The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-09-22
NOW THE LAME WALK
PROFESSOR ATKINSON WORKS WON
DeRS WITH HIS HEALING HANDS.
The Great English Bonesetter Is Restor-
Ing the Strength of American CrippIes.
Treatment Is Mere Manipulation of
Manned Members.

frOIeSSOf JOnn Atkinson OF London,
who has nearly worked miracles as a
bonesetter, has come 20 this country to
treat several wealthy patients The
names of these patients Professor At
kinson, when seen, was loath TO give.
1t was learned, however, that one is
Mr.. Scott, the shipping merchant, of
Baltimore, and that the others are New
Workers This is Mr.. Atkinson's first
visit to this country
In Europe the list of his patients in
cludes members of the nobility and ia
nous athletes Prince Henry of Pless
went TO him to have an injured wrist
and strained riding muscle cured.
The Earls of Durham and Falmouth
were among his patients. Lord Hyde
was cured of a displacement of the hip,
and the Duchess of Sutherland was sue
cessfully treated
Professor Atkinson is 43 years old.
He says that his career in life was de-
termined by an accident When years
Old, one Of his fathers gamekeepers at
MilnthOrpe, i'll Westmoreland. dislocat-
ed his shoulder, and Hutton, the ia
nous bonesetter, who happened to be
in the neighborhood was called upon to
set it With childish curiosity Atllin-
son watched the operation, which so
impressed him that he says he then and
there resolved that he, too, would be a
bonesetter
Shortly after this he was taken to
oil sat
and Hutton, seeing the boys eagerness,
told him about the bones, muscles and
sinews At school young Atkinson s
genius for bonesetting rapidly deyel-
oped. At the Royal eterinary college
he carried off the highest degree and
also the chief prizes for anatomy and
physiology He then went to Paris to
study human anatomy under the best
masters.
MIR Atkinson calls himself "a me-
chanic in joints" and says that he can
not impart the secret of his special gift
to others, although he has tried.
81 coax and manipulate the muscles.
| feel and know the exact amount Of
force which must be eXerted TO attain a
certain end | cannot further explain
what is an instructive feeling
Mr. Atkinson is not doctor. His
only surgical instruments are his two
strong hands He is man of immense
strength and at the same time of liar
velous delicacy of touch.
He dislikes to have his patients re-
main long in bed.
IF horses or dogs have a broken Leg F"
he said lyon cannot keep them in bed
Therefore | set or fiXathe limb so that
they can walk about and keep the circu-
lation in natural state, and the result
| is that they are cured in half the time
that they would otherwise require.
said to myself that if that was the case
with animals it ought to be the same
with human beings, and have acted
successfully ON that theory"
Mr.. Atkinson s hands are remarkable,
embracing the extremes of strength and
delicacy The ball of the thumb and
the palm have an extraordinary muscu-
lar development. He is great believer
in massage and thinks that the mere
touch of the hand, properly applied, is
in itself an anasthetic.
While in Albany recently two cases
were brought to him, and i'll both he
strikingly demonstrated the merit of
his manipulative system. He uses mel
| Their medicines nor surgical instruments.
| His cures are effected by his hands
alone, and with these hands he cures
| sprains, dislocations, broken bones and
similar injuries.
One of the Albany cases was that OF
| Louis Myers, muscular fellow who
| ii years ago sustained a serious injury
to his knee while wrestling, and who
after three months in bed could only
| walk with bad limp. Another acct
| dent came to the same knee. and he
went to bed again for Is months. After
| this he still walked very lamely, could
not kneel and could only climb stair
way by holding his leg very stiff. Any
! Jump or sudden movement would cause
him excruciating pain.
Accompanied by Drs. Nellis and Neu-
man, physicians of high standing, who
| knew Professor Atkinson's reputation,
| Myers went to Atkinson and begged
him to help him. Myers was stripped
| and Professor Atkinson caught hold OF
the crippled leg. The doctors looked on
| in wonder as the professors strong,
supple fingers pulled the leg to and fro
| several times and then pressed with his
immensely strong fingers on the knee
| cap.
"Get up and walk, said Professor
| Atkinson
Myers sprang mp, with not trace of
| lameness in his knee. He walked around
the room, shouting in JOY and astonish-
ment
Jump over that satchel, said the
| professor.
Il can't, said Myers in amazement,
but OH n repetition of the command he
| lightly and easily leaped over it The
doctors who had before the beginning
| of the experiment confessed their ina
bility to help Myers looked on astound-
ed
"Run across the street and mp those
stairs OH the other side. " said the pro
FL. Of 1I1l nI