The Washington times., 1922-04-30

ing her at Battle Creek; said she had left
there suddenly to prevent their killing her
and had gone to Chicago, where by fast
Ing and eating eggs she had got well.
went into consultation or the case with
Or. George Kirby OF the Manhattan State
Hospital, DR. Evan Evans OF New York, DR..
Samuel Lambert, DR.. Walker and Or. Will.
lam r. Giles respecting her condition.
THE treatment was the result OF the
combined judgment Of these eminent med.
ical men. and was simple In the extreme.
Nothing hut simple tonic was given by
mouth and Salvarsan given in her veins
on two occasions. with marked benefit 10
Mrs Melville Hot packs were used over
her swollen glands hot baths to her body,
and high cOlonic irrigations The only
medicine used was a simple tonic Of ar
sonic and iron The treatment in Mrs
Melvile's case consisted almost wholly Of
rigid dieting and methods Of elimination.
No hypnotism Of any sort was used Ef-
forts were made TO reason her ont of her
delusion..
"Mr Melville told me in the presence Of
more than three people that Mrs. Melville
had suffered with dclusions and h3lluoira-
tions and had been mentally sick for wore
than twenty years and II he is correctly
reported as having stated thai her m"n'al
Illness is the result of her treatment hCrc
he is giving the direct lie to his own state
ment made in the presence Of these wit
nesses.
"No hvpno,ism has ever hccn used by
me in this hospital. and the State has been
saved many thousands OF dollars by my
successful treatment Of nervous patients
in the prevention Of insanity. Tho
whole story is cruel fabrication, AS can
be overwhelmingly established"
So Or CowleS denies every disCredita bic
assertion as to his ssnitarium or his meth.
ods and specifically denies that he made
use OF hypnotism or administered any
drugs which could have rrOduced insane
deusions.
All this will he thoroughly gone into at
the trial in the damage suit against Or.
Cowles. and Mrs Mclvile's lawyers.
Foster & Cutler, have received communi.
cations from several former nurses and
attendants at the Cowles' Sanitarium
which they are investigating.
This is not the first time that Or Ed.
ward s. Cowles has come into nOtoriety.
1t was back in 1909 thirteen years ago,
that Dr.. Cuwles was punched around and
thrown out Of a social party by two Navy
officers who resented his alleged conduct
toward a young woman. COwlcs was &C
Cused of stealing the young wOman's pho
tograph and boasting she was very fond of
him.
A few months later this same Or Cowles
was arrested for practising medicine with
out being registered and was fined 800
in the Superior Court in Boston
II was stated that COwles was admitted
to the practise of medicint down In Vir-
ginia. hut was not registered in the State
OF Massachusetts where he failed, II was
said on six different occasions TO pass TIE
examinations prescribed by the State
Board of Registration. Two years after
ward he launched into practise. He was
then indicted on the charge Of Illegal
practise OF medicine and pleaded guilty.
A little later on DIR. Cowles was involved
in row on street car and was arrested
and fined for lighting with a conductor.
In 1915 Cowles was sued for divorce by
his wife who charged in her papers in
the suit, according 10 the newspaper re.
ports, that he had been guilty OF wrong
conduct with one Of his nurses, a Miss
Arntz. and with three other women. She
also alleged that the doctor beat his pa
tients in her presence and in the pres.
ence Of his children. and upon opening his
mail one day found that still another young
woman had sent DR.. Cowles her laundry
bill to pay In the final compromise on
the case Mrs. Cowles is said TO have
withdrawn these charges
Whatever justice or injustice there is
in the startling charges Mrs. Melville
makes the damage suit against Dr., Cowles
will determine.