The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-04-30
THE CASE THOROUGHLY PROVEN.
The houston Narcotic Cure
Does What is Claimed.
and Radically Destroys the
Liquor Tobacco, Opium or Morphine
Habit, and Brings the Victim Back to
Sound, Vigorous and Healthy Com
dition, Mentally and PhysicalIy-sgr.
Hobbs Investigations.

HE TINES has brought this series OF
articles on the Houston Narcotic Cure
up to narrative OF the investigation
into its thorough reliability and efficacy
by Mr. j. o. Hobbs. now the general
manager Of the Houston Narcotic Cure
Company at Roanoke. We have shown
that the men who are back of the COM
pany are widely known over Southwest
Virginia, gentlemen OF wealth and
pro6ity, of the highest standing in the
business community and in their re-
spective churches.
After Mr.. Hobbs had visited the
Houston Institute at Concord, N. h, he
visited
THE INSTITUTE AT CEDAE EAr1cs IOWA,
which had been in operation since the
18th of February, 1899. A. tbis insti.
tute they have cured q large number Of
patients, number of whom were inter
viewed by Mr.. Hobbs, who now has an
account OF these interviews in his pos
session, and would be glad to show them
to anyone wishing to see them Among
those interviewed was Mr. Charles Fl.
Clark, who had used morphine excess
sively for years, and had spent hundreds
OF dollars with physicians and special
lists for cure, and was perfect wreck
at che time he was induced to enter the
Houston Institute. Hadn't eaten a
breakfast for ten years and seldom din
ner. and never had q whole nights rest
in that time; was thoroughly cured last
March, after six weeks tseatment.
and has never had any desire for NOR
phine since, and says he never felt be5-
ter in his lie. The next place visited
was.
TIE INSTITUTE AT OMAHA, NEB.,
which has been in operation since the
lat of January last, and has graduated
between 200 and 300 patients. DR.. Hen.
derson, graduate Of the Massachusetts,
Medical College, is medical director a
thorough investigation OF tho merits OF
the Houston cure was made here as
elsewhere.
Maryyille and Stanbury, Missouri. the
home OF DIR. Houston, wero next visited,
where patients were first treated by DR..
Houston and his partner, Dr. Van
Gle ave, who has treated more than
1,500 patients himself. A very large
num- Der of those who had been cured
for year or more, testified to the
thorough efficacy OF this cure. Mr..
Hobbs drove seven miles in the county
from Stanbury to see Mr.. Thomas,
merchant, who took both the whiskey
and tobacco cure, more than year ago,
and is effcctually cured of both
OTHER INSTITUTES VISITED,
The next institute visited was at St.
Joe, Missouri, and the same result found
to exist there as at other places.
The last institute visited by Mr..
Hobbs was at Louisville. Ky, where
they have had very Inc class OF
patients. DR.. Steedman, of Louisville.
physician way up IN his profession
there, is the medical director OF this
institute. Here, as elsewhere, they
have performed some very remarkable
cures among doctors, lawyers, railroad
otiice men, merchants, as we'll as all
classes OF patients. A great many
physicians all over the State OF Ken
lucky CO operate with this institute in
their good work, by sending patients to
it and aiding them in every way they
can.
At this institute Mr.. Hobbs found a
young man from Michigan, who had
been cured for about ten days, waiting
on check from his father to take him
home. An interview wi tn him disclosed
the fact that, though barely twenty
years OF age, he had been an opium
fiend, drunkard and generally de-
bauched from the effects of both. A
case presenting every phase OF demen-
tia. A physical wreck and social OUT
cast. Bis shattered intellect. until he
had taken the treatment, could not COM
prehend the seriousness of his con-
dition, but gradually, under the scien-
title treatment OF the Houston Narcotic
Cure, his mind frightened, his looks and
walk betokened an improvement, and
now, thoroughly restored, he presents
the appearance Of finely developed
young man in possession of his mental,
moral and physical powers, an illusrra-
ton OF what can be accomplished by
this wonderful remedy. This cure is
endorsed by the Medical Progress, of
louisville, the leading medical journal
of the South, as we'll "a the press gem
orally.
Mr.. Hobbs says further that he int r
viewed over 200 patients who had taken
and were cured by this treatment, and
the concurrent testimony OF eyery one
was that they had been thoroughly and
eFectuhlly cured OF the drink and NOR
phine habits, and never felt better in
their lives. In not single case had
there been any Impairment of the men
tai or physical powers, but the invari-
able testimony of all wasthat they COM
menced feeling better from the time OF
treatment and after their cure (which
takes from three to four weelrs} their
systems were thoroughly renovated and
manhood restored.
These ststementsc coming from clear
headed, carefully observant gentleman
and vouched for by THE ThMRs cannot
fail to impress sson the reader the fact
that the Houston Narcotic Cure does
absolutely what it Processes to do-cure
the liquor, tobacco, morphine or opium
habits. Ia our next article we will con-