The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-06-30
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editorial on Miraculous Headers" says: There is but one criticism to make, namely, If man says he can cure dis ease and you have reason to believe he honestly thinks he can do so, give him a fair trial If he succeeds we shall all want to go to him. If you say it is all imagination, then the plain answer is, if an appeal to the imagina- tion is as effectively remedial as a pill, then take tho lighter dose, and throw the pill away, No matter what cures you, so you are cured. Everybody to his taste and equal rights for all! Some may prefer the healer's touch, others great dose of calomel. If it's a race between mind-cure and calomel we shall watch it with interest, and the competitor that makes the best record will deserve the highest praise"
 Thus, that ever fair and liberal jour nal, the Herald, shows that it is giving some thought to healing by the laying on of hands and is willing that that method should have as fair chance as the orthodox schools. Having been impressed that most of these headers are almost wholly without education,
 
 meeting with an accomplished physi- elan and gentleman who is endowed with the power of healing to the very highest degree throwing all others in- to the shade so to speak, thus prov ing that the greater the mental, moral and spiritual attachments, the more powerful and effective the touch that can banish pain and disease. We refer to Dr. $. J. Damon, a graduate Of one of the leading schools of medicine, who has practiced his profession for years in his native state, Connecticut. Upon discovering beyond peradventure that he possessed this od-giVen attribute the power to heal and cure disease by the laying on of hands, he devoted him. self to a faithful study of the subtle in- tlucnces underlying this very ancient method of treating human ailments. The results of his work he has reduced to a science, which he feels assured has for it's basis as firm a claim to recognition as that of any other science known to man.
 In cultivating his marvellous gift to the phenomenally high degree he has Or Damon has) performed thousands of cures among the people of the large cities and towns of his state, and met with a success never attained by any other healer of disease In Norwich, Hartford and New Haven the enthu- sasm that has attended upon his lec- lures and clinics is without parallel, and we speak advisedly. Notably in New Haven. at Warner Hall, more than eight hundred men and women were on one occasion unable to gain entrance. The people flOcked not only from throughout the city. but from far out into the country and the adjacent cities and towns. Finally Warner hall became wholly insufficient to ac- commodate the ever increasing crowds, and Mir. George Bunnell, a man of large heart and generous spirit, observing the good work Dr. Damon was doing among the worthy poor (for he cured them without charge) offered the doc tor the use of the largest theater in the state, the Hyperion. There even the audiences were packed, and many per sons were unable to obtain admission On Ladies' Day especially, it was notic- able that the fairest and best of the city's elite were often uncOmfortably crowded. The doctor lectured to them upon their peculiar ailments and their breathless attention attested the merits and worth of every word he lttac aced, ably assisted as he was by graphic and elaborate charts and drawings Dur ing the course of lectures and clinics the populace seemd to go fairly wild over the cures that Dr. Damon per- formed before their eyes from day 10 day, no single case ever occupying longer than from three to eight min- utes. The invaIids were brought to the stage in all manner of ways-on beds, in chairs and very often came on crutches. Picture, if you can, the mG d enthusiasm that greeted each cure, per formed in the twinkling of an eye, as it were!
 The rheumatic walked off with the renewed step of vigorous health, aiso the Daralytic, leaving crutches and canes behind. The bowed, bent backs and limbs were strengthened out. and the expression of suffering and woe changed to that of unutterabIe joy and happiness.
 The thanks and blessings of these cured patients were mingled with the outbursts of applause from the de- lighted and astonished audiences There were no false appearances, TO scene behind the scenes," but imme- diately besore the most critical eyes, each and every patient was as success fully as speedily treated
 Although the doctor explained the secrets of his methods. and their modus operandi, assuring the people there was nothing miraculous about the results. yet their intense interest was never broken. He even urged them to prac- tice his teachings upon their ailing ones in their own homes, as no one lived and was in health that could not do so advantageous Think of such frankness and honesty, and ask your self if any but a sincere and honorable man could be so noble in his advice and utterancesi The deaf were made to hear. the blind to see; tumors and golfers were removed and each and all of these cures were accomplished by few masterful strokes of pr. Da- mons hands.