People's Pilot, Volume 6, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1896 — TO SUBMIT TO TESTS. [ARTICLE]

TO SUBMIT TO TESTS.

»r. Powell, Who Says He Has a Cure All, to Have a Sanitarium For His Theory. Dr. Thomas Powell, who confidently believes that he has made discoveries in medicine whereby the whole science and practice of that profession will be revolutionised, has left Columbia, Mo., for Los Angeles, where he goes at the solicitation and expense of Chicago capitalists and scientists who are going to install the dootor in a sanitarium and give his theory a praotioal test Dr. Powell is exceedingly retioent in regard to his disoovery and absolutely refuses to disclose the nature of the remedy, exoept to say that It is physiological and constitutional in character. He further states that he has explained its character to a few medical scholars, who agree with him in saying it is entirely praotioal. The preparation will immune from all dread diseases and is either in fluid or solid form. Contrary to general belief, it is not a serum. Dr. Powell is a man about 60 years of age, being slight of stature and remarkably active for one of bis years. He says he feels as young as he did 40 years ago. After gradnating from the New York Medical oollege he oame west to practice his profession, but all the while keeping np his studies. He located in Paola, Kan., and from there he went to Springfield, Mo., where he enjoyed an excellent praotioe and acquired a. small fortune. After studying for 18 years he began to investigate along the lines upon whioh his discovery was made. He became so engrossed in his investigations that he abandoned his praotioe, and for the last 10 years he has done comparatively nothing but work on his theory. He spent all his fortune, and at last he settled in Columbia to get the advantage of the medical library of the state university. With his fortune gone and nothing left but a set of watch repairing tools he went into the business of repairing watches and olooks, all the while keeping np his work of scientific research. It is said that he has gone four days without sleep.—St. Louis Post-Dis-patch.