San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1891-01-21
FOR DEATH! LIFE!I

says tn6 OpS6GNtT Vi oNohOsi anu
what fact is there more stubborn
| than the fact of human disease, and
what more stubborn than the stub
bornness with which these ills to
| which our flesh Is heir re-
tain their hold upon their
human victims despite the utmost
| that medical skill aud human minis
try can do. Once in an age or gener-
alton, Nature, in seeming pity for the
helplessness of her suffering children,
lays her hand on some supremely en-
dowed child of her heart and commls-
sions him to lay his hard of healing
upon all and restore the manned, the
palsied and the impotent and the
sick to their wOnted health.
That such commission was issued
to Frank Tanning OF this city, whose
marvellous cures are known as well
attested facts over an entire continent,
Is we'll known to all the readers of the
LIGHT. But as nature never repeats
herself the recital of these cures does
not read like q thrice told tale, but
awakes the intensest interest to dis
cover to what extent nature has car
ried her gifts of healing in the case of
this singularIy endowed man.
Moved by these considerations the
LIGHT sought an interview with one
of the most remarkable subjects of
cure that has ever attested the genu-
ineness of the magnetic power. The
lady in question, Mrs. n. j. Boone,
resides In Encinal ia this state, but
was temporarily in this city. The
LIGHT was cordially received by
pleasant faced, clear complexioned
lady whose every appearance was in
dicative of perfect health. In her
own simple and direct manner she
said that "last summer / was bitten
by a spider and poisoned The
venom spread through my system,
and for months prior to December lst
1890 suffered untold agonies, finding
only temporarily relief from the most
skilful treatment of the schools. At
that time, Dec. /, l was
paralysed in my right side,
my nervous system was COM
pletely Frustrated. / had no control
over the muscles of my right hand,
which was about halt closed and per-
fectly stiff. L could scarcely walk a
step without help, was very thin and
weak and so palsied, that I could
not hold my head still. My skin was
covered with dark spots, notified
The doctors had given up all hope
of my recovery and had resigned
myself to death. After % days treat
ment by DR.. Tanning weighed as
much and felt as well as I ever did
in my life. AS you see, my complex
ion is clear, and my hand perfectly
straight. / have done all my own
household work for two weeks now:
my hand seems gaming strength
every day and am well woman.
l am to myself and friends as a
woman from the grave"
To the question, do you not consider
yours an exceptional case, Mrs. Boone
replied:
remarkable than mine. Her
name is Watson, and she
resides in Uvalde. For 20 years
she has been ia almost constant az
ony from neuralgia aud rheumatism,
IN her head, back of her neck, and in
uer shoulders, and has not been able
to aise her right arm to her head for
eight years. No treatment bad ever
given her more than temporary re-
lief. Much against her own will, not
having the slightest faith in the cur
alive powers Of this great magnetic
healer, but persuaded by her family,
she came under DR.. Fanning's care
November 2S, 1890, and three days
afterward desired to return home,
having no confidence in him what
ever. Her children persuaded her to
remain one week and after eight days
treatment she went home perfectly
cured"
No words can paint the deep pleas
ure that shone In the narrator's face as
she related the simple facts as known
to her and experienced In herown case.
1t was easy to see that DIR. Tanning
had life long friend In his Sabinal
patient. who regards her mothers life
and her own as the direct result of
that marvellous power which Nature,
In peculiarly gracious mood, has
conferred on Tanning.