The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1890-03-27
DIR. HARTMAN.
A Lecture on the Theory and Practice Of
Medicine Success Of a Famous
Physician Explained.
The Science of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Sim
plified-Hope for the Victims of Con-
sumption, Bright's Disease, Dys-
pepsia, Constipation, Scref-
ula, Catarrh, Etc.

DR.. S. B. Hartman, name that has
become household word throughout
the State of Texas by virtue of the
many remarkable cures wrought by
him while stopping at Dallas, Fort
Worth, Austin, Waco, Houston, Gal
weston and San Antonio, and after
wards at all of the principal Icities of
the State of Texas, has nearly COM
pleted his visit to the State. He will
return to Columbus, Ohio, in time to
superintend the opening OF his mag
nifcent palatial building, nearly fin
ished, to be occupied by the Surgical
and Medical Association of Columbus
of which the doctor is president and
chief surgeon. The doctor will take
with him the best wishes of hundreds
who have been cured of some hereto
fore incurable diseases. He will
leave behind him throughout
the State host of friends
who are enthusiastic over his
remarkable success as physician and
skill as surgeon. In the short time he
has been among us it Is really..astonish-
ing the number of cures he has made.
Should he ever visit us again he will
find a multitude ready to greet him.
In conversation with the doctor touch
ing his return to the East he made
some important statements, which will
be received with gratitude by all those
who know of the doctors unpreceden-
ted success as physician. The state
ments referred to have reference to
the remedies the doctor has been using
to effect the wonderful cures he has
oeen making daily since he has been
amongsus. 1t has been assumed by all
that DR.. Hartman like other physi-
clans, has been using the ordinary
drugs to be found in other drugstOres,
and that his unusual success depended
on his peculiar genius in prescrib-
ing them. But it appears, as revealed
by hina that he has been using almost
entirely three medical compounds.
These compounds are composed OF
the most efficacious drugs to be found
in the United States dispensatory, but
their virtues are extractedf and COM
pounded in a way wholly original.
When asked concerning these COM
pounds, referred to, the doctor made
the following statements:
The first twelve years of my pi ofess-
ional career did not differ from that OF
any other physician or surgeon. Early
in my practice, however, l became dis
satisfied with the ordinary prepare
tons of drugs. I have been so fire..
quently disappointed in their opera
ton that I suspected it was due tc
the way in which the preparations
were made. l began in modest
way to procure the medicinal herbs
and extract their virtues in such way
that I could rely on their strength and
purity.EI was astonished at the
change in my success in the treat
ment of disease. In the place of my
old uncertainty and confusion in the
treatment of disease lowing to the I'M
readable nature of the preparations I
had been using), I became certain and
confident. Of course, at first the prep
arations of my own drugs was attended
with great expense and much expert
ment, but slowly I became master OF
the situation and. effected process by
which 1 could extract the active prin-
ciples of medicinal plants, absolutely
uniform as to strength and purity.
l really believe that my success at that
time, as well as at the present time,
depends on the mode by which the
medicines used are prepared. There
is no other way to account for the sue
cess ;. that thereafter attended my
practice, which soon became 80 extern
sive that it became evident that l
should be obliged to institute labora
tory or mandatory to meet my ne
cessities. l did so after 1 had been
practicing about twelve years, with
the sole purpose of supplying my own
patients, which, by this time,
were to be found in many parts OF the
country. Wishing to meet the de-
mand OF my private patrons I supplied
my medicines to druggists in their vi
cinity, labeled with names known only
to my patients. l had repeated solici-
tations from druggists to put on each
bottle printed direction as to the use
and dose, that they might supply the
demand for them that had sprung up
outside my regular patients, to which
| at last consented. The enormous
sale of them that has since been made
l believe to be due to their efficacy IN
the diseases for which they are recon-.
mended, ana l also believe that their
efficacy is mostly, if not wholly, due to
the peculiar mode by which they are
prepared. They are to be found where
ever have patients, and continue to
prescribe them as my principal
prescriptions, scarcely ever finding it
necessary to use any other medicine.
Speaking of medicine in general, the
doctor went on to say: There can be
no reasonable doubt that the trend
of medical science indicates that all
schools of medicines have greatly over
estimated the power of drugs to cure
diseases, and it may be fairly consid-
cred mooted question whether many
of the acute diseases are in any degre