The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-04-19
By JOHN FRANCIS BYRNEs.


Atlantic City. N. T.. Jan. 10. 1903
Jno. D.RockefeIler offers a million dol
lars to the man who win give him a
healthy stomach. He made that offer
to a doctor who called upon him. say
ing that It would be worth million
to him If ne could fx his stomach up SO
that it would digest his. foods
"A MILLION DOLLARS FOR A
HEALTHY STOMACHP'--JOHN d.
ROCKEFELLER-
II ACCEPT THE OFFER. AND
WILL FORFEIT 5000 IF I FAIL TO
DELIVER THE CURE."-DR- Nc
LAUGHLIN.s
This looked to me like material for
an interesting story, which led me to
DR.. McLaughlin's oflces FOR more par
ticular details.
The first greeting from the doctor
convinced me that had met a man
Of convictions. and strong ones. The
doctor was enthusiastic over what he
terms iong-soueht opportunity and
entered gIeefuIly into discussion Of
the subject
II would Ike to accept that ofrer."
said the doctor. ct think that I can
earn it. and. further. believe that no
medicine on earth in the shape Of
drug viii do what Mr.. Rockefeller
wants done. simply because there is no
vitality In the secretive glands Of his
stomach, and until he gets that vital
ttv. which no drug can give him. he will
never be cured.
aust understand one point clearly:
His food does not digest because GER
tain functions related to digestion are
powerless to act. They are weak, in
capable Of doing what mature intended.
You zee that Now you can see that to
set him right you must revive the
strength In the parts that are weak
They never did and they never VIII,
and every doctor on earth knows IL.
What will do 1t then? Electricity
IT would pay 5000 this minute to see
John d. Rockefeller walk into this Of
fee and % NIT me 10 tell him what
can do for him." said the doctor. Il
am as certain that I can build up his
digestive apparatus as I am that have
done the same thing for hundreds OF
others His case is not incurable by
my method and would consider my
fortune made II he would but grant me
a trial.
What is my method? The restora-
ton Of vitality-nothing more. To ap-
precIate what am going to say, you
win have TO understand that 1t is now
generally conceded by medical men
that the motive energy Of human or
gans-the force which keeps the heart
pulsafing. the stomach digesting and
the brain scheming-is Electricity.
"a year ago Professor Loeb. recog-
nized as a high authority, and who has
recently been engaged by the Univer-
sity OF California. stated that he had
discovered. after ten years OF studious
research, that electricity is the basis Of
human vitality.
Just glance at this book OF mine.
written In 1896. and read what say IN
the Introduction"
I took the opened book from the doc
tors hand and read. II anticipate still
greater results from my efforts toward
demonstrating the truth OF my lifelong
claim that Electricity is the basis Of
all animal vitality, and without II we
could not live"
s-That indicates that my discovery
was years ahead Of Professor Loeb
continued the doctor. '-Dul L CidtIti nO
credit for that. did not discover it at
all. Il was. my belief twenty years ago.
as II is the belief OF every thinking man
today. and have simply developed the
theory until now IL is a proven fact
II quote Professor Loeb simply TO
cinch my right 10 say that II Mr.
Rockefeller's stomach is unable 70 d.
gest his food IL is because It has not
sufficient vitality. and We have already
shown that vitality means Electric
ity.'"
In another part Of his book DR.. Nc
Iaughlin gives a more comprehensive
solution of the heat problem than that
advanced BY Professor Loeb. DIR. Nc
Iaughlin says:
.aThe food that we eat is treated as
fuel By the stomach. just as Is the coal
In a furnace. The chemical action
which IS produced upon the food by the
acids and juices OF the stomach burns
the food and causes a carbonic heat
This heat is electricity. and IL IS fore
ed into the nerves and vital organs
and is their life"
Further DR.. Mclaughlin says: The
electrical heat generated by the con-
sumption OF our food should keep
healthy every vital organ of the body.
Debility OF the vital organs arises when
the waste IS greater than the repair
when the stomach IS not able to gener-
ate sufficient electrical heat 10 supply
the demands OF nature
This excessive waste IS due 10 over