The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-12-21
MOST REMARKABLE CASE.
Professor Samuels Sustains His Own
Remarkable Record.
How He Was Hurt, How He Suf'
fered and How He Was Cur ed.

Saturday afternoon a carriage contain
ing three women and a man stopped at
COG Kansas avenue, in front of Prof.
SamuePs Office. The man being assisted
by the women all made their way up
stairs. Once in his Office they introduced
themselves and made known their bust
ness the man was the one to be treat
ed and his name was Samuel Burns. For
three months he had been suffering with
nervous convulsions, they said, which
came on with great frequency and Sc
verify In fact while the conversation
was going on he was attacked by one +
the spells and suffered intense agony.
Prof. Samuels took in the situation t
once and saw that something must ! e
done Immediately. SO he prepared a
application for the eye, selected pair
glasses and with directions sent the p ry
home.
Having heard of the incident a report
er called yesterday at the home of hi.
Burns, Alb Lake street to learn the +.
suit of the treatment, No two happi'
people could hardly be found than we
Mr.. and Mrs. Burns. The story from
their own lips sounded almost ike a mi
racle. The trouble which brought on
the present condition began two years
ago when Mr.. Burns got his back injured
from heavy lifting At the time he was
compelled TO quit work, but after a short
time felt better and went to work again.
Yet he constantly realized that his iDju-
ries had not been cured. Though at
work most of the time the occasional
pains in his back were all the time warn
ing him that sooner or later he might
expect the worst. About three months
ago the trouble returned in an aggra-
waited form in the shape of a severe ner-
vous spasm. From that time until the
day he called on Prof. Samueis no day
or night passed without a repetition of
the dreadful plague. Mr.. Burns said
when these spasms came on the pain,
particularly in his back, was excrutia,-
ing. In fact he was never without them,
but they were more intense at this par
ticular time. When the spells passed off
they left him completely exhausted.
Moreover, his flesh, particularly through
his chest and back feltyas if it had been
thoroughly pounded. The veins in his
neck felt as large1as rope cables. The
soreness which followed was almost as
intense as the pain itself. And during
this time he was growing weaker day
by day Along toward the last the spasms
became more frequent until last week,
when they came on almost every hour
One night just before calling on Prof.
Samuels, MIRA Burns said both she and
tA0 IVA A0oOou0
would surely die.
During all this time almost every rem
edy was tried that could be heard of. No
less than seven of the best doctors in
Topeka treated Mr. Burns during the
time, but they either did not understand
the trouble or could not find the proper
remedy. One thing is certain they did
him no good.
Having heard of Prof. Samuels through
friends and the newspapers, Mrs. Burns
concluded to take her husband to see
him as last resort So in company with
two neighbor women, Mrs. Wells and
Mrs. McKinnie, they called last Saturday
as above stated Since that day no words
can express the happiness that has come
to this little household. Since the one
in the professors Office not the least
symptom of spasm has presented it.
self. Although still weak and sore from
SO much suffering Mr.. Burns believes
for the first time that he is on the high
road to complete recovery. The eye
preparation gives him SO much relief
that he almost counts the minutes from
one application till the next.
To the reporter he said: IF Prof. Sam
uels succeeds in making a strong and
healthy man out of me. after the condi-
ton he found me in, that ought TO be
enough glory for one man. Everybody
in this entire vicinity knew of my case,
and there will be more tongues giving
him praise than there are sands on the
sea shore"