The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1894-11-08
DIAGNOSING D IS E A S E
BLINDFOLDED;
REMARKABLE CAREER IN THE
CURE OF THE SICK.
Holding An Angry Mob at Bay From the
Resr Platform OF the Train.

was Jne guest az thO NHS@'
PHILADELPHIA the evening when tn
subject for discussion happened to o'
our great men, And as Col Olcottl
mission to this country was to invests
gate the history of the different type
of great Americans, he was called up
on to respond. II will respond as Il
the physicians, said the Colonel in hi
English brogue,
"My idea, gentlemen, of a grea
physician is a physician who is capa
BILE, and who does great things, mar
Of great originality, quick in precep'
ton, cool in demeanor, strong in hi
conviction, forcible in the presenta
ton of his belief and unbiased by Sec
tartan prejudice, whether it be in med
icine, religion or politics. The ,physi'
clan refer to lis certainly wonder
full physician as well as a remarkable
personality.
He seems to possess a great intui-
ton. which enables him to diagnose
all diseases and de'cribe these lis.
eases without being told anything and
without asking any questions better
than the patient can tell him. have
seen him in more than 20 cases blind
folded, and in this condition tell every
person their diseases in detail without
asking question. Consequently
when he doctors patient he doctors
him for the right disease instead Of
experimenting with him. l have seen
him more than q dozen times while
thoroughly blindfolded read book
as readily as if he had the use of his
eyes. don't pretend TO say how be
does these things for l don't know,
but do know that he does them.
"He examines thousands of sick pee
pie every year, aud tells each and
every one their trouble without ask
ing n question. Now it seems 10 me
that man who can read the inside of
a sick person as he would an open
book without asking any questions is
far more capable OF treating the pa
tient than the doctor who has to guess
at the disease from what the patient
may tell him.
"The gentleman l refer to is DIR.
r. @, Flower of Boston, Mass. You
have all heard of him many times. He
has thousands of patients under his
car. These patients are distributed
all over the United States and in other
countries, Wherever DR.. Flower goes
crowds gather to see him of the incur
able sick from every part of the world.
Inquiry at the following hotels-Rggs
House, Washington, ID. c.; Exchange
Hotel, Richmond, Va; Kimbail
House. Atlanta, Ga; st, James Hotel,
Jacksonville, Fla; fremont House,
Galveston, Tex; Menger House, San
Antonio, Tex Richelieu Hotel, Little
Rock, AK; Guyosa Hotel, Memphis,
Tenn. Gault House, Louisville, KY;
Beers Hotel, st. Louis, Mo-; Throop
Hotel, Topeka, Kan, Plankington
Hotel, Milwaukee, Wis; Palmer
House, Chicago, ILL.,; Cadillac Hotel,
Detroit, Mich Denison Hotel, Indians
apolis, Ind; Grand Hotel, Cincinnati,
O-and the Continental hotel in this
city have all brought the answer that
whenever DR.. h. G. Flower visits
their hotel great crowds of the sick
and suffering come to see him, and
that the people who come 10 see him
are generally the most prominent and
wealthy people of the country, repre-
senting all the positions, business and
professional, of life; and as far as any
expressions have been heard, they
have been that DIR, r. G. Flower has
cured or is curing them, and that he
told them their diseases without ask
ing question.
1.-The physician who took Antonio
Casenero, the Cuban prince, and his
wife to see DIR. X. Q. Flower in 1883,
described to me the first interview be-
tween DR.. Flower and the Princes
wife: You need not tell me any
thing said the doctor, as he took the
woman's hand in his and looked iii
rectly into her eyes for a minute. 1t
is my opinion, said the doctor slowly,
that you we're bitten by Il vicious ca
some years ago and come very near
losing your life from the injury
Shortly after this occurred you RS
,eived a blow in your left breast. |
Soon lump appeared. This in time
was pronounced cancer and you had !
L cut out 1t soon returned with four
Or five other grCwths, and are under
he arm. You have had at least two,
md | believe three operati, Ms. Your
,ase is now considered by physicians
as incurable.' You are right |
n every particular said the woman,
but for Gods sake how did you
Know these things Never mind
low l know them, | see YOU
low have seven or eight growths COM
ng in the breast around the edges
where the operations were performed