The Detroit times., 1911-05-20
Many Cures Credited To Anne Philip
part, Uneducated Belgian, Who
Employs Only Prayer and Lay
ing On Of Hands. "
Can't Explain His Power, Which He
Says He Discovered When a
Small Boy.
For where two or three are
gathered together in My name.
there am | In the midst OF them.
st. Matthew. xviii:20.

On the foregoing portion of scrip
lures Anne Philippart. healer. No. s77
Twelfth-st.. who is treating about 400
people day. depends for inspiration.
Without the scriptures he confesses
that he would be helpless In the mat
ter OF effecting cures. He decla res
that he employs no magnetism. hyro-
tism. electricity OF any other agency
OF the kind In the treatment OF his
patients. Nor does he prescribe medi-
cine or In any other way lay himself
open to violation of the medical laws,
according 10 his own declaration.
Il am not practicing medicine In any
shape or FORM" said Mr. Philippart to
Times reporter. in his Office, Thurs
day afternoon. What | am doing,
am sure, Is perfectly legal. IL II Is
not, then want to know II and I'll
stop.
You may ask what my power is. l
cant tell you. That is positively true.
Some say 1t Is magnetism; others
'hyponotism'; others electricity and
still others undertaking Now II may
be that ! am mind-reader, that
possess magnetism or hypnotic pow
ers, but IL do don't know il. II Is
also possible that am possessed or
some electricity. Certain IL is, how
ever, that ! do not employ any cleo
tricity which comes through wires, or
wear no electric belt or battery OF
any kind.
Il have heard II stated that wore
IN electric belt. charged with cleo
tricity from wires In my Office. Now
II Is only a couple of weeks since
had this house wired for electricity.
wear no electric belt and anyone may
search me at any time. Moreover, the
chairs on which patients sit are not
charged with electricity, supplied by
wires from under the floor, as has
been intimated. AS matter OF fact,
/ have been in this house over two
years and have never seen what the
part beneath the floor looks like"
when did you first realize that
you were able 10 cure ailments?" was
asked Mr.. Philippart.
when I was boy. about IL years
OF age, I used to be able to relieve my
playmates IL they had pains" he ans
magician would use, over the boys
heads and their pains generally eft
them. I was then living in Delray,
where my parents resided. was born
IN Belgium and came to this country
when eight years old learned the
trade Of glass blowing and worked at
It for number of years. About three
years ago my wife was suffering from
paralysis. tried my treatment ON
her and II cured her. After that de-
cided to give the public the benefit OF
my powers.
Doesn't Insist On Pay.
/. AT first didn't charge anything,
but found that that didn't pay. Now
| charge so cents an examination or
treatment. but I don't insist on being
paid. II patient walks out without
paying me say nothing, l keep no
books and | only know my patients
by their first names. And I want to
say right here that am not against
: doctors. II I find that people who
come to me are really In need of
medical treatment, tell them so and
advise them to see their family ply
stefan or some other doctor. am
certainly no Christian Scientist. IL
I were to cut my own finger i would
Immediately have 1t attended to in a
surgical way, and II we're III OF a
fever I wouldn't hesitate to see a
physician. At the same time, l am
able myself to reduce fever several
degrees within a few minutes. l
have brought about some cures con-
sidered remarkable, such az restor-
/. ing the sight OF a little girl who was
blind for year, and removing catar-
acts from eyes. Other people, TOO,
say that have benefited them, SO
I guess I must be doing some good.
Asked what method he used to ex-
anime and treat patients, MT Philip
part proceeded to subject the re.
porter to the system. First he secur-
ed the date OF the reporters birth
and then appeared to go into sort
of trance for q minute or two.
In the midst OF the silence there
was a tremendous burst OF applause
from the vicinity of Trumbull and
Michigan aves., only couple Of
blocks away from the Philippart Of
fee and the reporter almost broke
I'M the "seancev BY instinctively join
ing in the noise. Later he learned
that the Tigers made two runs about
the time the vocal storm broke
loose.
when Mr.. Philippart came out OF
bis trance, he told the reporter that,
while he was sound organically, yet
he was going to have pains, resenl-
hing rheumatic, and that his hearing
was going TO be affected temporarily,
because OF his blood not circulating
freely through the back OF his head
Prays over Patients.
.They say you place your hands on
the natients and invoke divine aid in
the course of your treatment" was
susgested TO Mr.. Philippart.
yea" he answered, III give you
the whole dope. now that you're here.
Mr.. Philippart then placed one hand
ON the back of the reporters neck and
the other on his left shoulder at tht
same time telling him to relax hit
mind and have faith In the procedure
Then he invoked the Lord, through
his angels, to, aid In restoring the pa
TENT to perfect health.
At the end Of the treatment Mr.
. rhilippart said:
IT had that prayer arranged so tha
Il would not interfere In any wa
with the religion Of any denomina
ton"
Mr.. Philippart confided TO the re
porter that he was raised a Roman