Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 April 1890 — “Seven Weeks.” [ARTICLE]

“Seven Weeks.”

One of Lord Bacon’s parliamentary anecdotes, though three hundred years old, may be quoted with effect in these days when legislative bodies sit long and do little. Mr. Popham, Speaker of the House of Commons, had one day an audience with Queen Elizabeth. “Now, Mr. Spe ker," said the Queen, “what has passed in the lower bouse?” “Seven weeks, if it please your Majesty,” answered tte Speaker.

[From the St. Louis Bulletin.] St. Louis, Mo.. Feb. 36.1887. Dr. A. Owen is the most successful inventor and 'manufacturer in the country of electrical appliances lor the cure of acute, chronic, and nervous diseases. They have received the unqualffle l indorsement of physicians of high standing, as well as thousands of sufferers who have been cured by thpm. The following indorsement, for instance, is absolu’ely convincin r. und the writer is professor of the theory and practice of medicine in tjie Americau College of St Louis: St. Louis,Mo.. June 10. 1886. I take pleasure in stating that I have examined and tested Dr. Owen’s ElectroGalvanic Belt and Applianco, and do not hesitate to say that it is the most practical and efficient of all the galviinic belts I have used in myp aetice. It is a verv useful device, and whenever electric belts or shields can be of any benefit, this will more than take the place of anything of the kind I have ever seen. George C. Pitzer, M. D„ Tro essor of the Theory and Practice of Medicine in the American College. St Louis; Clinical Lecturer at the City Hospital. St Louis; Editor of the American Medical Journal: Author of “Electricity in Medicine and Surgery." and Author of “Direct Medication.” See their advt in this paper.