Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1886-08-31
sketch Of Dr. n. c. Flower. liz. -.
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From the American snoo.,,o

IRON the American Spectator.
Dr. Flowers success in the practice Of
medicine has for wears been 4 wondsr WI,
Is II that he, young man but SO years of age.
snoaiu nave thousands and thousands of
pauents under his care constantly. patients
S.. 'os' every town and county in tine United
u: patents IN every country on the eartb2
!. enemies said some years ago, "His fame
subside." In this they were mi.takan ~
mas under his professional care TO-DAY thor-
sands OF patients more than he ever had befora
MS Iame has extended into the old world
ano To-Day among his happy and grateful
pA.epts are those from the different Euronaan
s'ates, bagdad in Asia, Bombay, China. Cey-
ion' ana the home of the Japanese. M nne
ior moment doubts that hi, fame "a nh
sician Will ever live as long as he cures wben
All others fail, and snatches from deatb,s .I,ar
tne SICK and dying when abandoned nv al,
tne medical world, given up to die. As long
as ne can diagnose disease. telling hi. ne
ueh' MS trouble (without asking a question:
oeuer than the patient can tell himself. inst
80 iehg Will the sick and suffering seek his
aiu from all parts OF the earth
Inc question difficult to solve ia. How can
the doctor attend to all who seek his service?
~ TUG oest help at his home office
t Dr' fiower has been enabled during the last
&c" years 10 make three or four trips wear
across the continent, and occasionally a v;s;,
almost around the States, thus enabling him
TO see tens of thousands of patients Who xer.
unable to endure the journey to Boston. II ia
now believed that these transcontinen,al
visits will have to be abandoned, so great in
Iact uhmanageably great, has his practice be-
come at MS home as to demand his entire
time. Whlle DIR. Flower may not absolutely
discontinue his western and southern visits
ne VIII do so at the earliest practical period.
Inc crowds which daily throng his Office.
NO. 1852 Washington Street, Boston. wonld
remind one of public entertainment or
gatnerlng as they come and go. A closer ex-
animation will soon reveal the true cause of
the visits. There are the conservatives.
snort of breath, slowly ascending the stems
paralytics and rheumatics either on beds or
sioeo ny clutches or canes, the blind, the
deaf, the manned are there. In fact, every
disease nesh is heir to is daily represented at
DR.. Flowers Offices.
The writer has carefully studied DR..
Flowers methods OF practice for years.
witnessed hundreds of of examinations, and
been permitted in many cases to follow the
treatment to the close. 1t would seem that
Dr. Flowers almost miraculous success ia
the result OF his large experience; his almost
supernatural diagnosis of disease; his ex-
traordinary and almost superhuman efforts to
cure; and his absolute candor on all oc.
caslons. DIR. Flower never asks persons to
describe their disease. He can tell after
once seeing them their trouble better than
they can tell themselves. He reads the
interior condition and infinitely describes the
disease as the school boy would the open
book. l never knew or heard of Dr. Flower
making mistake in the examination of a
patient This statement may fall under the
eyes of many of his old patients who will
say, Eyes, he told me, when he examined
me, my troubles better than could tell them
myself" How he can with an unerring ac-
curacy read mans disease like an open
page is a secret, and one which any physician
could well afford to give four-ffths of his life
to understand Whether this is explainable
as natural or supernatural. | do not know.
DR.. Flower disclams anything supernatural,
but does not explain how he does it. But let
this be as it may. able to detect ones disease
and describe it in all its detail il is not likely
he will make a mistake in the treatment. The
great trouble in general practice has always
been that ct0rS experiment with their
patients Not know ing what the disease is,
they more frequently H. ctor them for troubles
they do not have. than for the real disease.
This mistake, for the reasons above given,
does not occur with DR.. Flower.
DIR Flower spares nothing in the treat
ment and care of his patients; he never con-
siders the cost If he takes a case the only
thing, apparently in his mind is, What must
be done to cure my patients? His remedies
are all made from ingredients as chemically
pure as they can be obtained DR.. Flower is
a. ,,b1 nj ,r,n -,
the treatment of a patient which will aid in
the cure, whether in harmony with, or con.
trary to. his or any other school of practice.
His position is this that human life is of
more value than the sacredness of ethical
code of any medical school; that the practice
of medicine is largely experimental that the
theories of the cause and treatment of dis
ease are changing. The books change; and
he would rather cure his patients contrary to
all books, in opposition to the methods of
any school, than to kill them or allow them
to die according to the books. This position
of Dr. Flower will meet with great favor at
the hands of the many thousands of liberal
understand as well with opposition by the
bigoted physician, who would rather his
patient would die than be cured by any meth
cd not known to his school. Nevertheless
il is the position of candor and honesty,
which the SICK ana SUFFERING all over tue
world will say is right. DR.. Flower was for
years under the instruction of DR.. Andrew
Stone, of Troy, N. Y. DR.. Stone was
noted physician of the regular school, In
his latter life he became more liberal, and
established, by special endowment. his pri-
vate institute for students Or. Stone was
a well-known active practitioner during the
greater portion of his life on Fifth aven-
ne, New York City, DR. Flower went
through DR.. Stones lengthy course of study
and received bis diploma from the hands of
his distinguished preceptor. He afterwards
graduated at the American Health College,
of Cincinnati O., which represents one of
the most liberal courses of study in the
country. Consequently, he might be regard
ed one of the most liberal or radical of the
eclectic school. DR.. Flower is great stu
dent and has always been, though he be-
lieves that, at best, the most diligent student,
in this life will approach only the edge OF the
water of the great sea of knowledge.
Does Dr. Flower cure all his patients is
frequently asked. He does not; nor does he
claim to- But that he cures larger number
or a vastly greater per cent than find aid
elsewhere, is a fact beyond any question or
doubt 1t should not be forgotten that the
greater portion of DIR. Flowers patients only
come to him after they have been given up
nv other physicians and their disease pro-
nounced incurable.
II is said that DR.. Flowers greatest power