The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-01
PARALYSIS CURE
is CLAIMED BY.
ICAP|TAL WOMAN.
Mrs. Harriet Herbert Says She
Has Used Massage Method
With Success for Is Years
D. C. PATIENTS TESTIFY
Boy Declared HopelessIy Grip
pied Restored by System.
Call Results Remarkable

Successful treatment of paraly-
sis, spinal meningitis and similar
nervous ailments by restoration
OF blood circulation and the elm
nation of poisonous toxins from
the nervous system, through mas
saying of the Emphatic glands
with the finger tips, is claimed
by Mrs. Harriet e. Herbert, TIT
p street northwest.
SYSTEM USED Is YEARS.
For fifteen years Mrs. Herbert
claims to have cured hundreds, in
cluding many crippled children. Re
GENTLY the International Society for
Lymphstic Research, Mrs. Herbert
asserts. adopted her treatment.
Following the appearance in the
: washington Times-Herald recently
: Of an article by DR.. 2. p. Willard, Of
Henry =. Hallborg. ST.. 2S04 Myrtle
! avenue northeast, who claims his
son was cured Of paralysis by Mrs.
Herbert, wrote the physician tha fol-
lowing letter:
My attention has recently been
directed to On article In the Times
Herald entitled Newest Discover
les About Our Bodies; Little Poison
Filters" I was very much inter-
s ested in this article in view Of the
fact that have q son eleven years
4 old whose nervous system WIS
completely paralyzed by a fall at
the age OF three and one-half.
After having his case declared
! hopeless by a number Of special
lists. he Is now well on the road
1 to complete recovery as the result
OF Treatment based on extracting
! the poison from the Emphatic sys-
tenn so clearly described in your
I article.
EXTRACTS GRANULES.
This successful treatment is be-
ing applied by Mrs. Harriet e.
Herbert, 1717 p street northwest,
Washington. D. C. Mrs. Herb
ert's method is unique, In that
she utilizes only her fingers and,
works on the poison filters" with
the assistance only Of cocoanut oil.
BY skilled pressure, with her
hands, on the nodes" she ex-
tracts clear globular ,granuIes
which she calls toxin The
when the treatment is continued
I WOMAN CLAIMS HEALING.
Another person claimed to have
been cured by Mrs. Herbert fs Mrs.
Isabel Worrell BAH. III @ street
northwest.
II was paraiyzed in my left side
and my feet were badly swollen"
Mrs. Ball said yesterday. Three
weeks after taking Mrs. Herbert's
treatment was back at my desk"
Mrs BAH Is an associate editor
of the National Tribune.
Restoration Of blood circulation
g. the basis Of Mrs. Herbert's work."
Mrs. Bail said. ''Stagnation IL
death, hence the blood must be kept
. In circulation. Her treatment pretty
nearly approaches bloodless surg
cry. know nothing to. equal. She
treats nerves and muscles and gets
twisted bones back in shape. Apo
plexy and paralysis are her special
fields Of endeavor.
II was first treated by Mrs. Her.
bert in 1900 and have had many
. treatments since that time. ] know
Of the good work she did for a
nephew Of President Of the United
States
When Mrs. Herbert was a child,
@he was beridden due to circulation
N her right leg having stopped.
Attending surgeons were planning
90 amputate the limb for fear that
ffhe poisonous toxins would circulate
: to other parts of her body.
Mrs. Herbert claims about this
time a Hindu. known to her as
: Mr.. Conroy," called at her home
In Alexandria. He set about to
massage her with the result that
in several months she claims to
have been cured. Taking her tip
from the Hindu, Mrs. Herbert
Z studied nursing and since has ap-
piled the method Of treatments to
hundreds.