that out of upwards of
100000 examinations he has never
made mistake.
"In the business world Dr. FLOWER
is as great a wonder as he is in the
practice of medicine. His
intuitional powers in detecting the
actual condition of the markets seem
almost infallible. II he buys stocks,
they 60 up; if he sells, they 60 down.
lie has made fortunes for many
of his friends, and saved many from
ruin.
"He is man of great individuality,
a man Of methods, and man who,
from all appearances, does the work of
a hundred men
DIR. Flower has attained such a repu-
tation in his profession that his opinion
is sought in bad cases all over the
world. His advice has brought him
thous nds of dollars in many instances.
A big price, some one will say. Yes,
but il was the pivot upon which
turned life and death-to follow it was
to get well.
II is claimed that DIR. Flower can
tell when he sees person, not only
his disease, but whether it is durable
OF not, and that with almost an un-
erring accuracy.
When the Rev. +. NJ. McSimmons
of Ontario brought his wife to con-
suit DIR. Flower for lung and heart
trouble, more than one physician hay
ing pronounced her incurable, he
stated that he was very uneasy about
his wife, and after the doctor had
examined her he would like him to
see if he had any troubles, as he so
easily tired. 81 can cure your wife,"
the doctor said, "but unless you have
the best of treatment yourself, you
will live but few months"
The Rev. McSimmons neither be-
lieved the statement that his wife
could be cured, nor that his own life
was in danger, but as last chance he
had his wife take treatment, saying
that when she was cured he might at
tend to himself. In few months she
was well, as she is to-day, but alas,
" thin thesame shorttime the husband
was laid beneath the sod.
The leading journals OF the country
have indorsedbDr. Flower as but few
are indorsed We make a few quota
tons as a sample of what hundreds Of
the daily and weekly journals have
said
The Boston Euening Traveller; Pro-
iessionally DR.. Flower standsvery high,
and, with the progressive and more
liberal physicians, is pre-eminently a
leader His opinion in very critical
cases is regarded final.