The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-05

Souhu, vigorous and Healthy Con-
dition, Mentally and Ph,sicalIy-Mr.
Hobbs Investigations
The 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 shoSn
that the men who are back OF the COM
psny are widely known over Southwest
Virginia, gentlemen OF wealth and
probity, of the highest standing in the
business community and in their re-
spective churches.
After Mr.. Hobbs had visited tbs
Houston Institute at Concord, N. III he
visited
TIE INSTITUTE AT OMAHA, NRB.,
which has been in operation since the
lst of January last. and has graduated
between 200 and 300 patients. DR.. Hen.
derson, q graduate OF the Massachusetts
Medical College. is medical director. A
! thorough investigation OF the merits of
the Houston cure was made hero as
elsewhere.
Maryville and Stsnbury, Missouri, the
home OF DR.. Houston, were next visited,
where patients were first treated BY Dr..
Houston and his partner, DR.. Van
Cleave. who has treated more than
1880 patients himself. A very large
number OF these 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 q year ago,
and is etfectually cured of both.
THE INSTITUTE AT CEDAR RAPIDS, IOWA,
which had been in operation since the
18th OF February, 1899. At this insti-
tute they have cured large number of
| patients, a 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 a.
Clark, who had used morphine exccs.
sively for years, and had spent hundreds
OF dollars with physicians and special
lists for cure, and was perfect wreck
at the time he was induced to enter the
Houston Institute Hadn't eaten \
breakfast for ten years and seldom din.
ner, and never had whole nights rest
in that time; was thoroughly cured last
March, after six weeks t:eatmen5,
and has never had any desire for NOR
phine since, and says he never felt bet
ter in his life. The next place visited
| was.
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 institut, visited by Mr..
Hobbs was at Louisville, Ky, whore
they have had G very fine class Of
patients. DR.. Steedman, of Louisville.
a physician way up in his profession
there, is the medicll director OF this
institute. Here, as elsewhere, they
have performed some very remarkable
cures among doctors, lawyers, railroad
office 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
1t ana 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 10 take him
home. Aninterview with him disclosed
the fact that, though barely twenty
years of age, he had been an opium
hend, drunkard and generally de-
bauched from the effects OF both. A
case presenting every phase OF demen.
tia. physical wreck AID 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 tia scien-
tihc treatment Of the Houston Narcotic
Cure, his mind frightened, his looks AMI
walk betokened an improvements, ami
now, thoroughly restored, he presents
the appearance of a finely developed
young man in possession Of his mental,
moral and physic Al powers an illustra-
ton OF what can be accom- plished by
this wonderful remedy. This cure is
endorsed by the Medical Progress. OF
Louisville, the leading medical journal
Of the South, as we'll as the press gen.
orally.
Mr.. Hobbs says further that be inter.
viewed over 200 patients who mad taken
and were cured by this treatment, and
the concurrent testimony of every one
~as that they had beep thoroughly and
effectually cured Of the drink and NOR
Prime habits, and never felt he tier in
their lives. In not single case had
there been any impairment OF tho mon.
tal or physical powers, but the invari-
able testimony of all was that they COM
menced feeling better from the time of
treatment and after their cure (which
takes from three to fonr weeks) their
systems were thoroughly renova.ed and
manhood restored.
These statements coming from clear
beaded, carefully observant gentleman
and vouched for bJ TIE TIMES cannot