The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, February 15, 1903, Page 27

THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, ADVERTISEMENTS. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1903. " - THE | JoHI D ROCHEFELLER OFFERS FOR A FEBALTHY STOMACH JOHN FRANCIS BYRNES. | N. J., Jan. 19, 1903.—Jpo. D. Rockefeller | dollars to the man who will give him &/ He made that offer to a doctor who called t 1t would be worth a million to him if{ Spen bim, saviog be could fix his stomach up so that it would digest his food. | A million dodars for a heaitlly stomach !”—John D. Rockeielier SN R 1 mecept the otfer, and will forfeit $5,000 if 1 fail to Celiver the cure.”—Dr. MeLaughlin. This looked to me like material for an interesting story, | Wwhick | e to Dr. McLaughlin's offoes for morse parti tiar detalls The first greeting from the doctor convinced me that| bad met & man of ons, @ 1 strong omes. The tor was entbusiastic over what he terms a long-sought| portunity and emtered gleefully into a discussion of the bie deotor. "1 ve that mo| do what Mr. earth in the shape of & drug w st ckefe wants done, simply because there is no vml:\.'! e secretive glands of his stamach, and until he gets| vitality, which no drug can give kim, he will never| nderstand one polnt olearly: His food does not because certain functions related to digestion are They are weak, incapsble of dolng what diges powerless to sot You see that. Now you can see that to B u right you must revive the strength in the parts | v sre weak. That is plsin. -Drugs will not do that.| d and they mever will, and every doctor on | 11l @o it then? Electricity! ay $5,000 this minute to mee John D. Rocke walk into this office and permit me teil him can do for him,” said the doctor. *I am as certain 1d up s digestive apparatus as 1 am that I t for hundreds of © His method asd I would consider | uld but grant me a trial | oration of vital te what I am golng to say it is now gene o e motive energy of humean orgens— the heart pulseti the stomach | —is Electricl | ognized as a high a the Un d, after | the basis £ steted tha research, . this book of mine, written in 1896, and | rez » t roduction.” | from the doctor's band and read ey n toward dem : g claim lec- it ates thet my discovery was years ahead of simply to einch s stomach is una action a suices onic beat nerves electrical heat gen- | shouid keep heaithy | ¥ of the vital orga he repair—when cal heat o of the vital | extra physi- pesses heyond the | nd shows how this be repiaced & debility abie to generate | r montk or night ge as_to the res obtained. Rockefeller's offer = million dollars, | it, of course, t need it, a a miili action of eeeing my inven case where 5o many noted phys bas devoted the greater p, ent of an idea which he think is passionately fond of his scination for him. 2 do with the m , doctor?* the prize, 1 would gladly conse: lic charity, which I would reseree | s & secondary matter. T want own v a8 1 do; ould | fon lars wor will idea, ang which you ofter?” Mr. Rockefeller agrees to use my simpie instructions 1 will put for the amount, to be pald to'apy | be may desigoate if he says that T work ], be matter entirely in his hands?" | am wi ,.::g to trust to his decision. y \".L thy men ere suffering tortures and b drugs witbout relief who never fry | hh\bim ose entire confidence | y . who bel “electricity 1 a remedy of the future, not of to-day,’ and s0 advise lzel;‘ ;atients. “] tell you that Ele 1 observe my up my certifizd check charity ed in m ~Ent “A great man city 1s a re bas been @ Zrand remedy for the pnlm:e(;';y)l:,xrt:-dyiu}: studied this subje refully than any physician ever studied his text books, angd I can show results. Iem rurin‘ men every day who were never able to get bepefit frol: crugs.” ~Is it true, doctor, that your patients are m of the middie or poorer class s nis “Yes,” when a rich man is sick he calls in b who writes & prescription and looks wise, and 1s doctor, the ricy | cause decay {reported himsel! as cured two years before, and I didn’t see the need of the belt now. ‘Precaution, | will bave strength to spare, in case of de- | my much better than other covering thal “Electricity Is Life” now says that he can cure Jno. D. Rockecller, and agrees to give $5,000 to charily if he fails. mau bas confidence that he will be well to-morrow. He feels better, perhaps, because the doctor can fool nature for a whi But after a while the doctor looks wise, and doesn’t do the rich man any good, and the firet thing b ws nature demands her price, and he has to pay it, as he doctor can help him no more. “When a poor man gets sick he does the same way, but e soon gets tired of the doctor bills, and takes his case in »is own bands and comes to me. I cure bim with Elec- ricity, and that {s why my patients are usualiy poor men. Rich men’s doctors will not let them come to me. “You cannot possibiy est!mate the true import of this liscovery of Professor Loeb,” sald Dr. McLaughlin. “It means more happiness to the civilized race than has fol- owed any discovery for yea It will bring about the general recognition of the great poasibilities which exist in the application of electricity for the preservation of the vigor of youth. “I have for years contended that old age was nothing but the freezing of the hiood when there was no longer sufiicient vital heat in the body to keep the blood warm snd the organs active. 1 heve said that years did not and proven it by men have been made vigorcus under my treatment at 50, while you have examples all men who are old and decrepit at, 60 “Now, Professor Loeb says that the animal heat Is Electricity. That I know to be true. Ws get that heat om the chemical action of the acids and juices of the ttomach upon our food. That is combustion. This com- bustion produces carbonic heat, and carbonic heat is Elec- tricity. That is the basis of life n every vital organ. As long the stomach is able to generate enough of this heat to replenish the wear and tear upon our vital energles we are strong and active. It is when the stomach finds the strain too heavy that we grow old and begin to decay. “'An old fellow, & pattent of two years pre- vious, came to see me one day and asked me to have his belt overhauled, as he wanted to put it on again. Ireminded him that be had o rejuvenating about you of said he. ‘I was cured two ng and sound, but I am sev. years of age, and am not as well able to stand knocking about as I was in my youth, and I wear the belt occasionally, not because of present need, but just so that I mand. If you are riding a bicycle on level ground and see & hill before you, what do you do? Put on more steam, eh! I am get- ng older every day, and I need more steam. That is why I wear my belt.’ “This is upon the same principle that an engine pulls a train of cars up hill. On level road it goes easily, but when it gees up hill tbe strain is heavy, and your engine, making power from burning coal, Just as your stom ach makes it from burning vour food, is taxed bey its #t, is unable to go far- ther, and, exbausting all its steam in the effort, breaks down. “The buman body is just like that engine. breaks down when the physical energy overtaxed. That energy is electricity. [ lim treatment “Decay in old men is simiiar to general ing to do with { demands made by the vital organs. quickly shuts off the su Th eon the hard labor of their youth w e months pit old man of 75 bad in youth been a After using my appliance he took up his tools and says he can work as hard as he did at 5. He says he is an old man made young “Anotber man of 72 sald he had been crippled umatism for forty-five years. He pro- mself cured and as vigorous as he ever of energy. turnped to pliance th: who was a w =0 for t y. ia undertook the ue a trip to the Klondike. He ret ago and said that he had stood t ter than hundreds of young men. “I coild cita thousands of similar incidents. Wken y sce that I have\fifty thousand voiuntary stimonials and that there is not a hamlet in this country without one or more cures by my sppliances, you will understand that my experience has been broad “My been three years wes cured, and ere herdships of pd a few months ible priva- treatment is a success in any case where sirength is lackirg, whether in the nerves, stomach, heart s, liver or any other part. My appli- ance gives a soothing. constant electric glow, which s taken by the body just a= a sponge takes up water. cures rhenmatizm in any guise, as well as every form of pain » ~am an enthusiast, you say! Why should I not be? 1 have the gratitude of thousa of people who have been cured by my Electric Belts af! the fail- of the best physicians. 1 am enthusiastic be- ] kpow that I offer suffering hum for the least expenditure of money to-day nown I have zained my success by learring how te treat my patlents and then curing them. 1 know bow others do rot. I charge nothing for my knowi- edge, knowing that it helps my business to do all 1 - patient. My patients are my friends. 1ilding my success.’ stioned Dr. McLaughlin In regard to elt, aud asked him wherein was it so nilar contrivances, “That s very simple.” replied the doctor. *‘Hav- spent twenty-two Pears in study and experiment, found means of perfecting my appliance, of re- moving defects as fast as they appeared in actual and of supplying features, such as a regulating . non-burnabie electrodes, reversihle battery, of increasing the power of my appliance until it Is five times as strong as that of any other electric body appliance on the market. My appliance is con- ceded to be the only one of the kind which is con- structed upon truly scientific lines. Compared with ¢ it all other so-cailed electric belts are the inventions of tbe biacksmith's hammer. “It ig not upon that point, however. that my suc- cess has been founded. My immense business is due reated, and the best way to obtain that effect. case that comes to me as an dividu: of my belt to suit the demands of this particular case. vou consider the facttbat the electricity which I supply is lite to the organs into which I send if, you can see how I get my resuits. M o ccess comes from my cures. Id bay maker of electric belts. gone Into the electric belt business because they faucied it s an easy way to make mcney, and have resorted to 3 onable methods at times, but the old adage. You can't fool all the people all the time,’ was active in their cases, and they did not last long.” ell me, doctor, why it is that you seem to get better results than a physiclan derives from using a battery on Lis patient “Becaute the nervous system, which receives the_elec- tric current, is o sensitive that the current from a battery shocks it, but leaves no additional power to the nerves or vitale. That is why a doctor’s battery does no good. Now, my system is different. I pour the current i{nto the hody for elx or eight hours every day or might, ysually while the patient gleeps. The delicate nerves are not shocked or jarred by this current, as it goes into them just like a driszling ralo saturates a newly plowed field. They absorb st, drink it in, and as it is their life, they grow strong with it. “J think, perhaps, that is the reason that doctors think ve here a means of replenishing the electricity of the bedy, and that Is the basis'ot ility in younger men. Years have noth- In each case it I the failure of the stomach to generate sufficient en- when the stomach fails to digest the food! cord hundreds of instances where men of 75 to 90 have re- 2 vim, after having worn my ap- to my knowledge of the effect of electricity upon the ailments ¢ I take every and direct the application When 1f 1 did not cure, my business worn out long ago, as has the business of every other A great many schemers and frauds bave | successful, #0 little of electricity as a remedy. Of course, they think they know all there is to know about applying it, and as that {s a fallure they conclude that electricity is no good. “Some doctors even belleve that my appliances do mot generate & currrent. I will pay §1,000 for oue of them that fails to give a powerful current as soon as it toucbes the body. In days gone by electric belts used to burn the skin. I guaantee my patients against that. My appliances have soft cushion electrodes which glve a glowing heat, but no sting or burn. They have alzo a regulator to control the current. “The day is drawing near when physiclans who now avoid Electricity because of their bellef that it is yet in the experimental stage, will awaken to the fact that while they have been waiting I have been working, and that Electricity as I apply it possesses marvelous curative powers, in cases where drugs will only stimulate & “And my success is not limited to stomach troubles. Any organ of the body. any part that lacks the mecessary vitality to perform its natural function, can be restored by my method. It gives strength, it makes the blood rica and rcd and warm, it vitalizes the nerves, puis life and vim into the brain arnd muscles. It just makes a good man out of a bad one in every Wi “With my Blectric Belt I cure Rheumatism In its worst form; I cure pains and aches, weak nerves, general de- bility and any other trouble which can be cured by re- storing strength.” . Dr. McLaughlin has not only proven that electricity is the substance of life and organi> vitality, but has gone so | far as to perfect the best-known means of replenishing that force in the body when it is lost. His electric belt is the natural result of sclentific study, coupled with experience and mechanical skill. “Now, doctor,” I said, “your theory sounds very good, but can you give me any bona fide evidence of cures to back That up your stalements? You know that there are a great maty advertisad remedies, and this case z Mr. Rocke- feller, who has been in the hands of the Best physicians for years, ig very good proof that few of the remedies are ““That is my strongest argument,” said the doctor. Here are letters from prominent pcople given me without so- licitation. Ycu can see these paticnts and secure from them a verification of what is contaived in their letters.” Thereupon Dr. McLaughlin showed me a file containing leiters from many of the best-known people in the city, and some from outside places. At random I picked out several and reproduce some of them here. The doctor told me that many of his best testimonials could not be pub- lished, as the patients, though recommending his treat- ment privately, objected to puhlicity. \ Mr. John B. Quay of Tomales, Cal., said: “One could not imagloe the siege of suffering 1 passed through from stomach trouble before I used your Belt. I had doctored with dozens of doctors, was subjected to severe drug treat- ment, stomach pump treatment and diet treatment without the least relief. I grew dlsgusted with them ail, and as a last resort tried your Belt two years ago, and in three months afterward was & new man, entirely curcd, and feeling better than I had for years. I would not part with my Belt for $1,000.” Mr. T. Newmar, 3124 Shields avenue, Chigago, says: “My stomach was very weak; my gppetite and algestion poor, and my system generally run down for want of nourishment. I have been using Dr. McLaughlin's appli- ance for thres months. My appetite s now very good. [ enjoy my food Immensely and my stomach is in very good conditicn, with my general strength improving daily.” Mr. Chris Brandt of Oroville writes: ‘“‘Last October I purchased one of your high-grade Belts, having previousiy suffered for three years and doctored with many good physicians, but the treatments which they gave me only seemed to aggravate my condition. I suffered from sfom- ach trouble, irtestinal indigestion and liver complaint. The collection of vears in my stomach and abdomen was 80 great as to produce convulsions. After the first appli- cation of your wonderful Belt I began to improve. It com- pletely removed the convulsions, to which 1 had been sub- jected, and in two months I wae completely cured of the stomach trouble. 1 have discon for some time, and there is not the slightest return of the trouble. I take pleasure in recommending the treatment.” Mr. 0. W. Young, wholesale jeweler, Champlain Build- ing, Chicago, says: “‘Your Belt Is worth its weight in gold, and has done more for me than anytiing ! ever used. I bought it for & general run-down condition. I could not sleep at right and was partially paralyzed. Immediately upon application of the Belt I began to feel better, and have mow recovered my heaith in full. I hope that you will Bave success, for, after & what you have for me you cannot fail to cure others Dr. McLaughlin showed me a letter from United States Senator Wilkinson Call of Florida, in which he says: “I have tried the Dr. McLaughlin Electric Delt for strength- ening the back and building up gen- eral strength with very good re- sults, and recommend it as the best Electric Belt now in use.” A letter from Mr. J. R. Schnebly, of Ping, Wash., read: “In reply to your favor will say that 1 am very well pleased with my Belt. I wcre it only thirty days, when it stopped that pain in my stomach. That or- gan is tow abie to prop as¥im- {late the food. and as a consequence my general health has improved wonderfully, for T am geiting the proper amount of nourishment from the food I cat. I have spoken to a relative of mine who is a great sufferer about your treatmant, and you will soon bave him under your care, for the work your Belt has accomplished in my case has eonvlnce:i him that it is the ouly remedy for such troubles as mine. He then showed me a letter from Rev. J. Coup, Onton- agon, Mich., saying: ‘‘After a trial of your Electric Belt would say bave derived great benefit from its use; I could not do without it. There is no known medical skill that Bas ever reached my case. I have made a good Invest- ment in your Belt. While I could not expect a miracle in so short a time, it has actually occurred. Since wearing your Belt I can work all day and not feel tired when the day’s work has been completed."” The mext was a letter from the well-known boxer, Tommy Ryan, who says: ‘‘When I got your Electric Belt my stomach was very bad; so bad that it was impossibie for me to get into good condition. The Belt has done won- de-fm me; has restored my stomach perfectly and built up my general strength.” nued the use of the Belt | . 'si0ng Diaced myself under your care. The man who proved thal he was fivc ycars ahcad of Prof. Loch in dis- = JETHOD BY wricH DR MS ZAUGHLIN PROPOSES IO ZARN THE MILLIQM DOLLARS . cure. Among them were several prominent physi who spoke highly of the treatment from persomal tests. Mr. J. P. Johnson of Wooley, Wash., says: “For three or four years I suffered a great deal with stomach 1 kidney trouble. I was obliged to seek relief from some other source than I already had, and through the advice of It was less than a month after [ began wearing the Belt when the stomach trouble entirely disappeared, my general health was Detter then it had been for years, and has continued so ever since. I owe my recovery to your treatment and will be glad to tell anyone of it should they write to me, as it is a bappy recourse from the use of drugs, from which I could get only temporary relief. Mr. George W. Leckstone, Salem, 11, writes: “I wish to inform you that I am well pleased with your Elactric Belt. It has cured my stomach trouble completely, and I can eat almost anything now and it does not burt me. [ am in much better general health than I was when I com- menced wearing the t. Last season my weight was 125, this season I weigh 135.” Mr. N. M. Straw of Santa Barbara writes: “Your Beit has fulfilled every expectation. It has proven that 3§30 worth of electricity is worth $100 worth of -medicine. I stopped using medicine entirely when I commenced with your treatment, which I sought for relief from severe stom- ach trouble, and am now what I long wished to be, & healthy man in every respect. I am grateful to you for the attention and generosity you have shown wme in s Mr. H. Hoopengarmer, Granite City, Ill., writes: “I ha suffered with stomach trouble for elght years; have taken all kinds of medicine, but found no relief. 1 wore your Belt for two weeks and was greatly relieved, and now, atter having usel the Belt for two months, it Is a pleasurs to tell you I am cured. T can recommend your Belt to do “hat vou elaim “Is your treatment bene ficial of in cases neral | weakness?” 1 asked. “Decidedly. In the same manner that it restores the vitality to the stomach it builds up the vital force of the nerves, enriches the blood and restores the motive power of all organs. To quots Prof. Lceb again, ‘A part of the chemical cnergy of foodstuffs is transformed into electrical anergy, which in turn gives energy to the muscles and or- gans of the body.” You see, Prof. Loeb 2as proven that all energy of the vital organs is electrical. Therefore, you can see that when I am able to increase the electrical force of every vital organ I have in my hands the means of cure for every form of physical weakness or debility. ~You cali take a man who Is thin, puny and unnourished in appearance and pour this electric life Into his body every night for a few months, with the proper exercise to draw it into the muscles and tissues, and you can add twenty-five pounds to his weight, double his strength and vitality, and transform him into a giant in strength, as I have often dome. Look at the men who have worn my belf aad you will see men of force. men of power and confidence; men who respect themselves and are respected and admired by their fellow men. “Poor digestion, inactive liver, constipation. sluggish heart, slow thinking, dormant energy and lazing re all due to the lack of electricity. Understand that electricity is the motive power of the human machine, the power that keeps tbe orgars active, and you will see what [ mean. surh ¢ action In <es vou ran see how my electrie belt will pump into the body. Tt renews the electric life, and orms the sluggard into a bundle of vigorous *"This agitation on the subject is going to prove of In- calculable benefit to the future health of our race. Just satisfy the people that they can procure a renewal of bodily vigor and health by simply renewing the electricity in the body and you have given them what they have always prayed for—a relief from noxious drugs. Convince a suf- fering man or woman that drugs will not cure them, and that all thev need is a mew supply of electricity, and you have made them happy. “So many People suffer from pains and aches, called Rbeumatism or Lumbago, or Neuralgia, due to impover- ished nerves, crying for aid. The life of these nerves is electricity and nothing else will cure them. I can send a gentle current from my electric belt so that it will convey the life direct to the ailing part, and relief is often feit in an hour. I frequently cure such cases within ten days.” Rev. H. Smith of Pine Creek. Ore., writes: “When I received the Beit ordered of you, I was suffering from a complication of diseas=z, chief among them the inability te digest my food. I never had an action of the bowels except when I took medicine, and nothing I would eat, no matter how light or plain the food, would digest. I slept poorly and bad no strength. Now, my bowels are regular, I eat heartily, and feel comfortable, and am quite stout. The Belt i3 all you claim for it. I was told by some of the medical fratcrnity that after I had worn the Belt a month or so the current would have no effect, hut the trial I bave given the Belt entirely disproves this, and the curreat ¢id its work until I was completely cured.” “Here 15 a case to illustrate the point: Mr. D. B. Nich- ols, 56 Ellis ave., Chicago, a man seventy years of age, says: “When I got your beit 1 had lost the use of my legs, and was dragging around on crutches. I had tried other rem- edies, and one cheap electric belt, without bemefit. With yours [ began to improve from the first application, and to-day I am able to walk without any trouble.” ““Suppose we take a man who has Tn one way or another overtaxed his system until it is in a state of abject debility, the brain sluggish, all ambition gone, and an ever-present teeling of despondency, a disposition to give up the fight. “In that case the electric force has been reduced and there we have the cause of the aebility. Now, replace that force and you have a rejuvenated man, as good as ever. “1f thess scientific men would Jo more Investigating along paths that I have already well worn, they would find more evidence to back their theory that ‘Blectricity is Life’ in one day than they will get out of the carcass of a frog in ten years. I prove it by results upon human beings whom T have cured. and I have over 50,000 of them already shouting the praises of my belts. Let the scientist take my patients as examples, and they will be convinced of the wonderful power of electricity. “If it were not for the prejudice, due to the great num- ber of fakes In the land, I would not he able to handle the business that would come to me. The ‘Free Beit' fraud and the ‘Free Drug’ scheme, which are not free at al bave made every ome skeptical, but I know that I ha a good thing, and I'll bammer away untll every one kiows it.”" ‘Béfore Teaving, the doetsr Informed me a been a student of this subject for.twenty-two ¥ and bad never seen a case where his electric belt was properly applied without grand results. He stated that he would be glad to give a free test of its powers to anyone who would el uvon him. or te those who would write to pr. M. C."McLeughlin, %6 Market streef, above ¥Eilis, There were dozens of letters from prominent men, Whose |San Francisco, Cal, he would send free his beautifully names, 1t Dr. McLaughlin was permitted to publish them. would be suffiicient guarantee of the genuineness of his llustrated book, with prices of his appliances and othes valuable information.