San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-12-29
WORKING WONDERS.
FIRST TR UT OF DIR. MACLEN
MANS LABORS IN SAN AN
TONIC.
Marvellous Cures of Well Known
Citizens Who Were Pronounced
Incurable.
The Most Obstinate Diseases Yield
As if by Magic to the Vita
pathic Treatment
A Reporter in His Office.

reporter of The LIGHT was watkins
along Avenue c few days ago. Wher
passing by Gil he noticed a number OF
carriages waiting in front while many
persons were sitting outside on the porch
4 sign hanging over the gate bearing the
Inscription "Dr. MacLennan. Vitapathic
Physician" partly explains the presence
of so many people.
The newsgatherer Joined the crowd
with q view of gaining information con-
corning the new doctor ana his method
of treatment. He found the waiting
room crowded with patients anxiousIy
waiting their turn to be called into the
with several of those present. Many of
them were under treatment for several
weeks and were loud i'm their praise of
the doctors success.
A SUFFERER WHO TRIED EVERY TREAT
MENT, FROM HOSPITAL. PRACTICE TO
THE SPRINGS OF ARKANSAS, AS WELL
As CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND MAGNETIC
HEALING, RELATES HIS WONDERFUL.
EXPERIENCE AND RECOVERY AT THE
HANDS OF DIR. MACIENNAN.
One of the first cases that came to the
doctor here was John Bell, who resides
at 32i Austin street. Mr.. Bell, in CONVEX
sation with the reporter, said: Three
years ago was taken down with an af-
fiction that bat1ied the skill and treat
Ment of my medical advisors. | tried
faithfully every treatment of repute from
hospital practice to the Hot Springs of
Arkansas as well as the magnetic treat
Tnent and mind cure, called Christian Sci
'ence, without any benefit from any of
them.
On being informed that DR.. J. D. Mac
Lehman, of San Francisco. California,
was in the city, FASTENED to see him:
for knew of the doctor by reputation
several years ago and was conversant
with many of his marvellous cures on the
Pacific coast.
After making a very careful examina-
T1Ga of me, the doctor said that my trouble
was deep-seated and involved the men,
brane covering the spinal cord at the
lumbar pleXuS, where the nerves branch
out into the lower eXtremitieS; that three
of the inorganic principles necessary for
the nOurShment of those set of nerves
was deficient in my system: that the
proper application of these principles
would restore to me my health and use
fulneSS to my family and society.
said to the doctor that his diagnosis
agreed with the opinion of other eminent
physicians / had consulted. But in the
matter of getting well again he differed,
for they all agreed Onone thing-that my
case was incurable. That makes no differ
.ence said the doctor. lhave high res pect for
every scientific opinion, but the fact that
j have cured similar cases proves con-
clusiyely that yours is durable.
Well, must say that was somewhat
encouraged by this unexpected hope, and
j told the doctor to take my case in hand.
He did so, and in less than a month / was
back on the road again running my old
engine, which carries passengers from
here to SanderSon and back, the first
since / quit three years ago"
Reporter-In what way did your Attic
JiOn affect you?
legs. They would give way under me and
/ would fall. ] suffered continually with
SpaSmodic pains, and with each one
would feel as If my existence was ended.
Besides, the large toe of my right foot was
swollen and inflamed, the result of cry
Sipelas, which severed and disjointed the
toe. The moment | stood up the toe
would swell to the size of my fist, and on
assuming the horizontal position it would
as quickly diminish. ! was advised by a
leading surgeon to have it amputated.
There was continual discharge of sino-
vial fluid from an opening underneath the
middle joint. Doctor MacLennan. after
--GGLiHS Inb primary UTOuDltS unueT con-
EC0i, went to work treating the toe. In a
little while it was entirely healed and it
mas ceased to trouble me. know of sew
aeral other cases equally as wonderful as
my own cured by the doctor,
MR.. IL. COOK, 319 SHERMAN STREET, TAX
ING TREATMENT FOR PARALYSIS, NEXT
HELATED HIS GREAT IMPROVEMENT.
Mr.. Cook said: when my physician
said that nothing more could be done for
me tried this. ! was paralyzed on my
left side. The entire left side was paral-
yZed. / could scarcely walk when COM
unenced with the doctor. The paralysis
had also affected my hearing so that |
could not understand ordinary converse
entirely and can hear as well as ever.
My paralysis is not all gone yet, but it is
going as fast as l could expect for
a man OF my age. | am still
under treatment and will keep it up
unul l am entirely free from every
symptom OF this dreadful affection. DR..
MacLennan has done a greatdeal for me,
and L nave seen great deal of good that
ne has done others since / commenced
treatment with him. / saw one day a
man come to consult him from thehospital
His name was OlsOn-Oliver Olson. II
was with difficulty that he could &C
about, he was so weak.
HE HAD HEART DISEASE,
complicated with other troubles. He wa!
in the hospital three months, and FEELING
no better, desired a change The doctor
took him in charge, and in three weeks h,
was sound and well. was here the da,
he finished his last treatment and bid NJ
all d-by. He went TO Santa Cruz Cal
ifOrnia, to work at his business. He wa
indeed a happy man.
Mrs. KRAMEL CURED OF CANCER OF TIL
STOMACH, HYPERTRoPHY OF THE LIVEl