The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-01-11
HYPOCHONDRIA

The narrative below by q prominent
scientist touches subject of universal i'm.
rortance. Few people ale free from the
tg;etrossinp evils which hypOchondris.
bTinrs. They come at all times and are
led by the very flame which they them
aolyps start. They are a dread OF coming
arrangement caused by present disorder
and bring ab )ut mere suicides than any
other one thing. Their first approach
should be carefully guarded.
Editors Herald: 1t ia seldom
7 appear in print and | should
rot do SO now did l not believe
myself in possession OF truths. the reve-
hijon Of which will prove OF inestimable
value to many who may see these lines.
Mipe has been a trying experience.
Fer Many years / was conscious of a want
If nerve tone. Ny mind seemed slug
gish and ! felt a certain telling off in my
natural condition OF intellectual acute
ness. activity and vi2or. | presume this
10 the same way in which an innumer-
able number Of other people feet, who
ike myself arc physically 5a!G% Gsar,
but like thousands of others | paid no
attention to these annoying troubles, at
Sib1ting them to Overwork, and resort
ing to a glass OF beer or a milk punch,
which would for the time ~invigorate and
relieve my WEAKNESS. .
After awhile the stimulants COM
.nenCed to disagree with my stomach,
nv weariness increased, and | was com-
nellpd to resort to other means to find
relief. fla physician is suffering he in
variabiy calls another physician TO pre-
scribe for him, as he cannot see himself
AZ he sees others; SO | called q physician
and he advised me to try a little Chemi-
cal food, or a bottle of hypophosphates.
took two or three bottles of the cheni-
cal food, with no apparent benefit. My
lassitndC and indisposition seemed to in
crease, my food distressed me. Isutter-
ed from neuralgia pains i n different
payts of my body, nay muscles became
sore, my bowels were Constipated, and
my prospects for recovery were not
very catering. | stated my case to
another physician, and he advised me
to take five to ten drops Of Magende's
solution O~fmorphine, two or three times
aday, for the weakness and distress in
mv stomach, and q blue pill every other
night TO relieve the constipation. The
morphine produced such o deathly nau-
sea that I could not take it, aud the blue
Dill failed to relieve my constipation,
In this condition / passed nearly a year
wholly unfit for business, while the eff
fort to think was irKsome and painful.
NY blood became impoverished, and [
suffered from incapaCity with an appsl"
ING sense of misery and general appre-
hensiOu of coming evil. / passed sleep
less nights and was troubled with irreg-
ulgr action Of the heart, q constantly fe-
verish condition and the most eXcruCia-
ting turtures in my stomach, living for
days on rice water and Cruel, and, in
deed, the digestive functions seemed TO
be entirely destroyed.
Is was natural that while in this on
dition / should become hypochondrtcal
and fearful suggestions of seifdestruction
occasionally presented themselves. | eX-
perienced an unsuitable desire for sleep,
but on retiring would lie awake for q
long time tormented with troubled re-
feCti0ns, and when at last / did fall into
an uneasy siumber of short duration, 1t
was disturbed by horrid dreams. In this
condition | determined 70 take a trip to
Europe, but in spite Of all the attentions
of physicians and change of scene and
climate, / did not improve and SO re-
Turned home with no earthly hope ofev-
er again being alb 0 to leave the house.
Among the nu nervous friends that
called on me was one who had been af-
fIcted somewhat similarly to myself, but
who had been restored to perfect health.
Upon his earnest recommendation l be-
gan the same treatment he had en-
ployed but with little hope 0 fbeing ben
Gifted. At first | experienced little, II
any, relief, except thu it did not dis
tress my stomach as other remedies or
even food had done, / continued its
use, however, and after the third bottle
could see a marked change for the bet
ter, and now after the fifteenth bottle /
am happy to state that ! am again able
to attend to my professional duties. l
sleep well, nothing distresses me that l
eat, | 90 from day to day without a feel
iRg pf WEAKNESS or pain, indeed l am a
we'll man, and wholly through the iniu-
nce Of III. Ill. Warner IL Co.'S Tlppeca-
noe. | consider this remedy as taking
the highest possible rank in
the treatment OF all diseases
marked by debility, loss ofappetite. and
all other symptoms Of stomach and di-
~sestive disorders. II is overwhelmingly
superior to the tonics, bitters, and dys-
pepsia cures OF the day, and is certan 70
be SC. acknowledged by the public uni
versally. Thousands of people to day
are going to premature graves with these
serious diseases, that | have above des-
cribed, and to all such | would say
do not let your good judgment be gov
erned by your p%reiudices, but give the
above named remedy a fair and patient
trial, and / believe you will not only be
rewarded by q perfect restoration to
health, but you will also be convinced
that the medical profession does not pos.
eess all the knowledge there IS embraced
IN medical science
A. CT. RICHARDS, M. D.,