The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-10-08

ROCHESTER, N. Y.-(Special Cor
respondence. "A remarkable case that
threatens to upset the theory and prac-
tice of medicine is reported from VIII
mington, o. The human heart has
been made to beat again in the body OF
a woman given up to death by doctors.
The credit for this startling restora-
ton is due to that distinguished savant
of this city, Thomas F. Adkin, Profess
sor of Vitaopathy, and President of the
Institute of Physicians and Surgeons.
Previous experiments on animals, like
those made by Loeb, of Chicago, and
Weaver, of Philadelphia, succeeded IN
making the heart beat for only short
time after death, and even this partial
success probably was due merely to re-
flex muscular action induced by saline
injections.
But in this case Prof. Adkin accom-
plished a far more wonderful result.
BY an entirely different method and In
an entirely different way, he not only
made the heart beat again, but made 1t
keep on beating, and today the woman,
a Mrs. M E. Brackney, is alive and
WELL instead of being in her grave.
The history of medicine, from the
time of Galen to the present day. fails
to give an explanation of this phenom-
email restoration that seems to rival the
miracles of ancient writ.
The facts in the case are so I'M
usual and revolutionary that an inter-
view was sought with Prof. Adkin, to-
learn, if possible, the details of this
wonderful case. At first he seemed re-
luctant to talk for publication, but
finally was induced to tell of what Is
undoubtedly one of the most marvellous
discoveries in the annals of science, a
discovery that gives this man strange
and far-reaching control over human
life, over disease and death.
yes, restored Mrs. Brackney to
life and health, made her heart beat
again." said the professor. But 1t is
a mistake to think that this is the first
or only case of the kind where l have
been equally successful when drugs
and doctors have failed. I have cured
hundreds of men and women in the
same way, of diseases pronounced IN
durable, rescued them when they were
on the edge of the grave, and restored
them to health and strength without
useless drugs or the surgeons knife
would you mind giving the names
of some of these people?"
mot at all. There is nothing 1 want
concealed or kept secret. 1 court the
widest publicity l want the whole
world to know what 1 am doing, so
that others may be saved from an
early death or lifelong misery. You
are more than welcome to investigate
any or all of the cures 1 have made of
hopeless fnvalids given up to die by
doctors. You can read letters from my
former patients, interview or write to
the men and women themselves, or you
can go over my records and files and
see for yourself that I succeed where
physicians and medicines have failed.
One case that remember particularly
is that of Mrs. L. A. Phillips, of Ira
wick, Tex. She had been bedridden for
five years, in twelve different hospitals,
and under the treatment of various
doctors besides. All failed to cure her
of the complication of diseases from
which she was suffering, and told her
they could do no more, that her case
was hopeless.
when 1 took her case it seemed as
if she was beyond the aid of any hui
man power. But, by using the knowl-
edge given me by my discovery,
cured her when she was so near death
that in a letter she wrote me she says
I raised her from the dead.
THAT is not literally true, of course.
I have no supernatural power, what
ever some people may say or believe.
However near to deaths door she may
have been, she had not crossed the