Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1900-09-19
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MAGNETIC HEALING!
WHAT IS FTP
A Few Words on the Subject OF
Interest to Our Readers by DR..
j. Fraser Barbrick, 1.-THE Boston
Specialist and Healer"

Specialist and Healer"
In Biblical times the blind were made to see,
the deaf TO hear. and the lame and halt TO
walk without crutches or stafis simply by the
laying on OF hands or by touch OF the hano
as it Is described. Great excitement AND
wonder followed these cures and they were
looked upon AS both mysterious and miracu-
ious. No scientific explanation OF how the
cures were accomplished was given and none
seemed to he necessary; the fact that they
were actually made being sufficient to satisfy
the people OF those times. But in later years
scientists after thoroughly studying the
question decided that the cures may have
been made by animal Magnetism" instead
of by some su supernatural power which was then
and is yet popularity believed wrought the
miracles" | say "may have been" for while
we ARE not yet ready TO assume that the cures
of those days were made by "Magnetism." We
are becoming more and more convinced AZ
time goes on and We investigate this strange
power. that they may have been. That this
force scient ficaly applied possesses unlimit-
ed power In the alienation and cure of disease
Is an undispuled fact that can be better be-
leyed and more readily understood when It
Is known that in recent years the study OF
magnetism AS a curative force has been in
troduced in the colleges Of France and Ger
many and the rapidity Of its permanent
adoption in most OF the European and some
American colleges has proven az such proof
WAS necessary its value MS remedial agent.
The rapidity of cures made by magnetism
has no equal in modern medical research and
compare with descriptions OF the miracles OF
our Savior's time, and history shows that In
each generation there are always u few gifted
with a power (call II magnetism or what you
Wild which II properly developed and applied
will cure disease and dispel pain. The fact
remains though that while many are blessed
with an overabundance of this vital essence
but few are gifted with the power OF trans
hitting" IL to others. Like the gift OF apostolic
ages, of oratory Of song. OF music poetry, or
painting, the power Of transmission must
remain the possession or the Few. Many
people, even among the well read and most
highly educated think a Magnetic Healer
must be a big, powerfully built rough person,
imagining. presume, that Animal Magnet
ism is brute strength instead OF being exactly
the opposite In a certain degree at least The
temperaments of the greatest healers have
been of the most refined and sensitive Then
again. Others think Animal Magnetism and
Electricity are the same, whereas, they are
entirely different. Electricity can be made
Uhat is generated), weighed measured and
controlled, while Magnetism, like the soul,
we know not "whence it cometh or whittier II
goeth."s That we yet have much TO learn
concerning this method of healing the sick.
l admit, for although l have been curing
people ever since boy by laying my hands
on Them" as they used to say, and have been
studying the subject for years. ! still feel l
have a great deal more yet to learn about 1t
than already know. Before closing l wish
to say that II those who are interested in
"healing by magnetism" would avoid dis
appointment they will be careful about
accepting every Tom, Dick and Harry that
comes along as a Magnetic Healer To be of
value this power must be intelligently used,
and to use it intelligently. one must be edu-
Gated In all branches of the healing art. be-
come a physician and surgeon: thus by
adding the knowledge gained by college labora-
tory and hospital work to his natural gift, he
becomes really and truly ''The healer OF the
sick" and the ideal physician
Dr. Barbrick is now making tour OF the
State of Maine for.the purpose of introducing
personally his methods of healing. lie Will be
in ELLSWORTH, at the American House, Two
Days Only, Monday and Tuesday, Oct and :,
and.if you are interested you should not fall to
see him. Full particulars are Civ en- IN his no
tice in another part of this paper