The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-09-20
THE TALK OF THE CITY,
The Startling Stories Of a Med
iCal Wonder.

The Marvellous Cures by Abbo A.
commented On and Discussed IN.
All Classes and in Every ouo-+.
Some of the Feats That He Ho.
Accomplished.
During the past year the people of c,
vannah have had for topics of convar.S
ton many subjects of a startling mature
Politics have been at a red heat. sensa.
tional events that carried with then, rro
dictions of duels and bloodshed were 90
common occurrence; the reported endir,,
OF the world at an early day, and thou.
sands of other rumors and happening
have kept the public in a fever of excite
ment. and furnished material for conver.
sation and controversy.
Among the numerous subjects of dts
cussion, however, none occupied as prorni-
nent part and none were more freely
debated than the wonderful, startling
mysterious and perplexing work of Abbo
the Wonder Worker whose astounding
cures of afflicted people has given him tha
reputation of being able to make tba
blind see, the deaf hear and the lama
walk. That Abbo, since his stay in sa.
vannah, has performed these acts thers
can be no question. Persons have visited
his office on crutches, dragging their par.
alyzed and useless limbs along the pava.
ment, and after a few weeks have cast
aside their crutches and are to-day DER.
forming manual labor with strong limbs
and healthy bodies. These results were
not contaminated by the first visit, as no
unnatural power is claimed by Abbo but
resulted after medical treatment bv
methods known only to this medical
wonder.
The blind have visited him. their ewes
dead to the glare of even the strongest
light, and who were convinced that thew
were totally blind, and failed to secure
any eye specialist who would give them
hope to the contrary. Abbo, however
with the knowledge of the structure and
ailments of the human eye, acquired bv
years of hard study and experience in
the best and largest eye hospitals of the
world, by examination of the afflicted eve
soon discovered an organic disease. the
cause of the blindness, and which. when
properly treated, would disappear and the
sight would again be restored These
people, after a few weeks treatment.
went joyfully along with their daily
labors, happy in the thought that they
had been rescued from the most dreaded
forms of human affiiction. They spread
the news of Abbo's cures, and with the
proof of his work before them thousands
of people were made firm in the belief
that he could restore to the eyes tha
sense of sight which had been destroyed
years ago. There also came to this won-
derful healer many people whose hearing
had been affected for years so seriously
that they were practically deaf, and had
been pronounced incurable by reputable
physicians who made a speciality of the
treatment of the diseases affecting the
sense of hearing. These eminent eye and
ear physicians, Notwithstanding their
learning and experience, had failed to
discover the cause of their patients loss
of hearing and were, therefore, in a d.
lemma as to what remedies to apply that
would be beneficial in remedying the de-
fects. The powers of Abbo were then
called to the assistance of the despond-
ent victims, and quickly did he reveal
the fountain head of the trouble, and,
after eradication which, the patients
hearing became sharp and they went
forth perplexed and dismayed, to add
their testimony to the thousands Of
others and proclaim the fact that Abbo,
the Wonder Worker, the medical wizard.
the mysterious doctor possessed, beyond
doubt the power of making the deaf hear.