The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-05-28

wonderful work. When men who have
received its treatment and have been
absolutely and radically cured come
forward and volunteer statements oven
the most blindly skeptical are com PEELED
10 pause and examine their statements.
HE TINES has been conducting a
rigid, thorough and critical personal
examination into the operations of the
Houston cure in Roanoke. This exami.
nation has been entirely free from re-
stralnt. The manager and physician
nave been asked every question that
study could suggest. The TIMES repre-
sentatives have talked freely with the
patients In and out of the institution,
when they were admitted, at various
stages OF the treatment and after they
were discharged, and freely stakes its
reputation as a reliable Journal mnon
the faith of the management of the
houston Institute and the absolute
certainty OF its treatment
TO emphasize further it's statemanr
HE TIMES declares that medical scionco
IS far less competent to deal with scarlet
fever, typhoid fever, or any infectious
or contagious disease than the Houston
Cure is to deal with the LIQUOR habit.
This emphatic declaration would not be
given under any other circumeta nces
tnan those surrounding the remarkable
development OF the Houston Cure.
which is an agent for good far above
any yet brought to light by medical
science. 1t is greater boon to man
KIND than vaccination for small pox.
Small pox may kill its Hundreds and
scar 1t thousands, but the liquo. habit
Kills its thousands and scars it's millions.
No less wonderful than the radical
character OF the cure is the gratifying
iact that even the traces OF tho habit,
nd
upon the face, are absolutely DESTROYED.
and the countenaDce CLOVIS with tbs
new life and cleanliness which is from
within.
a TIMES representative had long
conversation few days since with Mr..
Il. L. Obensbain, n prominent miller and
merchant of Arch Mills, Botctourt
county, who conversed / eely concern.
Ing his treatment at the Houstsn Insti.
tute.
IL was put to bed drunk when I was
years old" said he. IA, "a wan n
periodical drunkard, and up Kill few
weeks ago kept going from bad to
worse. l am now - years Of aga. Ten
days before came here had ncver
heard o! the Houston cu,e. came and
investigated.
II was convinced that The treatment
was successful and | started in on the
2sth OF February On the % n of March
l was discharged and l am we'll man.
have not the slightest desire Tor liquor.
My system is clear; my health Is so per
cent. better than it has been in yosts.
My strength is visibly greater. feel
reinvigorated in every way. My head is
clearer and my eyesight and memory
are improved. In taking the treatment
| / followed tho direc sions absolutely.
know that | am cured
Mr.. Obenshain presented all tho APP
| peafances OF man in fine physical
condition. His eyes were Gear and
bright and his skin as clear as possible.
Has flesh is firm and solid, and his grip
strong and steady. The change in his
appearance for the better in the short
| space of four weeks would be hand to
believe possible to ono not acouiinted
with the results of tho Hous ton cure.
| One of the most prominent and widsst
known physicians in the State, who for
mum Der or years has been addicted ~
Inc excessive use OF Hh!skey, and who
| TOT three years was perfect slave to
the morphine habit, was discharged
from the Houston Institute recently
perfectly cured OF both habits, after a
! course OF treatment OF about five weeks.
"A few minutes before ne left on tho
iZ:43 train, in conversation with a
n.
| whose name Is withheld by reouest.
said; II have been regular prac ticing
| physician for twenty two years and have
been periodical drunkayd nearly tho
"roie TINE Three years ago | com
u shced the use OF morphine, taken
/ through tho stomach, and have been
ever since taking enormous quantities
! regularly My stomach was almost
ruined and was suffering greatly from
Kidney trouble. c)nfrsj when | came
here was somewhat skeptical, but be-
tore had been in the institute three
days could see the system would do all
!. claimed. For more than a wear have
been student OF the different methods
| or liquor and opium cures, and hayeread
perhaps as much literature on tho snh-
lect as any physician in the State. and
| aIn prepared to say the Houston cure
is upei Tor to any In nv own case
was entirely cured o. the whiskey habit
before had been under treatment three
weeks, and in four the taste for opiates
was entirely gone IS before commenced
| the habit
| While under treatment have closely
( watched the other patients and lad
that in every case the cure is perfect
and permanent and notice that neatly
every one who comes here is afflicted
with kidney trouble and they ell leave
here perfectly cured Of anything OF the
KIM. / myself am better in that re-
| spect than l have been for fifteen yaars
and also feel better in every respsct
ttau have for Ave years, and for the
| INST time in the that period | have a
good appetite and can relish and enioy
my FOOD. As to the treatment OF the
matte IA In rho ipakitn.a oan