Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-09-02

Testimonies Of Well-Known and Prominen
PeoPle-what Some Have Called Motierl

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Miracles.
From the Portland. Me-, Argus.
few years ago if a man got sick it 10 safe
to say doctor would give him ca'omel; il tina,
did not cure him he would get . larger dose,
the dose being repeated or increased until the
patient either passed in his checks or got well.
Bleeding was common in ordinary practice;
the sick were bled for almost any disease, or,
as Sir Walter Tichwell says, my father was q
fat man and they blcd him to reduce his fat,
and my mother was very thin woman and
they bled her to make her fat" few years
ago the doctor would not allow fever patient
to have water. II by any gracious act be was
| permitted to wet his lips it must be with warm
water But ali these barbarous practices have
been done away WITH nearly so. not because
the profession outgrew them, but because the
patients refused to longer submit to such ur-
comfortable, poisonous and ruinous practices.
BY degrees the profession OF medicine, which
was the most unscientitic profession in the
world. became more Ineligible. Especially in
/ the last few years the ARRANGEMENTS in medical
/ practice have been almost great as in any
thing else. and it wouid seem by the success OF
some of the more skilled and advanced physi-
/ Clans that the terrors Of sickness and dead of
the grave were almost overcome.
! Our readers we'll know that for the past ten
wears the most startling cures have been made
: in the state of Maine and elsewhere which al
most We'd with ancient miracles, and which
many declared were miracles.
We have made thorough investigation OF
some of these cures. not through people a
thousand miles away. but through prominent
CITIZENS of New England, known in all parts of
the state. The Investigations show that by DR..
L. c. Flower of Boston the most marvellous
cures have been continuously performed all
! through the east for years.
ID. 7. Eaton Of Lewiston, Me-. baggage
master on the Maine Central, said: SIT a.forda
me great pleasure to speak of DR.. Flower. He
has most successfully treated and cured nv
wife in his peculiar and wonderful way, when
all other methods of treatment failed to give
her relief; and though her troubles we're most
serious, yet under his treatment were easily
controlled. DIR. Flower told my wife all her
troubles without asking her question. con-
slider him most skilled and able physician. as
well a remarkable man.
Mrs. &. 5. Pierce of Stevens Plains, Deering,
Me-. said: ''Dr. II. G. Flower of Boston cured
me several years ago of monstrous fibroid
growth, besides n dreadful stomach and heart
trouble. when every other kind Of treatment
had failed to even give me any kind of relief.
DIR. Flowers cures are quick and radical. He is
a man who understands his business, and the
moment he sees von he will tell you all your
diseases without asking You question"
X, e.,
a man prominent in politics, business, and high
in Masonic affairs, states that he cured of a
cancerous growth in the mouth by DR.. Il. c.
Flower. after he had been abandoned as in
durable by the best physicians in New England
that when he visited DR.. Flower be was wreck
suffering the utmost agony day and night dead
eniug the pain with narcotics as best he could
while awaiting the terrible end. Then he went
20 see Or. Flower a last resort and with but
little faith. He says:
AS soon as entered DR.. Flowers presence
he told me without asking me a question my
trouble, when first noticed il and all about its
progress, besides telling several other
things about myself which satisfied me that he
knew more about me than could tell him.
put myself under his care soon began TO I'M
prove. and in the course of few months was
entirely cured. l consider DIR. r. c. Flower
the greatest living benefactor to sick and
suffering world
Il know Of several in Mattawamkeag he
has cured in exactly the same way; his cures
are miraculous his examinations marvellous.
cannot tell how he performs these cures, bu.
l am living example that he does"
Mr.. Studley OF Boston, prominent business
man. had a cancer removed from his lip and
mouth eight years ago without the knife or
pain by DIR. Il. c. Flower after the leading
physicians of the city and hospital had pro-
nounced it incurable. He has enjoyed the bes.
of health ever since.
I1Sii - hlliaru nice OF Boston, DrOtner OF
ex-tioy. Rice, was visited by your reporter on
his return from the pine tree state. 'You have
been patient of DIR. Flower" we queried as
We introduced ourselves. "What do you
think Of him as doctor?' A broad smile COW
cred tire face of the fat and genial alderman as
be leaned back in his easy chair. Il think. -
was his reply, THAT DIR. X. G. Flower Is one of
the most able. learned and skillful physicians
OF this age: besides he is a most genial and fas-
cinating man and as brilliant a star
Henry A. Foilett Of Woonsocket: r. l., said:
Il have been a terrible sufferer for twelve
Years with liver disease and piles. had tried
the learned physicians of the country without
help. As a last resort l consulted DIR. II. c..
Flower OF Boston. After l lad given up all
hope of getting well and had resigned myself
10 what l supposed would be either
months or wears Of srfferirg-a living death
learned that by sending 2-cent stamp to DR..
T.. c. Flower. $50 Columbus avenue. Boston. a
pamphlet entitled Health and Happiness
would be sent free. In a few days / had this
little book AfterAeading it hope returned to
my soul. | went to see DIR. Flower. Imagine
nv surprise as walked into his presence to
have him tell me all about myself, how my
troubles gan and what they were, all of this
without my telling him thing. l need not tell
!ou that / felt that | vas in the presence of a
man who knew his business and who knew my
difficulties better than l did. l placed myself
unier his care, improved at once, and am today
Il wei HAN. OtueTS clOSe 10 me nave been
cured III the same marvellous way
Your reporter returned to Boston for the pur-
pose of seeing Or. II. G. Flower. whom he failed
TO rec or his first visit. After waiting two
hours he was shown into the DEBTORS private
parlors.
Well. sir. WIN. can do for your" was the
doctor greeting.
Il have come to ask you few questions" was
the scribe 8 reply, as he pulled out his book and
pencil.
.'iou must make your questions few and
brief
doctor. you seem to be revolutionizing the
practice Of medicine In the treatment of chronic
diseases VIII YOU tell me how you cure these
desperate cases of consumption, cancer, tumor
and paralysis?
We'll, was his slow and guarded answer, 81
understand my business and attend faithfully
To 1t. and can tell any sick person his trouble
without being told. consequently don't treat
patient for the wrong disease. have every
facility Tor treating these supposed incurable
chronics tina: money and experience can give. :"
You must like your practice, doctor"
"les. l like II so much that give about
twenty hours n day to it,"
Il have just been talking to two ladies in
your reception rooms who tell me that YOU
cured them, one of a monstrous tumor, which
at one time would have weighed sixty pounds
without pain the knife. the other of two
malignant cancers, after she had been pro-
nounced incurable by the best surgeons and
physicians of this city,
YES" was the doctors reply. ''this is true
One OF these ladies is the wife of a prominent
manufacturer in Maine. the other the wife Of q
large manufacturer in Hayerhill Mass"