BEAD AND CAREFULLY PRESERVE.

A NEW AND COMPLETE SYSTEM OF

MEDICAL ELECTRICITY,!
BY

DR. A. H. STEVEjSTS,
ELECTRO 1JATHIC PHYSICIAN.

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OR. STEVENS’S SYSTEM OF PRACTICE

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Involves New Principles in Physiology, a New System of Diagnosis or
Examination of Diseases, and

NEW MEANS OF CURING THEM.

Having spent much time in the study of ELECTRICITY in its various
relations as a
CURATIVE AGENT,

he is prepared to demonstrate the correctness of his practice upon

CERTAIN AND UNERRING PRINCIPLES.

OFFICE AND RESIDENCE,

2001 AllCII STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.

 ELECTROPATHY.
(FROM THE SATURDAY EVENING POST.)

A VOLUNTARY BY MRS. M. A. DENISON, A DISTINGUISHED AUTHORESS.

“ I have given you my experience, sir,” said I, feeling that all through my long
harangue the old gentleman had only been thinking up objections.
“ Yes, I know, I know, it’s just so always with specialities—they profess to cure
everything. Look in your daily papers—see what marvellous cures they announce.”
11 But this, sir, I know. I have suffered all my life with a nervous disease, prostrat*
ing me at times for weeks. Nothing has helped me—not even the yellow-fever, which
I took something against my will. Only some fifteen or twenty treatments by DR.
STEVENS have seemed to make me almost a new creature.”
“More likely faith,” said he.
“Faith had perhaps something to do with it, but ELECTRICITY more. Have I not
known a boy of fourteen go there bent and weak like an old man—so prostrated by
disease, that voice and hearing were partially lost—and that boy, since my last visit,
has gone away cured.”
“ And you know that ?”
“ To be sure I do. It is nature’s cure. We all admit that the atmosphere is full
of electricity. Every part of the visible universe is pervaded by its presence. Reason
teaches us, therefore, that it acts as a vital force in the preservation of animal life.
Hence, when this force is rightly applied to the human frame, the blood being suffi¬
ciently active to control the heart, its influence must be felt. It is clear that it is not
a mere surface influence. Although its operations may and do operate upon the sur¬
face-muscles, and tingle the nerves, if sufficient power is used, yet they penetrate
deeper than this, even to the very centre and source of life. Why should not this
force, properly applied, become a useful remedial agent ? I believe it is—and that it
ought to be received as a blessing.”
“ Why don’t we hear more about these things ?”
“ Precisely, because the doctor will not advertise.”
“And so you intend to sound the trumpet for him.”
“ As far and as loud as I can. Not so much for Doctor Stevens as for suffering
humanity at large. I know him to be calm, experienced and judicious. I have seen
cases of aggravated disease, cured by his method. I know there are many, living
sedentary lives, as I do, who would be thankful if the boon of health could be found,
without being under obligation to take continuous draughts of medicine. I know the
public will have confidence in what I say. I never used my pen before, to my know¬
ledge, to bring any system of cure before the public ; but I want SUFFERING WOMEN
to know that this method does cure even diseases of life-long standing. Your rheuma¬
tism would yield, I am sure, and your poor daughter’s cough, for which, she told me
once, she had taken seven gallons of cod-liver oil, might be cured. A friend of mine
went there for hemorrhage of the lungs. The doctor gave her but little hope, but the
hemorrhage has ceased, the cough has gone, and it will be a cure.”
The old man grew thoughtful as I talked. At last he said.
11 I’ll take a card, anyhow.”
I gave him one, “Dr. STEVENS, ELECTROPATHIC PHYSICIAN, 2001 Arch
Street.” That was some weeks ago. Yesterday I met him. He smiled in his queer
old way.
“ Did he help you ?”
“ Well, I do’no. I aint slept a whole night before for ten years, but I must say,
that for a fortnight back, I’ve had good, refreshing slumber. I rather think the Elec¬
tricity has done it.”
Of course it had. It helps in almost every case. MARY A. DENISON.
Philadelphia.
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A FEW INTRODUCTORY REMARKS

TO ALL CANDID READERS.

Is a public representation of one’s self before the world, setting forth a new phi¬
losophy, or new principles in science, and especially upon such an important subject
as that of Electricity in general, we are fully aware of assuming no -small responsi¬
bility ; and more especially are we impressed with that idea when viewing the fact
as connected with the happiness and life of man, contrasted with his suffering and
death.
For more than ten years Dk. Stevens has made Electricity a specific remedy, and
nearly eight years since established himself as an Electrician in Philadelphia, and in
all that time he has made but little effort, publicly, to advocate his principles. The
application of Electricity, in a scientific manner, for the cure of disease, is a mystery
to many. Still there are not a few who are ready to testify to its beneficial effects
upon themselves or their immediate friends, in curing their diseases, heretofore con¬
sidered incurable. And we claim no other agent or influence in the performance of
these cures but Electricity, so applied as to meet exactly all cases according to their
particular temperament and condition. 'Fhe time, therefore, for the issue of some¬
thing on this subject has already come. And that class of the community who are
not at rest with present attainments in science, are already calling for light. Many
are unsatisfied with thus feeling their way in the dark. Consequently we are almost
daily interrogated as to why we do not, in some way, scatter our light more, and not
keep it thus hid under a bushel ; adding that they and others would have attended
to it long before, had they known what they now do with regard to the principles of
Electrical law and science, as well as where those principles were properly understood
and judiciously administered as a curative agent. Another prominent obstacle opera¬
ting to a great extent against us is, that many think and believe they know all about
Electrical Science,—even those who have had great advantages, and really ought to
know.
“ Electricity I” say they, “Oh, that is nothing new ! There is nothing in that worth
our present study and investigation. I have a battery, and apply it sometimes.”
These, and many similar ejaculations, we hear from those who evidently show that
they know nothing about the principle beyond its existence. Ask them how Elec¬
tricity operates upon the telegraphic wire so as to convey ideas, which is only one of
its first principles, and they cannot tell you. This being the case, as we have seen in
hundreds of instances, from men of science and even high attainments on other sub¬
jects, and who are looked up to as teachers, what can we expect but gross ignorance
on the part of the people in general ? We cannot wonder that some, with but the few
glimmerings their eyes already behold, should be calling at the top of their voice for
MORE LIGHT.
This we shall endeavor to give in the few pages devoted to this small work. First,
by defining briefly what Electricity is. Secondly, define a few of its first grand prin-
ciples. Thirdly, how it operates in nature, animate and inanimate,—to throw it out
of balance, as well as to restore that balance or equilibrium again. Fourthly, how,
from nature also, it operates upon the human system to throw it out of balance, and
bring on different conditions of disease, which are, in other words, disease itself.
Fifthly, show how reasonable, then, that we should use this agent, which the God of
nature has given us so abundantly, upon the human system, not only to detect this
lack of balance, but to restore, and bring into perfect equilibrium this vital principle,
which is health. Sixthly, show why all reasonable persons should give their prefer¬
ence to the use of this one natural and direct agent to restore this wonted equilibrium,
rather than the circuitous and unnatural one in the form of Medicine, either internal
or external. And lastly, but not least in importance, ("as the evidence in the principles
is the most convincing), introduce a few certificates and other evidence from the many
cured, and voluntarily given by those of highest respectability in this city and else¬
where, some of which are from unprejudiced medical men, who have either been par¬
ticularly benefited themselves, or have witnessed the benefit upon others.
We find, then, in the first place, that Electricity is a universal agent, permeating
every substance and every atom of that substance, whether fluid or solid. The sun,
that great luminary in the heavens, the center of our solar system, is the source of
all Electricity, and is continually distributing a proper quantity to all the different
planets under his control : first, to give them motive power for the performance of
their different circuits, and secondly to vivify or give life to everything belonging to
their surface. Further, we affirm that Electricity is also light, as well as heat,—heat
first, however, and light as an emanation or result of that which is the reality. By
producing heat through friction upon the little match or percussion cap, in passing it
briskly over a rough surface, and allowing it to come in contact with a very combus¬
tible substance, as powder or phosphorus, fire is the result. This is but a simple pro¬
cess, which every one understands. Electricity is not only light and heat, or caloric,
but also magnetism, galvanism., or ner'co-vi*al fluid, alike, both in the vegetable and
animal kingdoms, originating in all cases f-om its source and center, the sun.
How beautifully, then, does it commend itself to be the life-giving principle to the
world, beholding as we do, in the opening of spring, everything waking into life from
the long sleep of winter, caused by the apparent absence of this welcome messenger!
Thus we see the earth not only turning upon its axis so accurately every twenty-four
hours, and also swinging in its orbit around this great electric center every year, by
the positive and negative forces of Electricity, and performing such gigantic work,
but we see the myriads of tiny insects, as also the little seeds long buried in the cold
earth, all showing signs of animal and vegetable life by one and the same agent.
Electricity, then, without doubt, ^s the great source of life to the world of matter, to
the animal and vegetable kingdoms, causing all the multifarious changes visible to
our senses.
Thus we behold that Electricity, coming as it does from the sun in the heavens,
acts in concert with nature in producing life and vitality out of that which before was
all cheerless and dead apparently, and thus causing even all nature herself to look so
beautifully as well as move so harmoniousty ; but it also acts just as readily in the
opposite direction, in producing disturbance by throwing the elements out of balance,
as is seen oftentimes by the gathering of the dark and portentous storm-cloud, when
the muttering thunder in the distance gives the warning that the elements are again
out of balance. The hurricane sweeps along with such velocity as almost to lay
prostrate everything before it in its haste to restore the necessary equilibrium in some
portion of the globe, where the vacuum had been produced. But now the storm is
passed. All is still again. The equilibrium is restored; and a healthy state of the
atmosphere is the result, as we have many times experienced.
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Man, in like manner, who is but an epitome of the universe, or a universe of him¬
self, is also subject to, and under the control of, this same wonderful agent, Electri¬
city ; liable, however, at all times, to he thrown out of balance through a disturbance
of this same element. Thus we see, from the effect of a bad cold, or from over-exer¬
tion, either mentally or physically, this vital principle, or the natural electrical cur¬
rents of the system, are thereby thrown out of balance, and this fluid, which is the
motive or ruling power of the system, being thus affected, acts upon the blood, that
being the next circulating medium, and controlled by Electricity. The blood accord¬
ingly acts upon the still grosser parts of the system, affecting always the weaker the
most, until we make the discovery ourselves that an enemy is in the camp, that all
is not right, that there is at least a screw loose in the engine somewhere. This is
disease already begun.
What, then, is disease ? Nothing more or less than the system out of balance
electrically, be it little or much, from the slightest cold or derangement of the sys¬
tem, until death ensues, only varying in degree. Disease, then, is a unit, and divided
into two grand divisions. The first is a plus condition, with too much Electricity, and
attended with inflammation : the second a minus, with too little vitality or electrical
action, and tending to parylysis. The thousand and one names given to disease by
the Medical Faculty arise merely from the different organs, nerves, or muscles upon
which the disease is located. It is the condition of disease particularly, and not the
organ, that is so very necessary to be understood, in order to effect a cure ; and this
we learn by Electrical Examinations upon the spine, without even the possibility of
mistake, any more than the proper magnetic needle should fail to point to the No rth
Pole, or to the point of the greatest cold.
Thus learning the exact condition and locality of the difficulty or disease, as it is
usually termed, we have only to apply the proper current to effect the balance of which
we have before spoken, which is HEALTH.
Here, then, we repeat we have the greatest possible advantage over our medical
brethren in two distinct ways in the cure of disease. First, in the examination, when
understood and performed from proper polarities ; and secondly, after a careful ex¬
amination we are fully prepared, if we have a well regulated battery, to apply the
right current in the right place to effect a balance, which is health ; and all this with
absolute certainty, without any guessing whatever. Whereas the system of examina¬
tion1 and also of treatment has ever been a system of experiment or guess-work under
the old routine of practice by Medicine. This is not merely our own assertion. We
have very many more from some of the most eminent in the medical profession.
We will only quote one or two paragraphs from a number of similar ones in our pos¬
session, from Dr. Abercrombie, Dr. John Eberlj, Bichat, one of the greatest of the
French Pathologists, Professor Jaciob Bigelow, Dr. Gregory of London, Dr. Alembert,
Dr. James Graham of London, Dr. Brown of Scotland, who studied under the famous
Dr. Cullen, Dr. L. M. Whiting, Professor Chapman, Dr. Rush, and Dr: James Thatcher,
author of the new “ American Dispensary.” We will only quote from two of them.
The first is from the late Dr. Rush, in his “Lectures in the University of Pennsyl¬
vania,” where he says : “ Dissections daily convince us of our ignorance of the seats
of disease, and cause us to blush at our own prescriptions.” “What mischief have
we done under the belief of false facts and false theories ! We have assisted in mul-
iplying diseases. We have done more. We have increased their mortality."—Robin¬
son's Lectures, p. 109. And again he says with regard to failures in the practice
“ Our want of success is owing to the two following causes : 1st. Our ignorance of the
disease. 2d. Our ignorance of a suitable remedy.”—Ibid, p. 79. Dr. L. M. Whiting
said, in a lecture at Pittsfield, Massachusetts : “ Were we to see a sportsman stand¬
ing beside a grove continually loading and discharging his gun, without aim, among
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the trees, and at the same time declaring his intention to be the destruction of a bird
whose song he heard somewhere within it, we should, without hesitation, pronounce
him Non Compos, and also a dangerous individual, and fit only for the strait-jacket
or mad house. Yet such, if we mistake not, is very much the course pursued by
many practitioners in the treatment of morbid conditions of the body by medicine.
‘ Shoot Away,' is the motto. Perchance we may hit the mark ; if not, the law is our
safeguard, and we have the satisfaction that we have done the best we could.”—R.
M. S. Journal, Vol. XIV. p. 190.
Now, as before said, we have many more similar quotations from the different cele¬
brated authors before referred to, which we might introduce here, if we had room, to
show the utter insecurity there must be in that system founded upon mere yuesswork
or experiment. The practice of such a system, when the facts or principles were
known to exist, was hardly pardonable, when there was nothing better as a substitute ;
but now, in the nineteenth century, with the apparent facts of a principle so easy, so
simple, so reliable, and so harmless, when properly administered, the results of which
have fully satisfied our most sanguine expectations, I say to continue the practice of
uch absurd principles, with the above facts so apparent, even under the decision of
common law, is, in our estimation, UNPARDONABLE. For humanity’s sake we entire¬
ly ignore such a practice ; and had we no better theory on which to base our system, we
would retire from the field at once, and trust to nature entirely for a cure. Having
made a few introductory remarks with regard to the theory of our system, we will
now introduce a few Certificates from reliable persons who have been cured of differ¬
ent diseases, as the result of the practice, which to many is the most convincing part
of our argument.
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IMPORTANT CURE OF PARALYSIS, DYSPEPSIA, AND

SICK HEADACHE IN THE SAME PERSON.
In the early part of August last, I had quite a severe attack of Diptheria, which
left me in a very weak condition, and suffering considerably from dyspepsia. My
throat continued a little sore and very weak. On the 13th of September, I discovered
a slight numbness in my hands, which continued gradually to increase. About a
week after, the same sensation commenced in my toes. Upon consulting physicians,
they told me not to be alarmed, as it would only be temporary ; they had known
similar cases to continue several months and finally recover; but that it would be
a matter of time, and I must have patience. The numbness continued to grow worse,
passing into my arms and legs as far as the elbow and knee joints, until I became
almost entirety helpless.
On the 31st of October I was induced by a friend to call on Dr. Stevens, which I
did. He pronounced my disease Paralysis, but said he felt sure he could cure me.
Although I had very little faith in his practice, I decided to try it, inasmuch as
under medical treatment I was fast approaching total paralysis.
After the third treatment I felt that I could walk with more ease ; at the fifth, I
decided to continue the treatment, as I was decidedly better, beginning to be able to
button my clothes, which I had not done for several weeks. And now, at the time of
writing, i feel myself entirely recovered, having had in all twelve treatments only. I
might add that my dyspepsia has entirely disappeared, and my digestive organs appear
to be in a better condition than they have been for years.
In conclusion, I would add two important facts that may be of use to somebody.
The first is a word of caution to others about trying the use of Electricity from un¬
skilful or inexperienced operators, or, as I first did, by trying to use it upon myself
without understanding its principles. The result was, that I not only received no
benefit, but gradually grew worse while using it improperly, whereas I soon began to
improve under the treatment by Dr. Stevens. Another important fact in my general
cure is that of sick headache, which I have had more or less frequently from my youth;
hut which has also left me almost entirely since I commenced this treatment.
J. W. LEWIS.
Chester, Delaware County, Pa.
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A PERMANENT CURE OF DYSPEPSIA OF REV. 0. W.

LANDRETH.
For several years I was given up as a confirmed Dyspeptic, which disease of course
brought with it the whole train of those bodily ailments which accompany that dis¬
tressing complaint. My life was a burden to me ; my whole nervous system seemed
completely wrecked. My mind was becoming affected, and my friends predicted for
me an early grave. The various prescriptions which l received from numerous physi¬
cians were of no more use than the paper upon which they were written. There was
scarcely a patent medicine I did not manage to swallow, no matter how obnoxious to
the taste. These only created an unhappy appetite, which caused me to eat freely,
after which to suffer more than death itself. Four years ago, through a kind Provi¬
dence, I was successful in obtaining a radical cure. I was induced by a friend to try
Electricity, which I did under the careful application of the most experienced Electri¬
cian in this city, Dr. A. H. Stevens. I was examined by him, and, though so very
far gone, yet he pronounced me curable. A few pleasant treatments were given me,
and the result was in every way satisfactory. My liver, so long dormant, was awak¬
ened and did its proper work. My blood, so long thick and stagnant, became clear
and full of life. My whole nervous system became strengthened, and in a few short
weeks I gained several pounds in weight, and continued to improve daily for a long
time after. The cure was permanent. It has now been about four years since I was
treated, and during that time I have felt like another man. My appetite has been
healthy, and I have been able to eat anything without auy uneasiness, save that
caused by eating too much. I consider that to Dr. Stevens and Electricity, under
G-od, I am iudebted for the last four years of health and happiness. To my friends,
and to all, I would say try Electricity. I am confident it will destroy the very root of
almost any aud every disease, no matter by what physician you have been pro¬
nounced incurable. Electricity, rightly applied, imparts to the whole system a fresh
impulse ami vigor, that will be as lasting and permanent as it is refreshing and
buoyant. Inmonclusion, however, I would have you remember, that very few persons
know how to use Electricity, and if administered by an inexperienced operator, the
result will be injurious, rather than beneficial. Dr. Stevens has made Electricity a
study for many years, and by his new discovery can reach the most obstinate ease.
O. W. LANDRETH,
1103 Brown Street,
N. B.—Rev. Mr. Landreth is Pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church in this city.

A VERY INTERESTING AND SUDDEN CURE OF PARA¬

LYSIS OF THE FACIAL NERVES SERIOUSLY
AFFECTING THE EYE.
For some time previous to my applying to Dr. Stevens, my left eye became useless
or worse than useless to me. I awoke one morning and found 1 could not control my
left eye at all, had no power to turn it either to the right or left, and could neither
read or write, as I saw all objects double, or two instead of one. This state of things
not only annoyed me very much, but disabled me entirely from business. I called
on the best occulist (by reputation) in our city, but received no encouragement that
he could cure me, but would try it by an operation, together with a thorough course
of medicine as a beginning process. I thought the course would, to say the least, be
very severe as well as discouraging, and concluded to consider the matter. In the
meanwhile I heard of great cures being performed by Dr. Stevens with Electricity. I
called to see him at once. He told me a very different story indeed, saying that he
thought he could not only cure me, but that he could do it in a very short time, and
that without any ope. ation, medicine or pain. I took a treatment that day, and with
only six subsequent treatments, or in less than two weeks, a perfect and permanent
cure was made. This was done some five years ago, and my eye is still all right and
well, and has been ever since. I am willing to be referred to at any time.
JAS. C. WILSON,
* Agent Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.
105 South Fifth Street, Philadelphia.
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CONSUMPTION A SPECIALTY.
We intend for the future to make consumption a specialty, and for three prominent
reasons. First, because a large majority, or about six times more die annually of this
disease than of any other. Secondly, any and all medicines fail to cure it. And
thirdly, by careful and thorough treatments with Electrical Currents, we cure from
seventy-five to eighty per cent, of consumptives, incurable by the ordinary mode, or
even by the use of Croton and Cod-liver Oils. We have many reliable certificates,
but have only room for a few.

REMARKABLE CURE OF CONSUMPTION,

AFTER SEVERAL HEMORRHAGES HAD TAKEN PLACE, ATTENDED WITH A
• SEVERE COUGH AND EXPECTORATION.

For the past two years my health had been gradually declining, and about a year
since, I had a hacking cough and occasional hemorrhage of the lungs. I applied to
several of the most skillful physicians for lung diseases, with scarcely any benefit
from them. My cough increased, and the hemorrhages became more frequent and
violent. My general system became very much reduced. I gave up business, and
my friends thought I had consumption and was beyond recovery, when, happily for
me, I was induced to apply to Dr. Stevens, and with the most gratifying results, as
in a few treatments my health was benefited and my strength very much increased.
I had no more hemorrhage, and the inflammation of my lungs was speedily removed,
so that in a few weeks I felt better than I had done for two years ; and now I consider
my health entirely restored. I would advise any and all who are afflicted with in¬
flammation of the lungs, or any kind of debility, to apply to Dr. Stevens without
delay. D. WILSON MOORE, Clayton, New Jersey.

Mr. Moore is a large glass manufacturer in the above-mentioned place. After his
cure he resumed and extended his business, which for five years he has been able to
prosecute, even to the present time, with vigor and success.

REAL CONSUMPTION, IN SECOND STAGE, PERMANENTLY

CURED.
One year ago last May, while living in Washington, I was attacked with a hemorr¬
hage of the lungs, brought on, as was then supposed, by heavy lifting, and then tak¬
ing a heavy cold, though I was not one of the very strong and healthy before that.
Soon after, a cough set in, by which I was very much reduced. I employed two of
the very best physicians in that city, who gave me a good deal of medicine, but all
to no advantage, for I still continued to run down. I remained in Washington till
about the first of April last, attending a little to business up to that time, when I was
obliged to give up entirely and return to my home in this city. On arriving here, I
was advised by my friends, who had knowledge of great cures being performed by
Electricity, as administered by Dr. Stevens, and which seemingly were almost mirac¬
ulous, having been given up as beyond cure by the use of any medicine. This seemed
new and strange to me, of course, but as a drowning man will grasp at straws without
much hesitancy, I concluded to try it. After only a few applications I found myself
improving, and in a few weeks my cough and the soreness about my chest were all
gone. My stomach and liver began to feel and act natural, appetite returned, bowels
became regular in their action, which were very constipated before, and language is
really inadequate to express my gratitude for such a kind deliverance; for I am quite
certain that without this treatment from Dr. Stevens, I would now have been in my
grave instead of being engaged in business again, in the enjoyment of health, and a
comfort to my family and friends. ISAAC H. ROCAP,
236 Dickerson Street, Philadelphia.
The above cure was made some five years ago, and I still continue well.
I. H. ROCAP.
A CURE OF CHRONIC SORE THROAT AND OTHER SERI¬
OUS MALADIES IN THE SAME FAMILY.
The following certificate from a reliable source, not only includes some remarkable
cures, but sets forth their permanency, the general fact or result of all cures by Elec¬
tricity.

My wife, for a long time, had been afflicted with internal maladies, seriously affect¬
ing the kidneys and lower organs of the body, and hearing of the great cures per¬
formed by Dr. Stevens with Electricity upon such cases, called to see him. After a
short consultation she put herself under his care. Her case was indeed a very bad
one. She can describe it in words to any one far better than I can. To our astonish¬
ment, however, she was benefited with only a few visits, and in a few weeks entirely
restored. I had a Chronic Sore Throat., which had troubled me for years, which at
times annoyed me very much, and kept-me clearing up almost continually. My wife
persuaded me also to try the doctor, which I did reluctantly, however, and with little
faith as to a permanent cure. But we experienced another happy surprise. A few
pleasant applications produced a change, and after a short time I was entirely cured,
and we both have been comparatively well ever since. Her cure was affected some
six years ago, and mine some four or more. Two or three of our children have had
severe attacks of different kinds, at various times, which medicines would not remove,
but which were cured almost immediately by Electricity, under its judicious applica¬
tion by Dr. Stevens. It seems to cleanse the blood and give tone and proper action to
the liver, stomach and other organs, almost immediately. We are willing to be re¬
ferred to by any who may wish to be benefited by the use of this new and valuable
agent, Electricity. JOHN KERSHAW,
1840 Market Street, Philadelphia.

CURE OF A SEVERE ATTACK OF CONGESTIVE PNEU¬

MONIA AND RHEUMATISM.
For many years I had been afflicted with a lame back, which,'with a slight change
in the weather, would cause me great pain, and oftentimes lay me up entirely. I
was advised to try the* new Electrical treatment by Dr. Stevens, which I did, and
experienced great relief, amounting almost to a cure. While thus taking an
occasional treatment, I was suddenly attacked with congestive pneumonia of the
lungs, resulting from a series of colds I had taken, as my business necessarily
exposes me very much to all changes of the weather. At first I paid but little atten¬
tion to it, thinking it would pass off; and not until my family and neighbors became
much alarmed, did I awake to my critical condition, and see my imminent danger.
I had taor#hope in Electricity than in anything else, although my stomach, liver,
bowels, in fact my whole system, was out of order, or clogged up, and attended with
a high fever. My tongue was thickly coated, and I had no desire to eat a morsel of
anything. In this sad state I applied to Dr. Stevens, who, on examination, found my
chest in a high state of congestion, but still thought he could throw it off; and to
the surprise of many as well as myself, in a very few treatments he did so. Soon, the
fever subsided, the liver began to act, the almost incessant cough gave way, and soon
stopped entirely. My appetite returned, so that I now eat my usual allowance again
with a zest, and digestion goes on regularly ;—all this without a particle of medicine
whatever. And had it not been for Dr. Stevens’ timely remedies, I am satisfied that
I should now have been in the grave, instead of being able to attend to business
again, and in the enjoyment of health. If any one wishes more particular infor¬
mation with regard to my case, I would be glad to see them any time at my house.
ISAAC BROWN,
No. 1510 Chestnut Street, or Stall 126 Western Market, Philadelphia.

The above cure was performed some six years ago, and I have gained in health
and vigor ever since. I. BROWN.
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HEAR THE TESTIMONY OF AN INTELLIGENT PHYSICIAN.

I hereby certify that I have been an active practitioner of medicine in the Allo¬
pathic school for more than twenty years, and very few have been more efficient in
the cure of obstinate diseases than I have. But owing, for the most part, as I believe,
to my indomitable energy and perseverance through all kinds of weather, by night as
well as by day, over the high hills and across the deep valleys, and on horseback
most of the time, my nervous system, or part of it, gave way, and I was attacked
with paraplegia, ("paralysis of the lower limbs,) which came upon me by degrees.
At first I was not much alarmed, and thought my own remedies might probably re¬
lieve me ; but after a fair trial I was forced to believe them unavailing, as I continued
to grow worse. Finally, however, as I was unwilling to give it up, I concluded to go
to head-quarters, New York or Philadelphia. I first went to New York and consulted
the fathers of our school, but found no new remedies whatever. From thence I went
to Philadelphia, and consulted the old professors in the College where I had graduated
twenty years before, and to my utter astonishment, as well as disgust and shamefaced¬
ness for their profession, and mine too, I found not the least encouragement what¬
ever. No new remedies whatever! The very, very same, and those only taught me
in my College course, and which I had already been using before I left home to no
advantage, were again, as in New York, dealt out to me. I returned home dis¬
heartened and discouraged, but not to despair, for I am not really one of that kind.
My only hope now, however, was in Electricity. As my mind had been somewhat
exercised in that direction, I at once sent for the best treatise I knew of on the sub¬
ject of treating, which was I)r. Smith’s, of New York, who also sent me a machine
with which to operate. 1 commenced its use according to the directions which ac¬
companied it, and for a time thought myself benefited, and really think I was in
some respects ; but finally was obliged to discontinue its use, as I rather feared it was
doing me an injury. Still, however, my faith in the efficacy of Electricity as a
curative agent was by no means diminished; by using it as unskillfully as I was
obliged to do from the meagre instructions given in the pamphlet, I saw and caught
hold of a principle which 1 knew must be of no small moment in the cure of any
or all diseasedjconditions ; but I confess I only saw it on the principle as “ through a
glass darkly," or as seeing men “as trees walking." Not long after this, however, I
saw a notice in the paper of Dr. A. II. Stevens, of Philadelphia, curing different
diseases, even such as mine, on a new plan entirely, in the use of Electricity. As soon
as I could make suitable arrangements to leave home, I went to Philadelphia, a dis¬
tance of some 300 miles, took up my residence in the Doctor’s family, and commenced
the treatment on his new plan. I was not a little astonished at the novelty of the
examination, but more so at the difference between his use of it and mine.
In a short time the mystery was solved why I had not already cured myself; and
in fact it was even a wonder that I had not materially and permanently injured
myself, when I came to understand the philosophy of Electrical action throughout
nature as Dr. Stevens teaches it, and which I believe to be correct, and also to under¬
stand the relative conditions of polar action, and how easily the system, even in a
healthy state, may be thrown out of balance by a wrong application of the different
currents; and results of course must be much more disastrous upon persons..dise^sed,
when the different or opposite poles of a battery are applied to them in a wrong man¬
ner, as must necessarily be in all cases when these facts and principles are not under¬
stood, as in my case and as in all others who have not made this principle a special
study. The Doctor treated me a few weeks with marked benefit, lie then told me
that, as my case was of loug standing, ("about eight years then, I believe,) it would
take some time to effect a perfect cure, and that I had better learn how to treat myself,
which I concluded to do ; and as soon as I had accomplished it I returned home, and
have been using it to advantage upon myself and others ever since, and my friends
all say that my improvement continues, as is evident from the great change in my
locomotion, notwithstanding the inconvenience I find in applying it to my own sys¬
tem. In conclusion, let me say to medical men of my own or any other school, as well
as to all others who are wedded to medicine, by no means to close your eyes to this
new science. It is something well worth your notice. Those of you who are practic¬
ing the healing art, by all means avail yourself of this new method of treating disease.
I said new— it is new indeed. There is nothing taught in the schools or colleges like
it, and there are no medical remedies in the books of any school that will touch many
chronic diseases which Electricity will readily and permanently cure; and as to acute
conditions such as we usually treat, and sometimes cure, Electricity applied from
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proper polarities will effect a cure in less than half the time, and with less than half
the expense. Remember this fact, that I am now speaking as a medical man, from
experience, from what I have actually done myself, and what I have seen Dr. Stevens
do while I was a patient and student in his institute at Philadelphia. But as my
article is already longer than I had intended, I will conclude by asking my medical
brethren to weigh this principle carefully before setting it aside as beneath your notice,
for be assured the time is coming when you will be obliged to notice it if for nothing
more than to keep pace with public opinion. The principle that the Doctor as so
successfully practicing is without a doubt founded on truth and sound philosophy, and
must prevail as sure as the march of science is onward.
Yours truly for light and truth, H. G-. SMYTHE, M. D.
Blossburg, Pa.

CURE OF NEURALGIA. AND NERVOUSNESS OF A

PHYSICIAN.
For the past six years, I have been afflicted with extreme nervous excitement or
irritability, making it quite impossible at times, for a moment even, to remain in one
position, passing many almost sleepless nights in succession, all this accompanied
with very distressing Neuralgic pains. Being myself a graduate of Medicine, in this
city, of the Allopathic system, and having practiced several years in Trenton, N. J., I
of course tried faithfully the remedies prescribed in Neuralgic Nervous cases, like my
own, but without any benefit. Hearing as I did of the many cases cured by Dr.
Stevens, I was induced to give him a trial. To my astonishment, I was entirely cured
with only three treatments, and I have continued entirely free from nervous irrita¬
bility ever since, which has been about four months. The change in my general ap¬
pearance was so great that on my returning home where I now live, many of my
friends who had been accustomed to seeing me in my former uneasy irritable state,
were so much struck with the change, that they accosted me thus: “Doctor, what
is the matter? What have you been doing to bring such a change over you ?” Of
course I was ready and pleased to tell them of the man and the means as the cause, g
S. HOTCHKISS, M. D., New Haven, Conn.

TESTIMONY OF ANOTHER PHYSICIAN, ALSO A CURE

OF EPILEPSY.
Dr. Steven's :—Much esteemed Teacher and FriendIn answer to your kind inqui¬
ries relating to my prospects and success as a medical practitioner, in Electro Thera¬
peutics, I am most happy to inform you that my suceess in treating as I have done,
the very worst forms of disease, has given me most unbounded confidence in Elec¬
tricity ; indeed I have myself been astonished at the happy results of my practice,
and am ready to assert that Electropathy as used and taught by you, is a true medi¬
cal science, and the basis of a true healing art. Being myself a practitioner of medi¬
cine when I came to you for instruction and treatment, I went with a stern and un¬
yielding necessity on my own part ; a last resort when all other specifics and appliances
had failed to cure me. And seeing as I do, the vast superiority of the one system
over the others, it therefore became me to make the truth appear. Satisfied as I am,
that whatever theory was adopted, or remedies used for disease, the process by
which health must be regained should be precisely the same as would maintain it,
and that was vital power ; and I am satisfied that the powerful drugs as usually ad¬
ministered, diminish, instead of increase vital action ; and notwithstanding there pre¬
vails an almost idolatrous regard for the drug physician, there is also much light
shining in among the people, and I am satisfied that Electricity is the true principle
by which to treat disease ; and that it will eventually take the place of all other prac¬
tice. I have at the present time a very interesting case, a gentleman from Burlington,
N. J.,' a case of Epilepsy, of twenty years standing, one that friends had lost all hope
of saving, and upon whom the most celebrated medical men about here had ex¬
hausted their skill. He came reluctantly to me, by the advice of a friend. The result
of seven weeks treatment was, that there have been no Fits, or even symptoms of
any; whereas, he had averaged one in two weeks for many years previous to his
coming to me. I trust that you may long be able to teach and send abroad physicians
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in this truly great work. Please refer at any time your students or patients to
nie, for I want to contribute my mite for the spread of this glorious reform, and
intend to go forward zealously in what I have undertaken, conscientiously feeling I
am in the right path.
Ever yours for science and truth, P. I BELLOWS, M. D.

ASTONISHING CURE OF RHEUMATISM IN A FEW

TREATMENTS.
I had been a great sufferer for many years with extreme pain in my right arm,
which, at certain times, would take me in the night, wake me out of a sound sleep,
and oblige me to put it out in the cold, or get up myself, and then, oftentimes could
get no relief no matter what I applied. Remedies of various kinds were prescribed
and tried, and some seemed to give relief for the time, hut no cure—nothing that
would last. One day Charles Howard said to me, ("as he had several times before,)
if you will only consent to go with me to Dr. Stevens, the man that cured me with
Electricity, I will warrant:! you a cure. Without any more hesitation I ttliought I
would try one more humbug anyway, and went that day and took one treatment, and
felt no better; I went again, and fancied that I did feel a little better before the time
came for nay third treatment. I continued right along, and continued also to gain,
the pain being less, and the spasms shorter in duration, until I had taken some
dozen treatments, when the pain left to return no more. It has been now some three
years or more, and I am still, to my happy surprise, all right, and have been ever
since. GL W. PERRY.

Chief Engineer Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad.

CURE OF LAME BACK, INDIGESTION, TORPID LIVER,

AND CHRONIC DIARRHCEA.
•
Dr. A. H. Stevens—It is impossible to conceive a small matter that I more cheer¬
fully do than to give you what 1 promised some six years ago I would, under certain
circumstances, namely, that if it were possible for you to cure such a case as I then
was, so as even to make me only comfortable, I wouid give you such a certificate as
would most assuredly induce others to try the same thing—Electricity—and nothing
else, as . I did.
For a number of years I had been troubled with lame back,' torpid liver, piles, dys¬
pepsia, indigestion, and occasionally diarrhoea, which, when it took hold of me, was
very severe, and seemed to baffle all common remedies. In fact, I was all broken
down ; and although a young man, I felt as though I had become old prematurely.
One day a friend said to me, “ Come, I will take you where you can get cured.” “ By
what?” said I. “Electricity,” he replied, “and by a doctor that knows how to use
it, too.” “What, by shocks?” “No,” said he, “no shocks at all.” Well, it
seemed really amusing to me to think that Electricity could cure any such com¬
plaints ; and as I am a man for sport, as well as to see and try new things, I went
with him to your office ; and when you told me you could cure me, and for a mode¬
rate sum also, I thought I would let you try anyhow, not having the least degree of
faith whatever. But to my great surprise, only a few treatments seemed to benefit
me, and it was not long before I began to feel like another man, and in a comparative¬
ly short time was entirely restored. I have no more lameness in my back, can eat
anything I choose without any uneasiness, have no more return of disturbance in my
bowels, and, in fact, am restored from an old to a young, man again ; and the best of it
all is that I continue to feel well. And more than this, I have recommended the
treatment to others who have been wise enough to try it, and with the same satisfac¬
tory results. I shall be happy to be referred to by any one desirous of having a pri¬
vate interview. May this hasty sketch be of some advantage to you and others, dear
Doctor, is the ardent wish of one whom you have greatly benefited. Yours very
CHAS. HOWARD,
January 20, 1869. Philadelphia and Baltimore Railroad Depot.
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A CASE OF IMMEDIATE RELIEF AND CURE OF CONGES¬

TION OF THE LUNGS OR PNEUMONIA.
Dr A. H. Stevens:—Dear Sir :—I am glad for your own sake and tliat of others,
to learn by the public prints that you have been enabled to return to your post of
business. Money could not express the value of your Electrical applications to me
at various times during several years past in relieving my bodily system from many
pains, and helping the man-machine to run comfortably, if it has not been lifted
entirely from the sense of infirmity. Mrs. Tayler has also been benefited far more
emphatically than myself, being at one time quickly raised from a state of great pros¬
tration and enabled to move and act with renewed vigor. At another time the
power of your Electrical application was exhibited in a surprising manner, when my
wife was suffering with a severe attack of Congestion of the Lungs ; the pain being
very acute and respiration very laborious, when but a single treatment, if I remember
right, was found sufficient to check the disease, and afford relief, and a second
brought her back to her accustomed soundness.
With the utmost gratitude for the aid we have received at various times from your
judicious application of the Healing Battery, and wishing you maybe as successful
in treating very many others,
I remain yours sincerely, W. W. TAYLER,
2041 Wallace Street, Philadelphia.
N. B.—Mr. Tayler is Pastor of the Olivet Presbyterian Church, Twenty-second and
Mount Vernon Streets. A. H. S.

SUDDEN CURE OF TYPHOID FEVER.

Dr. Stevens: Dear Friend—Thee doubtless will remember I told thee, while under
thy treatment by Electricity some three years ago, that if thee succeeded in breaking
up and finally curing a case of Typhoid Fever as bad as I then was, and in so short
a time as thee represented, it would not only be a great cure indeed, but would do
much to establish thy new system of cure in such diseases, and I would gladly give
my name certifying to the fact at any future time. This I now most cheerfully do
by adding that the attack was very sudden and very severe, and when thee told me
that Electricity would break the fever, without any medicine I could hardly think
possible. To my surprise, however, the effect was indeed wouderful. The first treat¬
ment brought profuse perspiration, which checked the fever, and, just as thee repre¬
sented, a few subsequent treatments brought an appetite, and finished up the cure, to
the great surprise of my attendants and friends, as well as to myself. I consider the
careful and proper application of Electricity just the thing for acute conditions, as I
have had the privilege of witnessing upon others of my friends since my cure was
made. ABRAM C. BROWN,
North-west corner of Eighth and Buttonwood streets, Philadelphia.

CURE OF GRAVEL.
The following short note is from the pen of Col. L. C. Judson, formerly a resident,
r^d District Attorney of this city, whom we cured of a very severe Gravel difficulty
and other weaknesses by dissolving the Calculi with a very few applications.

Dr. A. H. Stevens : Dear Sir—I deem it a duty I owe you, and those who are suffer¬
ing from disease, to state that under your treatmeut, by ELECTRICITY, for only a few
days, I found great relief from a complication of afflictions. Among them was the
GRAVEL, with which I suffered over thirty years, and for several months previous to
my first visit to your office, was obliged to use a catheter. The very first teatment
relieved me from its further use ; the second and third dissolved the gravel, and
restored the urinary functions to a healthy state. I had also suffered very much from
Piles, of which I was entirely relieved. My wife had suffered much from a throat
disease, of which she was also cured under your treatment. I am fully convinced that
Electricity, in the various new ways you apply it, is destined to effect a great revolu¬
tion in the cure of disease, and triumph over all other systems of cure now in use.
Yours truly, L. C. JUDSON.
Waterloo, N. Y.
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A VERY SUDDEN CURE OF CURVATURE OF THE SPINE

AND OF RHEUMATISM.
I hereby certify, for the benefit of humanity, as well as for the efficiency of a new
system of practice as administered by Dr. Stevens, that my little daughter Fannie,
ten years of age, had a lateral curvature in her spine of nearly two inches from a per¬
pendicular, making her rir,ht shoulder very much lower than the other ; and that the
D ctor made her spine perfectly straight in one treatment only, besides bringing the
shoulder up to its proper place, and that without any pain or unpleasant sensation
whatever, and both continue all right. MRS. RONEY.
2122 Green Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

I am well acquainted with Mrs. Roney, and have been for years; and also saw
the little girl’s spine previous to the operation by Dr. Stevens; and also afterwards,
as I went with her myself to the Doctor’s office, and know the above statement by her
mother to be correct; and that I know her mother to be a lady of truth and veracity,
and of the first respectability in your city, and fully believe she has made the above
statement from the purest motives.
For myself, I would add, to convince as well as benefit the incredulous (among
whom I was only a few days ago}, that I am a resident of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania,
and have suffered most intensely from Rheumatism in my right limb and side for a
long time. I had received no relief from the thousand and one prescriptions—no,
not even from the salt water, being here on my way home from Atlantic City. While
stopping over night in this city, (Philadelphia), a friend induced me to go and see Dr.
Stevens, who, I was told, had cured many obstinate cases. I did so, and I assure
you I received great relief from only a few applications of Electricity from him, and
without any pain. I could hardly sleep at all in bed ; now 1 can sleep all night
first rate, ami consider my cure complete. ROBERT FA1RMAN.
Pittsburg, Pa.

INTERESTING- CURE OF VERTIGO AND DYSPEPSIA IN

THE SAME PERSON.
About the middle of last December I was suddenly attacked with Vertigo : and so
great was the dizziness and swimming of my head that I could scarcely walk or sit
up alone. I employed two of the best physicians, and took their medicines for
seT’“>al weeks, ail to no purpose My head not only continued to grow worse, but my
appetite was all gone, my stomach and liver in a very bad state ; in fact, my whole
system had lost its power, and I was given up by my friends as a hopeless case under
medical treatment. At this juncture a lady friend happened in, and stated some
great cures that Dr. Stevens had performed bv Electricity, and was very anxious that
I should apply to him. My prejudices to such a novel treatment arose, but in my
extremity I consented. The Doctor’s opinion was that, he thought he might possibly
raise me. The next day I was assisted in getting to his office ; and in a few days I
had already improved so as to go alone. After only eight treatments, or in about
three weeks, I was able to resume my duties in the Mint. The dizziness was all
gone, my appetite returned, digestion became regular and natural, and only a few
succeeding treatments brought back my usual strength, so that I have been able to
continue mv usual duties, without interruption, to the present time, though sixty-
five years of asre,* I feel frank in saying that I am satisfied I owe mv life and present
health to Dr. Stevens and his timely aid, as medicines seemed not to reach my case.
Any one desiring further information than can be given in a hasty certificate, will
please call on me at the Mint on Chestnut Street, or at my residence, No. 816 Poplar
street, Philadelphia. JACOB LOWER.

*The above certificate of Mr. Lower was given six years ago, and he still continues
perfectly well. For his respectability and umimpeacbable character I am permitted
to refer to'Ex-Governor Pollock, director of the U. S. Mint, or to any of its officers,
Chestnut Street, above Thirteenth.—A. H. Stevens.
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A VERY REMARKABLE CURE OF A SPRAIN,

ALSO OF WHOOPING COUGH IN THE SAME FAMILY.

What I have witnessed with regard to the uses of Electricity as applied by Dr.
Stevens :

In July last, my sister, from Connecticut, was at my house on a visit, and while
standing upon a high fence picking some cherries, she lost her balance and fell,
striking on one foot, doubling the toes under, and nearly breaking the foot. For a
week she could only hobble about on crutches, and was scarcely a moment without
suffering extreme pain. Having tried various remedies and prescriptions to no appar¬
ent advantage, for an experiment at this crisis, we called Dr. Stevens, and in fifteen
minutes after the first 'application, the pain and swelling were in a great degree
removed. A few subsequent treatments enabled her not only to lay aside her
crutches, but performed a perfect cure. ,
Some three months after the above cure, our three children were attacked with
Whooping Cough ; our babe, about eight months old, was very sick indeed. At first
we gave her medicine, but it seemed only to aggravate the disease, so that we began
to despair of her life. In this, our great anxiety, she being our only daughter, we
thought again of Electricity ; not knowing whether it could be applied in such cases,
and to such a child. However, we presented her case to the Doctor. His reply was,
he presumed he could immediately relieve her, and to our astonishment, in ten
minutes after the first application, the phlegm was loosened, and in a measure re¬
moved from her throat, the fever checked, and a gentle perspiration broke out all
over the body. The next day she was much better; her bowels having been consti¬
pated, became loose, and she got right along, as did t£e other children. I consider
the proper application of Electricity the only reliable agent for the speedy removal
of diseased conditions. E. A. BRONSON, Geneva, N. Y.
Mr. Bronson is a Deacon of the First Presbyterian Church, and a gentlemen of high
reputation in the above place.

CURE OF RHEUMATISM.
The following letter, received some time since from Rev. J. B. Richardson, Secretary
of the American Bible Society, in Western New York, describes a remarkable cure of
Acute Rheumatism, which had become so painful as not to allow sleep for several
nights in succession, previous to the treatment.
Dr. Stevens :—Dear Sir—I am happy to certify to the essential benefit which I
experienced several months since, from the application of Electricity, under your ju¬
dicious treatment, when suffering severely from Rheumatism, the result of a badly
sprained limb, many months previous. The muscles of the limb were so contracted
that, when standing, I could scarcely extend my toes to the floor, with my leg bent at
an angle of forty-five degrees, and you know the pain was intense. Your first appli¬
cation of the Electrical Currents afforded sensible relief; in a few days the muscles
were relaxed, the paiu entirely removed, and my leg as straight as the other. I have
very great confidence in the efficiency of this remedial agent when properly employed,
though I should look for only unfortunate results in the hands of a novice, or an in¬
competent practitioner. I shall be glad to be referred to at any time, as I consider
the cure next to miraculous.
Youis truly, J. B. RICHARDSON, Geneva, N. Y.

I saw Rev. Mr. Richaftlson in the fall of 18G7, some six year3 after the cure was
perfected, and he continued perfectly well. A. H. S.
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A CHAPTER TO THE LADIES.

We readily cure all kinds of Female Weaknesses, and have many interesting
certificates in our possession ; but from want of room, together with the sensitiveness
many ladies feel in having their names thus publicly known, we shall only publish
one, whose case was so very remarkable, that she and her husband both requested
us to make the case generally known as we wished, in order to relieve as many as
possible of the multitude of sufferers like herself. Others in our possession may be
read by those calling at our office for information.

For a long time I had been afflicted with severe weakness peculiar to my sex, the
horrors of which were indescribable, and can only be really known by those who have
had the sad experience. This was increased by a severe condition known as blind
piles, which of itself was so severe that I was obliged to keep my bed for days, not
being able to sit in any position comfortably. All ordinary medical treatment afforded
no relief. In January last I was induced to send for Dr. Stevens, as I was unable to
go to him. After a short interview he said he thought he could cure me ; lie thought
he could entirely relieve me in a few weeks, by a careful, judicious application of
Electrical Currents. The piles were cured with only a few applications, and after
about a dozen treatments, or in some four or five weeks, I was cured of all my other
difficulties. Before I was treated I could hardly keep about the house, and did not
go down stairs to my meals for weeks together. Now I can trip up or down stairs in
my usual manner without inconvenience, and can walk the streets with pleasure,
which I had not done in a long time before my treatment with Electricity. It is now
several months since I stopped treatment, yet I think I have continued to gain in
strength and capacity for endurance, and I think I feel as well as I ever did in my
life. May many avail themselves of the Doctor’s skill to cure, and be as much bene¬
fited as 1 have been. MRS. AMELIA BARRETT, Geneva, New York.

The above statement by my wife is true to the letter, but the amount of suffering
which she. has endured previous to the treatment, has not, and cannot be described,
and I can hardly credit my own senses in the great change. We hope that many
similar sufferers may be profited by these plain and unvarnished truths.
PALMER BARRETT.

The Question is often asked whether these great cures are permanent, or
whether the patient relapses again in a few months, or by the changes of circum¬
stances. In reply, we say that ordinarily they not only continue well, but seem to be
really better in some respects than ever before—almost like a renewal of the consti¬
tution.
To meet these inquiries, we insert the following note from Mrs. Barrett, the lady
above mentioned, written more than a year after her cure was effected. We have
many similar ones in our possession.

Dr. Stevens:—Dear Sir—Remembering that you told me once, I believe, that

many had objections to your treatment from the fact that they had been told by their
physicians and others that a cure by Electricity was not permanent; that after dis¬
continuing the treatment, the disease would return, and the patient would relapse
into the same state again. In this particular I can only speak of myself, and can
frankly say that it has not been thus, but contrariwise, for I continued to gain even
after I stopped the treatment for several months, or until I became very well indeed.
Some six months after I stopped your treatment, I walked home from the country a
distance of five miles, with my husband and other friends, and was the least fatigued
of any of the company. It is now over a year since I took the treatment and I am
better to-day than I have been for years bgfore.
Respectfully Yours, MRS. AMELIA BARRETT.
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DISEASES CURED BY ELECTROPATHY.

Ignorance on the part of some unacquainted with the principles of Electricity as
a curative, compared with medicine, causes them to arrive at wrong conclusions on
reading over our list of curable diseases ; but if they will read carefully our introduc¬
tory remarks, they will discover that Electricity, unlike Medicine, is capable of pro¬
ducing all the changes necessary to cure any disease, when applied from proper
polarities. The following, alphabetically arranged, are among the diseases our sys
tern of practice has proved especially successful in curing.

Amaurosis. Headache, Sick, Nervous.

Aphony, loss of voice, &c. Insanity.
Asthma. Inflamed or Sore Eyes.
Ague Chills, Fever and Ague. Incontinence of Urine.
Atrophy, Nervous Consumption. Liver, Torpid State of.
Atony of the Stomach. Lungs, Hemorrhage of,Congestion, &c.
Amenorrlioea, Suppressed Menses. Lockjaw.
All Mercurial Diseases. Liver, Enlargement of.
Bites of Poisonous Insects or Animals. Leucorrhcea, Fluor Albus, Whites.
Bronchitis. Mental Depression.
Bladder, Stone or Gravel in. Muscular Contraction.
Consumption. Menstruation, Derangement in.
Chlorosis, Green Sickness. Monomania.
Concussion of Brain. Milkleg.
Contraction of Chest, Stricture, or Limbs. Numbness from injuries or otherwise.
Cholic, from different causes. Neuralgia.
Cramps or Spasms, Chronic or Acute. Nocturnal Emissions.
Congestive Diseases of all kinds. Old Sores (indolent ulcers).
Corea, St. Vitus’ Dance. Ozena, in some of its forms.
Coldness of Feet and Hands. Paraplegia.
Cancers, in certain stages. Palsy, Numb or Shaking.
Copper Colored Cuticle, or Blotches. Paralysis, in whatever part.
Catarrh. Poisoning.
Diptheria. Palpitation of the Heart.
Deformed Limbs straightened. Prostration from various causes.
Deafness from paralysis of acoustic nerve. Prolapsus Uteri, &c.
Dizziness, or Drowsiness. Prolapsus Ani, or Piles.
Dropsy. Perspiration, Excessive.
Diabetes. Perspiration, Suspended.
Diarrhoea. Pulmonary Apoplexy
Dysentery. Rush of Blood to the Head.
Dyspepsia in all its forms Rheumatism, Acute or Chronic.
Dismenorrlicea, Painful Menstruation. Restlessness.
Difficult Respiration. Swelled Tonsils.
Enlargement of Joints. Sore Throat, from any cause.
Ear- ache. Salt Rheum.
Epilepsy, Falling Sickness. Scrofula.
Fits, from different causes. Spinal Diseases, Curvature, &c.
Gastrition, Irritation of Stomach. Tumors, Ovarian, &c.
Gout. Tremens, Delirium, or at Death
Goitre, or Swelled Neck. Tetanus, or Lockjaw.
Glandular Swellings. Uterine Misplacements.
Hemiplegia. Uterine Weakness.
Hemorrhage, from different causes. Weak Eyes, &c.
Hysteria, Irritable Spine, &c. White Swellings.

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OUR BATHING- DEPARTMENT.

Water is an indispensible element in the use and proper distribution of Electricity
to all parts of the system, being always charged to a plus condition with Electri
Fluid ; and is only susceptible of an increase of Electricity when it has a large amount
of mineral substances mingled with it. In compliance with the wishes of many of
our patrons and friends, we have fitted up a bath room for the special benefit of those
who are not particularly diseased, but who desire a certain kind of Electro Chemical
Bath as a luxury, or preventive of disease, which by many is considered better than
cure. Consequently we are now prepared to give five kinds of baths, not in a hap¬
hazard manner, but from principles of scientific investigation, adapting the exact
kind o the temperament and condition of the person.

First, an Electro Magnetic Bath.

Second, “ “ Saline Bath.
Third, “ “ Alkaline Bath.
Fourth, “ “ Ascidulated Bath.
Fifth. “ Chemical Bath,

r This last embraces the minerals combined in all the others, and is best adapted to
some temperaments.
Our friends, by taking a few of the above baths, may save themselves the trouble
of leaving home and increasing the great expense of a tour to the sea shore, or
mountain top, and find themselves better off, with less fatigue and more vitality, at
the close of the hot season.
One room, especially for ladies, with a lady attendant to give all necessary assis¬
tance. The whole under the immediate supervision of the Doctor himself.

CONCLUSION.
In conclusion we would say we have many important certificates of prominent dis¬
eases cured by Electricity, which have heretofore been considered incurable, such as
St. Vitus’s Dance, Diabetes, &c_, which the space allotted us in this pamphlet will
not permit us to introduce. We would also say that we can accommodate a limited
number of patients in our family, with board and treatment, exercising all necessary
supervision over their exercise, diet, Sec., by which means they are oftentimes cured much
sooner.

ONE WORD TO THOSE DESIRING A KNOWLEDGE OF OUR PRACTICE, FOR ITS

BENEFIT UPON THEMSELVES AND OTHERS.

All such may apply at any time, to receive instruction and a thorough knowledge
of th^science, at reasonable rates.
Officeand residence 2001 Arch Street, being accessible by passenger cars from every
Railroad Depot.
Mrs. STEVENS will be in attendance to render all necessary assistance in the
treatment of ladies. Strangers may call at any hour of the day after nine o’clock
A. M.
All letters for further information or advice, accompanied with a stamp, will receive
immediate attention.
DR. A. H. STEVENS,
2001 ARCH STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA.
 FOR INFORMATION AND CONVENIENCE
We have inserted the names and residences of a few individuals who have
been cured or materially benefited by Electricity at our office, and are
willing to be referred to.
Rev. ,T. B. Richardson, Rheumatism, Geneva, New York.
Rev. Wm. Tayler, Torpid Liver, Dyspepsia, &c., 2041 Wallace St., Pliila.
Rev. Mrs. Tayler. Congestive Pneumonia, 2041 Wallace street, Philad’a.
Rev. O. W. Landreth, Dyspepsia, 1103 Brown street, Philadelphia.
Rev. Mrs. T. H. Hanna, Neuralgia. Pittsburgh, Pa.
Col. N. B. Kneass, Paralysis, 1701 Summer st., and 631 Market st. Phila.
Dr. H. G. Smythe, Paralysis, Biossburgh, Pa
Dr. S. Hotchkiss, Neuralgia and Nervousness, New Haven, Conn.
Charles Howard, Lame Back, Dyspepsia, and occasional Diarrhoea, Balti-
timore Railroad Depot.
G. W. Perry, Rheumatism, Chief Engineer, Wilmington, Del.
Jerry Smith, Dyspepsia, Assistant Superintendent Philadelphia and Bal¬
timore Railroad.
Mr. Hodgman, Dyspepsia, Wilmington, Del.
John Kershaw, Chronic Sore Throat, 1840 Market street, Philadelphia.
Mrs. J. Kershaw, Internal Weakness, 1840 Market street, Philadelphia.
Miss F. Roney, Curvature of Spine, 2122 Green street, Philadelphia.
George S. Stokes, Dyspepsia, 2023 Green street, Philadelphia.
Abram C. Brown, Typhoid Fever, N W. cor. Eighth and Buttonwood
streets, Philadelphia. \
Isaac Brown, Congestive Pneumonia, 126 Western Market, Philad’a.
Isaac II. Rocap, Pulmonary Consumption, 236 Dickerson street, Philad’a,
I). W. Moore, Pulmonary Consumption, with several Hemorrhages,
Clayton, New Jersey.
James A. Filley, Complication of Weaknesses, 1222 Market street, Phila.
Wm. D. Winter, Paralaysis, 209 South Third street, Philadelphia.
Mrs. H. G Shurtliff, Uterine Weakness, 3722 Market street, Philadelphia.
Jas. C. Wilson, Paralysis of the Muscles and Nerves of the Eye, 105 South
Fifth street, Philadelphia.
Jacob Lower, Vertigo and Dyspepsia, U. S. Mint, or 816 Poplar street,
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Hannah Lewis, Internal Weakness, N. W. corner of Twelfth and
Race streets, Philadelphia
Robert Fairman, Rheumatism, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mrs. Anna M. Griffis, Catarrh and Chronic Sore Throat, Twelfth street,
above Girard Avenue, Philadelphia.
John Rodny, Deafness and Loss of Voice and other Injuries, Montpelier,
Vermont.
Mr. and Mrs. Dales and family, for various Weaknesses, 830 Capital st.,
Philadelphia,
Mrs. Mary Kreider, Excessive Pains and Gathering in the Head, 132S
Parrish street, Philadelphia.
Mrs Wm. Carpenter, Uterine Weakness, 707 North Eighteenth st., Phila
Miss Sallie C. Glover, Dyspepsia and other Weaknesses, Woodbury, N. J.
Miss Mary Embree, Dyspepsia and other Weaknesses, Marshalton, Penna,
Mr. Joseph Harris, Rheumatism of long standing, Westfield, New Jersey.
Mrs. J. Harris, Lungs and other Weaknesses, Westfield, N. J.
Mrs. S. M. McFarland, Uterine Weakness, 16 Sheldon street, Chicago, Ill.
Mrs. Anna E. Smith, Internal Weakness, Marshallton, Pa.

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Mrs. R, T. Frailey, Internal Weakness, S. E. cor. 37th and Hamilton sts.
And many others if we had room to place them.
 REFERENCES

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We take pleasure in referring all inquirers after liealtli to the following reli- j
able individuals, who have kindly tendered us the use of their names as references, j
with regard to the essential benefit derived from the use of Electricity, for the
removal of disease, either upon themselves or some of their immediate friends or
acquaintances.

Ex-Governor Pollock. Director United States Mint, Philadelphia.

Col. N. B. Kneass, 631 Market street, or 1701 Summer street, Philadelphia.
E Wildman, M. D., 1205 Arch Street, Philadelphia.
Rev. Wm. Tayler, 2041 Wallace street, Philadelphia.
Rev. William Wilder, Bridgton, N. J.
Rev. 0. W. Landreth, 1103 Brown street, Philadelphia.
Rev. J. B. Richardson, Geneva, New York.
Rev T. H. Hanna, Pittsburg, Pa.
II. G. Smythe, M. D , Blossburg, Pennsylvania.
Joel J. Baily, 23 North Third street, Philadelphia.
S. Hotchkiss, M. D , New Haven, Connecticut.
George O Evans, 1632 North Fifteenth street, Philadelphia.
George T. Stokes, 2023 Green street, Philadelphia.
P. L. Bellows, M. D , Bernardstown, Mass.
R. S. Walton, 1024 Market street, Philadelphia.
Henry RaiguEl, 250 W. Logan Square, 14 N. Third street, Philadelphia.
M. E. Young, M. I). Williamsport, Pennsylvania.
Charles Howard, Transportation Master, Baltimore Railroad Depot.
James A. Filley, 1222 Market street, Philadelphia.
William Baker, 619 Market street, Philadelphia.
Isaac Brown, 1510 Chestnut street, and 126 Western Market, Philadelphia*.
Isaac IL. Rocap, 236 Dickerson street, Philadelphia
Samuel C. Roney, 509 Market street, or 2122 Green street, Philadelphia.
Jacob Lower, United States Mint, or 816 Poplar street, Philadelphia.
James B. Roney, 210 South Fourth street, Philadelphia.
Charles F. Noble, S. W. corner of Third and Walnut streets, Philadelphia.
J. W. Lewis, Chester, Delaware County, Pa.
Wm. W. Smedley, Frankford, Philadelphia.
Elliott Brothers, 403 Market street, Philadelphia.
John Kershaw, 1840 Market street, Philadelphia.
Thomas Lippincott, 314 Walnut street, and 920 Franklin street, Philadelphia.
James C. Wilson, 105 South Fourth street, Philadelphia.
John -Savage, Frankford Chemical Works.
Henry Stout, Mechanics National Bank, Third st., above Chestnut, Philad'a.
Abram C. Brown, North-west corner of Eighth and Buttonwood sts., Phila.
Thomas Lewis, North-west corner of Twelfth and Race sts., Philadelphia.
Washington Lowry, Western Market Restaurant.
Joseph Lea, Merchant, 128 Chestnut street, Philadelphia.
G. W. Perry, Chief Engineer Philadelphia A Baltimore IL R., Wilmington, Del.
i Stephen Rose, Merchant, Elmira, N. Y.

THOMAS SIN EX & SON, PRINTERS, 21 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET, PHILADELPHIA.