Salt Lake Tribune | 1905-08-27 | Page 17 | Doctor of the Czar is Dead

DOCTOR OF THE CZAR LS DEAD Itemarkablo Cures Attributed to Healer Heal-er Who Practiced on Emperor. PARIS, Aug. 26. Philippe Landard.. known as the doctpr of the Czar, ls dend at St. Jullon I'Arbrenlc In hip natlvo department de-partment of tho Phono. Extraordinary things are relatod of Landnrd's power -of touoh nnd his ability to cure by suggestion Ho began llfo at Lyons as a butcher's assistant and delivery de-livery man. Having a deslro to become a doctor, Philippe managed to attend lectures at the Lyons school of medicine, but his poverty and his peculiar calling wero against him. It Is said that the professors also resented his healing practices, which began n tho hospital whore he was admitted as 'a resident student Phlllppo was expelled from the hospital and tho faculty, never being able to obtain a medical degree Fame as a Healer. . He called himself a chemist and began to travel. Ills farre ns a healer soon reached the jars of some of tho Russian Grand Dukes, and ho was Invited to St. Petersburg. There, It Is affirmed ho was patronized particularly by tho Czar and Czarina. To tho latter he predicted that she would have a son. It Is said that the Czar tried hard to get a medical degree for tho healer from tho Paris faculty, but failed. Philippe married a wealthy woman whom he had cured. Regarded as a Quack. By somo he was regarded as u quack, and his success at tho Russian court caused him to be bracketed with Cag llostro for Impudence, audacity and Intrigue. In-trigue. Two persons In Parlts have, how-over, how-over, testified to his remarkable curative power. Ono Is Dr. Encaussc and tho other ls M. Serge Basset, dramatist ami writer on theatrical matters for the Figaro. Dr. Eneaussc distinctly states that he saw Phlllppo cure a child afflicted with tubercular meningitis. The healer looked at tho child, and then asked all of tho persons present to give their word of honor that thoy would not say anything evil of the absent for two days This extraordinary request was complied with, and the child recovered ns If by enchantment. Dr Encausae adds that ho himself took tho cnHd home by the hand, quite recovered, and ablo to walk well. M. Sergo Basset assorts that Philippe cured Instantaneously his son. who had been given up as hopeless by the doctoro.