The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1904-02-04
From our Special Correspondent

(From our Special Correspondent
ROCHESTER, N. T., Dec. n.-"H
charged a thousand dollars a treatment
could do no more than 1 now do for moth
Ing. 1t Is useless for you to offer me money
for my services. I refuse this check the
same as / refuse the poor mans Offering,
said Prof. Thomas F.. Adkin Of this city tc
wealthy patient. when say that
make no charge for certain help to those
who are III and suffering, l mean every word
Of 1t. / am able to practice my profession
because / love 1t, because / feel that 1T Is
my duty as Christian to use this wonder
full power that has been given me for the
benefit Of all mankind, TO cast out from theii
bodies the evils Of disease. That Is why
refuse payment, why the poor man receives
the same attention and care as his more
fortunate neighbor.
Eyes, you may say that I talked DIR. A.
w. Shaw. Of Grafton. w. Va, back to life,'
replied Prof. Adkin to question put by the
reporter. "a dead man was the verdict
pronounced by doctors and friends. Yet
saved him from the grave, proved to him
that I was gifted with the ability to cure
any or all diseases; that my power Is su-
preme over all bodily Ills. But that Is only
one of hundreds, thousands, Of similar In
stances. Some Of the worst cases in the
country, men and women on their way to
the grave, have been brought to me by their
physicians when all hope was abandoned
and / have cured them so quickly that
have been credited with working miracles.
Letters blotched with the tears Of pain and
sorrow have come to me, impioring the aid
/ am so glad to bestow. and in few days
others have come from the same sources
fairly singing with joy and gratitude over
the wonderful restoration to health my treat
ment has accomplished"
Prof Adkin disdains the use of all 'isms"
or dangerous drugs, saying: while. 1t is
true that / cure thousands whom / never
see, there is nothing supernatural about my
methods 1t Is scientific to the highest de-
gree, however wonderful and puzzling IT
may be to doctors and scientists. l have at
last discovered the long lost secret Of ma
ture that sages and chemists have been I'M
successfully seeking for centuries past. I
was convinced that there was power above
and beyond drugs and medicines, as superior
to them as electricity Is to a tallow candle.
Almost by accident this wonderful secret was
revealed to me In all Its majestic simplicity,
Of life, can cure any disease, can restore
to health people In the last stages Of what
are usually fatal illnesses. 1t Is nothing
what other doctors may say; no matter how
chronic the trouble or how hopeless or In
durable the case may seem, no i'll Of the
body can continue when / take control"
Over twenty physicians, specialists in their
practice, have abandoned their old-fashioned
theories and taken up the study of Prof.
Adkins methods. staying with him In order
to daily witness the almost miraculous cures
he performs. From him rich and poor alike
receive the same treatment and uniform
courtesy which have won him so many
friends among the influential men Of the
country.
One Of the most marvellous things about
this mans miraculous curative power Is his
proved ability to cure those thousands Of
miles away as easily and quickly as though
he stood by their bedside. 1t would seem
beyond doubt that thought-transference, mag
netic waves Of the will, or some mysterious
esoteric energy can be shot through space
as kilograms are sent without wires; but the
nature of this potent electric fluid, and how
It takes hold and quickly rids the body of
material disease, is beyond explanation.
The reporter, desiring to learn more about