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Newspaper
Moline Review
Location
Moline, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1879
Page
3
G Kraok testifies after two months under Walter Connaughton MD Surgeon-in-Chief at Davenport Medical Institute for catarrh with deafness and dizziness. He praises the New System of Practice as superior to general treatment and says he is now well and willing to be questioned in person.
A letter from S. B. Stoddard, former Rock Inland supervisor and current director of the People National Bank, praises a doctor’s New System for catarrh and lung diseases. He reports suffering three years and credits passive success to the physician’s simple straightforward methods.
Reverend J Hart of Ninth Street Methodist Church in Rock Island reports with gratitude that a single application of the common sense treatment relieved his twelve year catarrh. He notes improved hearing and nasal drainage and offers strong recommendation to others afflicted.
J H Whitaker of Davenport Iowa writes from Bay to Dr P W Consarenton-TI praising a ten day catarrh treatment. He says he suffered long, tried eminent western physicians and improved rapidly, offering to vouch for the doctor’s skill to any doubters.
Dr Conxatawroxn-I suffered cna tarrh since 1876 and grew worse until trying a self-proclaimed cure. The Davenport general delivery clerk, C. F. Klenze, reports relief after a few days of the new treatment, praising it as mild and pleasant and expressing general satisfaction with the method.
From Moses Robbs in Davenport Iowa dated September 30 1874 a client named M HOMBS writes that after three years of throat catarrh and failing to improve with various remedies and doctors he found instant relief from Connat Auton s superior method and recommends it to others with respect
A Davenport Iowa mother says her daughter Elwine with partial paralysis recovered completely in two weeks after treatment by Dr Connaughton. She urges others to seek his care to save time and money and provides her Davenport address 11386 West Second Street.
Captain Lon Bryson reports a patient of the Davenport Medical Institute improved after three months of treatment for catarrh. The letter praises the doctor Dr Connaughton and notes growing business, with mentions of Davenport, Keokuk Northern Line, and local citizens.
A letter from Frank Filbert describes a German farmer near Port Byron praising Dr. P. W. Connacautraix for treating Margaret, a 23 year old daughter, since May 1879. He notes chronic catarrh and neuralgic head pains, arm deformity, and loss of hand function. After treatment she regained full arm and hand use in two weeks and her health improved markedly with no catarrh remaining. He cites prior diagnoses of consumption and inflammatory rheumatism and mentions rumors of arm amputation.
Miss Carrie Morehouse, eleven, daughter of Captain LeGrand Morehouse of Buffalo Iowa, recovered from a nine year scalp disease after seven months of treatment by Dr Connaughton. The case cites prior care from St Louis Springfield Moline and Davenport doctors as unsuccessful. A testimonial invites readers to verify the cure.
Andrew H McGee of Davenport Iowa writes with gratitude for his son’s recovery after two years of failed treatments. He credits the Institute and its physician for restoring sight, urging others with chronic eye diseases to seek their skilled care and testifying against misleading advertising.
The passage touts the impressive reputation of Dr Connaughton with hints of sending references and a plan to issue questions to medical inquirers seeking opinions. It claims the practice specializes in head throat lungs scrofula chronic disease and various surgeries and provides a contact address.
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