Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-10-15
a Hopeless sufferer From Cancer OF
the Neck.
PRAYED 10 THE ALMIGHTY
For Relief snd Developed the Dis
ease He Desired. which Has Cured
the Cancer.


al the city hospital
Wheeler IN The Hghs q inielhgs-ee u
tbs ce1tury that eNplanati02 ca y co.
slsntiouEly gir-a OF his retuhFG4bs- c4re,
% whether It is box another eIposlfio1, q
the unknown -zyse-les u 1isslse, u leit
a. open eue.tioa. tie facts remain. s1d
certainly Gn.-, as do ~ nneTpi-if.siz
events VI tks suprrr2fufsl
Mr. Tuer5ner himself firmly b! ewes
that h. waG heaild BY the unseen baud
~ God. and be has sod Te5soa e aS-
iievs - h. dos, a. tie rr-lcer VII ~
INT 4f'er learning Ia story. which b1t
fOT tie positive pro5f 0hlninabis- ErgaI
BE- looked upo1 ss fairy tale
The case Is surrounded il mystery AID
Is unerplaiustle. hot that fact. - one
human body. does 10. oetraei from the
truth OF the results 4 doctor = sur
prised ~ nOiiIng. There i not an Atom
o. the body THAI ia net mystery. E2ct-
a-om Of M tier In the body goes 70 make
life the greatest mystesy Of al doc
tor lives Ia al atmosphere II mystery.
He grOpes IL darknest- learning what he
may, but the great sserrts are hidden
and therefore, h- is surprised a. nothing
and so II u 10 the case Of sir. Tuerener.
III. cure D. cancer b The incubation
Of "streptoc.ccus erysipela sosrs-' OF tie
germ Of efysipeias. IS 10 itself = wonder
ful achievement u modern science in
treating cancer. The East las lately
been greatly agitAied 10y ssme wonderful
cures VI cauceF. by the method noted IN
lat.
In fact however. this treatment Of can
Ger has for some time been known -
physicians, and has been tried viii more
or less satisfactory results. Recent itn-
proved methods. however, have glyel the
treatment 4 new Interest to medical mea
all over the country, aud many expert
ments have beel made IN diherent hOspl-
tails
Up to TIE present time the cure Of can
Ger by natural incubation Of cry sipelas
has never been heard Of nor probably
even thought u, by medical men. II Is
such q case that has come TO the atten-
tign OF the pLysicians at the city hOsp!-
tai.
Gustave L. Tuerbner Is SO years ola.
He came 70 this country from the old
country and settled In the stale Of WASH
ington. Eight years ago be removed 10
This city and took up his residence at 4T4
Vine street, WHORE he has lived since
The curse Of his life the past few years
has been an ugly cancer. which appeared
on the side Of his neck. He did not think
much about the matter at FIRST but the
ugly eScrescence grew larger and larger.
.apping his vitality more and more until
I he became aware that be had 10 deal
/ with formidable disease, which has
I puzzled doctors from all time, aud which
| * e lHrEh majority Of cases fatal.
| He consulted several prart
! elEsu. gui getting no relief Waited &
! number OF specialists. hut The cancer
/ grew larger. and be became more feeble.
| Al last Le nppliel and WIS admitted TO
| The city hospital on thr 18th Of last July.
| In his fes,ble condition at that time an
! operation was out NJ III" question We
grew stronger, but all hope was blasted.
I that The phv=i''Rns were afraid thgi N
operation would result fatally An that
asHa ~ % toy rYtI a D. u
last days ~ painless ~ possible for Il
apt@ared that lie did not have long to
live
Mr. THerbner held tenaciously to life.
He hated to. think that hr must die. aud
agar begged the doctors 10 10 solne-
thing ~ relieve him He hopcd that
something would happen. and IN his fever
PRAYED FOR but little longer stay IN this
world. Something did happen, and that
IN very strange way.
paper = friend had sent him, wheu
Ais ewes were sNrlcted 90 M account
~ ore ~ Dr Pulls cifrt-s Of cancer in
New York by the incubation Of eryspe-
lns, He was NJ once dlle1 with new
hope. aud at the first Opportunity called
DE attention of the dONfor attending
him TO the article and begsed that the
TREATMENT be applied tc his case. His
plealings were not considered severely
by the doctors az drst but BE- begged 50
piteouslv and insisted so strongly that u
consultation was held as TO the ndvisa-
bility Of undertaking the experiment.
II was finally decided that Tuerhner
wits too old and feeble 10 undergo the
ordeal and that II would lie taking very
long chances 20 iroculate him with cryai-
pclas He was told Of the result Of the
CONSULTATION. II affected him IN n man.
per thst was pathetic 10 hehp'd The
tears came to his eyes as be PRAYED 10
God that he might be given this one
boon, and that he might be accorded
jnst one chance for his life He declared
that be would be willing 10 stand the
Consequences even 20 dying II the treat
ment was unsuccessful.
The doctors left the side Of che old
man with strange impressions. THE
scene had been one 50 unusual. even 10 an
OH physician y hnd created even strange
sensation In the minds of the doctors.
When the old man had finally closed
his eyes shat nirhi a white-capped nurse
stole spf'iy to his bedside and started
hack with strnnge, surprised feeling
There was something about the fen tures
" the man that secred supernatural
His face WIS wreaihed in q smile. which
uverspread his white features. This n
its-f Yves Singular, Us for DAYS cad
incpths TN's-hnher had hesn verv rnnrose
and a smile on his face wasa stranger
Tuerhncr slept RNundly and n-sc.frlly,
and when he awoke next morning he al
| once called Tor q DOCTOR. lLf fnnfr0f
on dirty responded and was SURPRISED
70 fnd him suffering from what the dos
tor termed "a nice case" OF erysioelas
When frlf that ne bad e-vsip-'ss Tue-l-
ner clapp,.d his hands and cried with joy
~ ln-w | would baVe--I knew
would have ehtanee, whether you want
81 ru- To W not.
How he contracted the erysipeIas WI.
mystery. He surely bad no. beer
innaculated. and s;ill he had develops,
hne ra-e-,he hrst aver dsveoIed al
the hospital.
Eryipelas Is a very contarisrs disease
and an eases IN fhe hospital are isolat
~ anil the greatest csrc tukca Not 4
eDrsad the disease The doctnrs ever
changr their upuer c,e'hinr when solnl
frNul m erysipelas natent 10 another.
The stranges, part Of the AFFAIR o.,
that at that tine here was NO o. !,
~ --ysinelss IN The hospital How h,
,untractsd 1he disease was mystery
Sons ~ th0se Of a superElisions turn "a
mind iusis,ed that the incubation wss 4
miracle IN answer 10 Tuerhner's plead
ineS The more conservative however
looked Tor d natural cause Il was snr
ges.ei that the disease uiay have keet
con.ractel from some visitor 90 the insii
tuition. or hat he was CON ANIMATED vitl
Tic gerus Of the disease fron ann,
{ pntio1t Who had been In tie hospitnl 4
same uneyplainShle way.
How he eontrac.ed the disease wa,