The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-12-17
Are We as Enlightened To-
day as the People Were in
the Days of Mesmer.

Office Of the Capitol. 1929 Pennsylvania
Avenue, Washington, ID. c. .
Prof. A. j. Dexter, $40 Thirteenth street
Washington, ID. c:
Dear Sir-The wonderful success YOU
have achieved in the practice of animal
magnetism during the short time YOU
have resided in this city has become sub
1ect of general comment. Some there are,
TO doubt, who declare with that empha-
sis so frequently born of ignorance mat
you are an imposter, and not deserving
of respectful consideration. But the nu-
merous athdavits you have given to the
puollc, through the press, of people
whose regulations for integrity is beyond
question, should close the mouths of
those who, without investigating, are SO
alert 10 decry any practice not generally
recognized by regular schools The theory
of animal magnetism and its application
as a curative power are not new 1t was
first brought into notice, l believe in f7S5
by Mesmer graduate in medicine from
Vienna, who, three years later, removed
TO Paris. His success in the treatment of
afflicted humanity soon established for
him so great a reputation, and the num-
Der of his patients increased with such
rapidtty that he found il impossible in
short while to give to each one his per-
sonal attention, and he was finally com
PEELED to invent a huge magnetic tub,
which was filled with water and charged
with electricity. Around this tub he
seated his patients, and with this aid the
necessity for personal applications was
lessened. The French government in rec
ognition of his great discovery of animal
magnetism, offered him yearly pension
of 10000 livres and a certain sum for the
establishment of a hospital on condition
that he should teach his. doctrine to some
persons, of whom three should be selected
by the government. This offer he refus-
cd hut lie fri
some lasting pecuniary reward for his
discoveries, proposed that classes should
be formed of pupils whom he should in
struct in animal magnetism, each pupil
to pay 100 liVres as tuition fee, and bind
himself not to teach others. These classes
paid him in all $4,000 lvres, and among
his pupils were Lafayette, D'Espremeuil
and Marquis de Puysigur and DR.. D. Est
on. The latter, who was physician to the
Kings brother, used this system in his
practice, and made a large fortune by its
means While members of the medical
profession, with few exceptions, have al
ways opposed the claims of animal mag
netism and mesmersm, supporters have
been found among such men of eminent
learning as Laplace, Cuvier Agassiz,
Hufeland, Sir William Hamilton, Or
Herbert Mayo and Prof. Edward Hitch
cock.
The earnestness with which those who
nave TGGGlNGu your treatment speak OIL
your ability to cure. stamps their asser-
tons with the quality of truth.
May your success continue and your
patients so increase in number that like
Mesmer you will soon have to erect an
immense tub to assist you in your prac-
tice. Yours truly,
G. l.. Mexican,
Business Manager.
Prof Dexter wishes to state that he
cures all diseases Consultation free
Office over Lyons, Broughton and Whit
aker streets. Hours 10 to l, 2 to g. to
8 p. m. Noted physicians assist the Pro-
fessor The Professor guarantees to cure
all old chronic blood and nervous dis
eases, no matter of how long standing
We manufacture all our remedies Over
five thousand testimonials can be seen at
our Office from those we have cured We
have many testimonials from the most
noted people in this country that have
been restored to perfect health by Prof.
Dexter. Call and see the largest book
of its kind in the world. filled with thou
sands of letters from those cured Di-
plomas hang on the wallis of our Office
Office very private. We never publish
the name of a patient or the disease we
cure them of without their consent All
business strictly conideHtial Quite a
number of our patients have given us
permission to give their names and ad-
dress to those who wish to find out the
great good they have received, but not to
have their name and address published