Page 5 Advertisements Column 5

Press, Volume L, Issue 14986, 5 June 1914, Page 5

Press Reports. j Ihe Yeede* Specialist* in the last f«w i re»»s i»ve eivea demon«tr»tiona all over the werid. A«Song eth«r«, they W e=? » £» moaths •Cβ in. AdeUid*. Iα rcporUni ihi* deaionstratioa the "Adelaide Mail' ol January 17 wrote as loilowa:— , •' A l«»"e number of *&& wid men »nd women ascended th« pia,tform, jom» of whom bad to *>• a ? d tot there feebly with th« aid of iticks. SwW» llield np anna ia plaintive fashion,, and quit* c nnmUr exhibited bandages upon their ivriets. One white-beard, hobbled'along the , Qlatfora, *«»i»t«I by * oeraple of »Uclii. TH» Srst caee was that of an aged man of Glea Osmoiid, who had been suffering, for nin* \ yeais from Scittice. A rbeamatic p*t* nt for three months wee »l*o brousm tim. The lattei 1 could not raiie Jus »rm. more tbea a few inches. A. num with Rh«umatio Gout in the hand, who could not ctoae his fiat, completed the first trio. .■■' Profesnor Wright, * niuso, aad ,ta atUndant then e»t the machines to work. '■~•;' .;..;■'■;■ ■ ■.-• "The three men eubmitUd qructly Jo tht eperatioM of the machine for over five minntee, taking th» whole matter with that jsriousnees which the fame of the A cede* ' merited. The eld jtmUeman who could art raise hie hand was then able to iaiso it up to his bead, and the m%n with Bheunutic Gout could open aad shut hie h»nd without, trouble at all. The crowd loudly applauded s* the" patient* demonstrated what goo* •ffecte had been achieved. The old man who harbaored Sciatic* for nine y«ar» walked about the etaffe without tticke, and bowert his acknowledcmentj to the crowd. Profeeaor !\\ right tfcon. tried a sciatic patient oi 1!j reore" standing, «nd another p»*ient who eutfered from Rheumatic Gout. The latter was ' » bad case.' He had had 20 years of it, antt the chairman pointed out that perhaps it would be difficult to treat the case. Thty would de their best. Meantime, operation* were suspended while a man deaf in the left ear wan spoken to, and obviously, could not bear what was being said. The nurse applied the vibrator to his ear vigdroeilr, operations' were resumed on the other two, and the crowd, by this time vary deeply | interented, watched the procees very closely | indeed. The sciatic patient, whose record of t in'waK 18 years, tofiu ibowfKl nnp-wfnif n —. »nd dclifrhted the audience by .vigorously waving hi* arms. Prior to the application of the machine he could hardly move them ■t all. They then sot to'work, on lie .legs. The deaf man then claimed attention again, and could hear much better whan -question* Iwre put -to him. The Sciftjic* man (18 ■ycam' stanaing) did a semi-tango and informed the audience that ho had udtwalkca like that for five years. The.» years' cafee mwx said he waa very satisfied indeed with the .result of the treatment. •■ A prominent manufacturer (sciatira for five vcars). and mother half-deaf wan, and a sufferer from Rheumatism on the knee tee three years were the next ■ trio. -The machines were set in motion again, while, ama-zed at the evident results achieved, the M.-k end th- halt h?W*d ur> t> .*»>« nlatform from all parts of th» crowded building. "At this eta«o our repre?cntatjve wm com- ' pelled to leave the intereatiriff eceno, ac H V7ns impoOTible to deal with more ca*e» h»fote eoing to pree*."—Extract " Adelaide i Mail," Saturday, January 17, 131*.