Oxford Democrat., 1913-08-19
In Memoriam.
PROF. FREDERICK C. BRIGGS.

Communication In Nassau Guardian ant
Bahama Islands Advocate and Intelligencer.)
"But o for the touch Of q VANISHED hand,
And the sound Of a voice that is stil!"
is the only tribute We can now pay
to the memory of him who but shor,
time ago moved in our midst with heal
ing in his touch, and dispensing with
sympathetic promise, encouragement
and hope to sufferers from the results OF
a strenuous life, business and domestic
cares and worry, the mad rush for social
advancement and amusement, and tbeil
own folly; in short Of all the things
that drain and exhaust the physical
forces of the body casting man and
woman upon the shores of time, mere
shattered wrecks.
Prof. Briggs died on the 9th Of July at
his home at st. Agathe des Monies,
Laurentian Mountains, Province OF
Quebec, Canada, after q short illness
He came to Nassau in the autumn oi
1912 and Immediately engaged in the
practice of his health treatment, known
as The Briggs System. Like every one
who enters into new field, away from
the beaten track, at first he was not cor
daily welcomed. Old fogies sneered,
as old fogies will, at the bare idea OF
cure without drugs, but little by little,
step by step, day by day, he gained
ground, and before he left Nassau, a
few months ago, expecting to return
during the coming winter, his method
were crowned with success, and "Na
ture's Treatment, with Natures Medi.
cines by Natures Methods" withal aided
by aud combined with his fine personal
ity, soon made his name as "familiar az
household word" Courteous, genial
generous and manly, he won to the
hearts of his patients. His motto was,
"You help me and I'll help you." Help
me with your confidence, your trust
and your obedience, and I'll help you
by the use of those means which have
already won high place in the treat
ment Of diseases, caused by the abuse oi
Natures laws, and which are gradually
being accepted as the true and infalliblt
remedies by physicians OF the highes
standing the world over.
With most patients perfect sincerity II
the wisest policy, even speaking from
medical standpoint, 1t creates tba
splendid bond between doctor and pa
tient-trust. Happily this was the me
tier of our friend. He spoke In the Ian
guage Of truth, his patients felt 1t, con
victiou followed, then cure.
With Prof. Briggs, there was M
"short cut" He did not attempt to de
lude suffering humanity into the belle
that they would be cured in q day o
two, or at tho least they would feel bet
ter. He gave them to understand tha
It would take time and patient persever
auce. "Do you expect me to undo In
day, what you have been doing TO
mouths, nay, even years perhaps, viola,
ing the laws of God and destroying tn
temple of His body
None who sought Prof. Briggs eve
went away disappointed. II he failed t
restore to perfect health, he ct least sc
them on the high road to 1t, and failur
was relative only, due not to lack OF ski
or knowledge but to lack OF the neces
sary time In which to complete the cure
To get we'll requires time. Had Pro-
Briggs under Providence been permitte
to return here, the work Of restoratio
begun 10 some would have been com
pleted, and discharged Cured write
opposite their names.
Said one, every day live, I bles
the name of Prof. Briggs; for what b
did for me, for my wife, for my child
of incalculsble worth, II cannot be reel
oned In pounds, shillings and pence.
And such was the benison Of numbers
he was leaving rs. With that ~ bis III
epitaph, We lay him to rest. May
rest in peace. "Peace, perfect peace.