The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-02-24
TSETSE FLY
VICTIM NOW
RECOVERING
DR.. PerveiI of Brooklyn Sits
Up for Two Hours and
Sees Friends.

NEW YORK, Feb. 24-Dr. Albert Q.
Pervell, Of IA Hancock street, Brook
Ign, victim OF the, African sleeping
sickness, caused by the bite OF tsetse
fly. has improved so much from the
malady, which until now has been con-
sidered incurable, that the other day
he was able to sit UP for two hours.
Daily visits from friends have been
the rule for more than week. Al
though DR.. Elmer Lee, his physician,
would not say that all danger was
past, he declared that he was contl-
dent his PATIENTS recovery is only a
matter of time.
DR.. Lee Is the editor OF the Health
Culture magazine, with Offices at 1875
West Fifty-elghth street. When no
took DR.. PcrveiIs case three weeks
ago he began system OF treatment
in which all medicine was barred, His
methods attracted the criticism OF 9TH
err physicians, but DR.. L. II. Warner,
pathologist withdrew week ago, he
said, because DR.. Lee refused to use
any OF the recognized methods and
put his faith in "the laying on Of
hands"
The treatment which has been used
on the tsetse fly victim under DR.. Lees
direction has been messages and ma
nipulations the purpose Of which was
to stir the patients body into throw
ing off the poison OF the malady. With
this treatment, DR.. Lee explained he
combined the proper nutrition to
build up the wasted tissues.
"Why shouldn't I try these methods,
which believe are those Of common
sense and nature, after have studied
the disease for years and seen the old
methods tried time and again with
never success?" DR.. Lee asked. II
am not ready to pronounce my patient
cured yet, but l believe he will re-
cover. II no does it will be because
instead of dosing him with atoxyl, sal
varsan, mercury, arsenic or any OF
the rest of the corrosive drugs that
have been depended on without re-
suit | have driven the poison out OF
his clogged system in natural way.
II do not seek the credit for his
cure if it results from what | have
done, but l want it to be credited to-
common sense as against the theories
of medical research
DIR. Perveil's wife and sister-in-law
declare that although they have had
the fullest confidence in DR.. Lees
methods, he has surprised them by the
results.
There has been the greatest change
in these three weeks" they said. BE
fore that we had no hope, but now we
know he is going to get we'll. DR.. Lee
has devoted great part of his time
to the case, and his assistant, DR..
j. ". Hendrickson, of Lawrence, l.. l.,
has been with DR.. Perveil almost night
and day. He now has ruddy healthy
color, talks naturally and is getting
stronger every day. He weighed more
than 200 pounds three weeks ago
from having been bedridden so long,
and practically all of his surplus has
gone.
''Dr. Peryeil has had the sickness
since 1914, when he contracted it In
Africa. He was treated for six
months at Brussels and an equal
length of time at Liverpool, besides
being a patient at the Pasteur Insu-
tute at Paris. He has not been out
Of his bed since last November. DR.,
Lee has done more for DR.. Perveil in
three weeks than the others did in
more than a year