Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-27
Austin Statesman.

Sbe science Of the Nineteenth century mas
,r,umphed over disease until 1t becomes
N longer o terror, or else we are face to
lace with miracles IS startling ana as
monderful as ever excited the sick and
norbid populace Of hundreds Of years ago.
A. startling as the following revelations
1n.v seem they are nevertheless facts,
svarv statement the truth, and can be
s,s,iv verified. The Investigations made
hv the Statesman were thorough, with
.iew of .scertaining the truth and truth
arIy Consequently Its representative
listed different cities In Texas, and
,nteryiewed nesrly 200 patients who had
hsen cured Of various diseases after
saving been pronounced incureble and
given I'D to die by other physicians.
MANY OF these sre among the most dis
tnqnished men and women OF Texas,
narsons who would not tell an untruth
n save their lives. Every one tells the
..me story of the wonderful examination
~ their disease and their marvellous
cure.
bean DR.. R C. Flower Of Boston, Mass. /,
, musician who has for years enjoyed .
most envisble reputation and stood lore.
most at the head of the progressive school
Of medicine. The stories told by these
people sound like the
FAIRY TALES OF THE "ARABIAN
NIGHTs,"-
NJ how they visited DR.. Flower hopeless
" iucurable; how he described their dis
eases, intricate and complicated, better
than they could have told him; of how he
resd physically their past lives like an
open book, describing In detail their
troubles from the beginning to the pres
emit moment; of how he Inspired conf
deuce; how the disease rapidly dissp-
pesred under his treatment, and in many
instances from the threes OF death with
some malignant disease, they were
sustched and speedily cured. For years
the public have hesrd from time to time
of his miracu! Gus cures, but in these cases
they are cures enacted in our own state
and close TO our homes and OF the best
people OF our state. Here Is what some
OF them say
Mr. z HABICHT, WEALTHY BANKER
Of Austin, Texas, stated that he had been
great sufferer for years from constitu.
tionsl debility, nervous depression, and
severe neuralgia headaches. That he
trested extensively with the leading phy-
sicisns of Texas and tried change OF eli
mste without benefit. Finally, as q last
resort, upon solicitations Of friends, he
went to see Dr. r. c. Flower. To his as
constituent, the Doctor told him all his
troubles in detail without asking any
questions. He placed himself Under the
Doctors care, and after purse Of treat
ment, his head aches ceased, his diseased
nerves were entirely restored to health,
his vitality and vigor returned, and he
respect. He says DR.. Flower has
no equal in the profession,
and that as q man he was one of the most
fascinating personalities he has ever met.
Mr.. Habcht cited q number OF DR..
Mowers cures, among them that OF a
paralytic msu who had not walked for
years. DR.. Flower told him frankly that
he could not promise him anything, Blu,
would do the best he could for him. he
was under the DOCTORS treatment about
ye.r, and the last he heard from the
man he WAS up and walking about as well
as ever.
Another case was that of his Wife's
mother, Mrs. Reed, who had been bed
ridden and helpless for long time with
acomplics:ion of troubles; that after q
few months treatment she was so thor
oughly cured that she resumedsher house.
hold duties, well woman; that she re-
gsrdei her cure as almost miraculous,
and her gratitude to the doctor was very
great.
Mrs. W. A. Pettus Of Goliad, Texas,
wife Of one of the largest rsncnmen in
Texas, stated she had been an invalid fol
twenty. five years prior to her treatment
with DR.. r G.. Flowef; that during this
time she had been trested by all the lead
ing physicians of the state, and had spent
thousands Of dollars In trying to obtain
relief, but without any benefit whatever.
Finally her disease became SO alarming,
and her physicians unable to do anything
more for her, advised that she 60 to Call
forlia and travel, with the hope that she
might fad some relief. She felt that to
follow this advice meant that she would
never come home alive, and that 1t had
only been given after succession OF I'M
fortunate experiments, as last desperate
resort. That while considering what to
90 In her despair, she was advised by Q
friend to 60 and see DR.. R. c Flower.
who was al that time in Houston for q
few days. She did so. Imagine my sur.
prise, ssys Mrs. Pettus, when. without
asking me question,
HE TOLD NE MY TROUBLE, AND HOW
HAD BEEN IN ALL THE CHANGES OF MY
DISEASES FOR TWENTY-FIVE YEARS
PAST.
Twas dumb; for knew he was reading my
disease exactly as it WAS. need not say
mat from this time on I had the fullest
confidence in DR.. Flower. placed my
sell Immediately under the Doctors care
and after course of eight months
Treatment, from helpless invalid, utter.
y PROSTATE, unable to undergo the
slightest exertion, he restored me to {
condition Of perfect heslth-such health
Is never enjoyed, such health as yor
see me enjoying to-day.
She stated that she had taken severn
patients to see DIR. Flower during his las
visit to Texas, and that they were all i'm.
proving rapidly. That she can never ex'
press her gratitude to DR.. Flower; fo
1ao 1t lot been for MIN, she would hav,
Seen In her grave ere this. That to thos'
aopelessly sick she gave but one advice
10 aud consult at once this wonderfu
msn.n
Mr.. A. Hansl Ct the banking firm o
oGonnor & Sullivan, San Antonio, spek
very highly OF the Doctor and his success
% physician. He stated that Dr.
Flower treated him for chronic
rheumatism Of some years. STANDING