The representative., 1901-09-19
A RACE FOR LIFE
BIT BY A DEADLY INSECT
Train Delayed Several Hour. on Account Of Wreck.

| train OeIayeo several nc
| In the spring of 1894, while in Austin
Texas, whore I had been sent for m,
health, was sitting in front of the Driscol
hotel, when from a carriage hastily driv
en- from the depot, two gentlemen emerR
cd. One was an elderly, we'll dressed gen
tleman of about 60, his face was svoller
| almost twice it's natural size, his eyes ar,6
| mouth almost closed The other gentle
man who was his attendant stopped tc
ask me If could refer him to first-class
physician. recommended him to thu
one who was then attending me, and al
the same time asked him about the dis
ease OF his friend. In reply he stated tha,
about three weeks before he had been bit.
ten by some kind of spider, and while
they had tiled the skill of the best and
most noted physicians in their section OF
the country, none had been any advant.
age to him. About two months ago q
growth had appeared in the glands in the
side of the neck. This was removed hy
an operation, but soon reappeared. A late
conference of the doctors had reported
that he could not live; we being. however
undecided as to their prognosis, intend to
try again. We are now en-route to Louis
Vile, KY, to consult the specialist, DR..
Rea, of that city. Our train being delayed
few hours, we are now compelled to re-
main in Austin until evening.
You will not see DR.. Rea in Louisville,
replied, as I remember seeing in the
Houston Post where DR.. Rea will visit
Houston, Texas, in few days, therefore,
you had better stop there and save your
self the journey. "What" muttered the
sufferer, between his half closed teeth,
''Dr. Rea of Louisville, in Texas; how
fortunate"
They left Austin that night and arriv-
ing at Honston the next morning, found
that DR.. Rea was due in Houston one day
later.
DR. Rea arriving in due time was in
formed of the suffering and Importance of
the patient waiting and he hastened to
make an early examination of his case.
Without asking him question, DR.. Rea
said to him: "My dear sir, it is my opin-
ion that you have been bitten by some
poisonous insect; it is also my opinion
that one of your parents or very near rel
atives has died of cancer, and that your
system being specially liable to develop
cancer, has only been aggravated by this
bite which has produced a cancerous
growth. With the proper treatment your
case can be cured. Do you want me to
doctor your"
No sooner had his permission been
granted than DR.. Rea injected something
into the growth, gave him something to
make him rest and then sent him to his
room to lie down. Being treated in the
same manner the next day, he started for
his home, stopping in Austin for few
hours between trains. I saw him again at
the hotel.
He assured me that he was feeling much
better and that the doctor had promised
him permanent and lasting cure in from
three to five months. Being interested in
his case, I gave him my address. Six
months afterwards received q letter from
him saying that DR.. Rea had cured him
and that he was in better health than he
had been for years. I need not say that 1
changed doctors and in a short time, DIR.
Rea had cured me permanently met a
number of patients while in Texas, as
have in all sections of the country I have
been in, they tell me of two miraculous
features in DR.. Rea's practice. His uner-
ring ability to tell patient his disease
without asking question, and the speed
and ease with which he cures the most
malignant disease. I know what I say,
when I say that DR.. Rea can take sick
person and in a few moments tell every
phase of their disease better than they
can tell him. l have recently returned
from trip through tht West, stopping
in South Dakota. Have learned that DR..
Rea has over LOO patients in that state.
His books show in connection with the
investigation of thh facts, that in cancer,
consumption, tumor, paralysis, fatty de-
generation of the heart, kidney and ner-
vous diseases that SO does not lose one
case in 80, that his patients are those hav-
ing the worst cases of chronic diseases
and have been given up by other physi-
clans as incurable, and yet these incura-
BILE, malignant diseases seem to be ham
died by him with the utmost ease and uni
form success. The names of some of the
patients whom he has cured in South
Dakota, and other places throughout the
country have come to my notice.