St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-02-09
#FYPOCHUNDRIA.
The Mysterious Element in tho Mind That
Arouses Vague OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Actually Causes 1t.

The narrative below bya prominent SCI
enlist touches subject of universal inn
portance. Few people are free from tho
distressing evils which hypochondria
brinss. They come at all times and are
fed by the very fsme which th-y them
selves start. They are a dread of coming
arrangement caused by present disorder
and bring abous more suicides than any
other one thing. Their first approach
should be carefully guarded.
Editors Herald:
IL is seldom l appear in print and I
should not do so now did not Geiieve my
self in pos sion OF truths, tce revelation
OF which vii prove of incstim L. vslda
to many wao may Sc, these llns AIne
has Gcel u irJing experience. For many
years | was conscious # a want OF nerve
tone. My mind seemed slua g.sh and fe.t
a certain falling off II my natu al eondi-
ton of intellectual acuteness, activity and
yisor. presume this Is the same way in
which an inaumerable number of other
people feel, w.ia Ike myself arr physically
below par, but Ike thousands OF etIers l
paid no attention to these annoying trou-
bles, tiibutng them to overwors, and re-
sorting to Slass of beer or III lk punch,
which would Tor tls time inyIgorate and
relieve Gly WEAKNESS.
After awhile the stimulants commenced
to disagree with my stomach, my weari-
NESS increased, and l was compelled to
resort to other means to find reiiet. II
physician is.suiferins h. invariably calls
anotCer physician to prescribe Tor lin, as
he can not see himself as he sees others; SO
l called a physician ami he adyis ID me to
try little chemical food, CT Il bottle OF
hyp1plosphates. took two or t.srac bot
ties of the chemical fcoi VITA Eo apparent
benefit. My lassltude aud indisposition
seemed to increase; my food dis ressad
me- l suffered from nenralgic pains in
different parts of my body, my mu scles
became sore, my bowels We're ems ipaset,
and my prospects for recovery were not
very hattering. / staed M case to
another physician, anu he advised me to
take live 10 ten drops of Magenda's solu-
ton of morphine, two or three times day,
Tor the weakness and distress in my
stomach, anu Il blue pill every other night
To relieve tie cons; ipat Jon. The morphine
proiuced suca deathiy nausea that |
could not take it, ami the Llue pill failed
to relieve my cons ipatlon.
In this condition passed nearly year,
wholly uhfit for business, willie the effort
to think was irksom. AID painful. My
blood became inpoveri he'd, AMI l suffered
from lncapacity with an appalling sense Of
misery and gene. al apprehension of conn
ing evil. passed sleepIess nights and was
troubled with irregular. action of the heart,
most excruciatihg fortunes in my stomach,
living for days Gu rice water and gruel,
and, indeed, the digestive functions seemed
to be entirely destroyed.
II was natural at while in this condi.
tion saouli become hypochendrical and
fearful suggestions of setf-il struction oc-
casioaaliy presented them elves. l tx
perlsnced an insa liable desire Tor sleep,
but on retiring would lie awake for Iong
time tormented with troubled reflections,
and when at last did fall into an uneasy
siumber of saort duration, it was disturbed
by horrid dreams. In this con iition de-
termined to take a trip to Eu.op-, but in
spite OF all the attentions o. physicians and
change OF scene and climate, did not inn
prove and so retui ne home with no earth.
ly hore OF ever again being able to leave
the house.
Among the numerous friends that called
on me was one VINO had been afflicted
somewhat similarly to myself, but who
had been res ored to perfect health. Upon
his earnest Recommendation / began tho
same treatment he had employed but with
little hope of bein. ben fitei. At first
experienced lite, if any, relief, except
that 1T did not distress my stomach as
other remedies or even food had done.
continued its use, however, and after the
third bottle could see marked change
for tie better, and now after the fifteenth
bottle am happy to state that am again
able TO attend To my professional duties.
sleep well, nothing distresses me that /
eat, go from day 10 tay without feeling
of WEAKNESS or paia, indeed | am well
man, AM wholly through the influence of
II. II. Warner & Co.'S 1ippscanoe. l con.
slider this remedy as taxing the highest
possible rank IL the treatment of ali dis
eases marked by debility, loss of appetite,
and all other symptoms Of stomach and
digestive disorders. 1t is overwhelmingly
SuneriDr In tire tonics hitfers and lvSpen-
STA cures of the day, and is certain TO DO
so acknowledged by the public universally.
Thousands of people to-day n going to
premature graves with these serious dis.
eases, that l nave above described, and to
all such | would say: ..Do no. let your
good judgment be governed by your preju-
dices, but give the above named remedy
a fair and patient trial, and believe you
will not only be rewarded by perfect
restoration to health, but you will also tie
convinced that the medical profession
does not possess all the knowledge there is
embraced in medical science"
A. G. RICHARDS, NJ. D.,
46S fremont street, Boston, Mass.