The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-01-22

| Rochester. n. Y..-(Special Core
spondence. "A remarkable case tina
| threatens to upset the theory and prac-
| tee 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 doc
| tors.
The credit for his startling resora-
| ton is due to that distinguished savan
OF this city, Thomas F. Adkins, PROBES
sor of Vitaopatlfy, and Pres dent of the
Institute Of Physicians and Surgeons
Previous experiments on animals
| like those made by Loeb, of Chicago
and Weaver, of Philadelphia, succeed
ed in making the heart beat for only
q short time after death. and even this
partial success probably was due mere
ly to reflex muscular action induced by
sal ne injections.
But in this case Professor Adkin ac-
complished a far more wonderful re-
suit BY an entirely different method
and in an entirely different way. be
not only made the heart beat again.
but made it keep on beating, and to-
Gay the woman, a Mrs. M. e Brack-
ney is alive and we'll, instead of being
in her grave.
The history of medicine. from the
time of Galen to the present day, fails
10 give an eSpidndlioil Vi liltS pileIOil-
email restoration that seems TO, rival
the miracles of ancient writ.
The facts in the case are so unusual
and revolutionary that an interview
wa ssought with Professor Adkin, TO
learn If poss BILE, 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 marvel
Gus discoveries in the annals of
science, Il discovery that gives this man
over human life, over disease and
death.
Yes. l restored Mrs Brackney to
life aud health. made her heart beat
again" said the professor but Il is
a mistake to think that this is the first
or only case of the Kind where have
been equally successful when drugs
and doctors have failed. IshaVe cured
hundreds of men aud women in the
same way, Of diseases pronounced in
durable, rescued them when they We're
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.
Not at all. There is nothing l want
concealed or kept secret ] court the
widest publicity. l want the whole
world to know what / am doing, 50
that others may be saved from an carly
death of lifelong misery. You are
more than welcome to investigate amy
or ali of the cures | have made Of
hopeless invalids given up 10 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 | succeed
where physicians and medicines have
failed. one case thatI remember par
t.cularly is that of Mrs. l.. A. Phillips,
of Texas. She has 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 / 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
raised her from the dead.
THAT is not literally true, whatever
some people may say or believe. How
ever near to deaths door She may