St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-03-01
FYPOCHONDRIA.
Tho Mysterious Element In tho Mind Ths4
Arouses Vague Apprehensions-What
Actually Causes It.

Inc narrative oeiow bya prominent sci
enlist touches a subject of universal i'm.
portance. Few people are free from the
distressing evils which hypochondria
brings. They come at all times and are
fed by the very flame which th-y them.
selves start. They are dread of coming
arrangement caused by present disorder
and bring about more suicides than any
other one thing. Their first approach
should be carefully guarded.
Editors Herald:
1t IS seldom / appear in print and
should not do so now did l not uel,eve my
sell IN posse Sion OF truths. tho r..yeiatiu /
OF wnich VII prove of Ines...ti :. /. Waite.
TO many wao may see THESE lines. Minis
mas bsen tryIns experience. For many
years was CONSCIOUS OF a want of nerve
tone. My mind seemed slugg .sh aud fe. &
certain ing off II my natu al condi-
ton OF intellectual acuteEess, activity and
vlgor. presume this is the same way in
which an innuruerable number of other
people feel, wEn like mvselt are physically
below par, but ike thousands of others I
PAID no attention 10 these ANNOYING trou.
bles, attiIbutlng them to wors, aud re-
sorting To SlaSs of beer or a III * punch,
which would Tor tne time invigorate and
relieve my WEAKNESS.
Alter awhile the siimulants commenced
Co disagree with my stomach, mr. weari-
hess increased, and | was compelled to
resort to otner means TO find reiie'. II q
physician l. suffering he invariably calls
another physician to prescribe Ter Lin, as
ne can not see himself as ne sees others: so
l called physician AMI lie advised me to
try little chemical food, or bottle Of
hyp ophosphateS. l took two or t.srso bot
ties of the chemical food VITA 10 apparent
beneht. My lassltude and ind;sposition
seemed to Increase; my food us ressed
me. l suffered from neuraIeic pains in
dlferent parts OF my body. my muscles
became sore, my bowels were cons ipa.ei,
and my prospects for recovery were not
very hatterins. / stated my case to
another physician, AMI he advised me to
take live TO ten drops of Magende's solu.
ton OF morphine, two or three times day.
Tor the weakness and distress in my
stomach, anu a blue pill every other niCnt
to relieve tue cons;ipa, ION. The morphine
produced suca aeatay nausea that l
could not take it, ana the blue pill failed
to relieve my cons .ipation.
In this condition l passed nearly q wear,
wholly unfit for business, While the effort
to think was irksoma and painful, Ny
blood became impoveris he'd, and suffered
from lncapacity with an appalling sense of
misery and general apprehension of com
ing evI. passed sleepiess HigGts and was
with irregular action Of the heart.
constantly feverish condition and the
most excruciating fortunes in my stomach,
living for days On rice water and cruel,
and, indeed, the digestive functions seemed
to be entirely destroyed.
1t was natural tEat while in this condi.
ton SHOULD become hypochondrical and
fearful suggestions of SeIi-destruction oc-
presented them selves. l ex-
perlenced an insa liable desire for sleep.
but on retiring would lie awake for long
IN "a tod srE 4
and when at last did fail iuto an uneasy
'iumber of Snort duration, it was disturbed
by horrid dreams. In THIS condition dc.
ermlned to take trip to Europe, but in
spite OF all the attentions OF physicians and
mango of scene and climate, did not i'm.
'rove and so retu. ned home with no earth.
y hope OF ever again being able to leave
he house.
Among the numerous friends that called |
IN me was one VINO had been afflicted |
omewhat similarly to myself, but who |
Iad been restored to perfect health. Upon |
us earnest Recommendation ! began the |
anne treatment he had employed but with |
title hope of being ben fite.i. AT first |
experienced little, if any, relief, except |
hat it did not distress my stomach as
tner remedies or even food had done. l /
ontinue Its use, however, and after tho
hlrd DO. tie could SEES q marked change
Or the better, and now after the fifteenth
ottie am happy to state that l am again
Die TO attend TO my professional duties. I
ieep well, nothing dis.resses me that I
al, go from day tn day without a feeling
WEAKNESS or pain, indeed am a we'll
IAN, AMI wholly through the influence Of
!. II. Warner 81 Co.'S Iippscanoe. l con.
der this remedy as taxing the highest
ossibie rank i'll the treatment of ali dis.
ases marked by debility, loss of appetite,
nd all other symptoms Of stomach and
lgestive disorders. 1t is overwhelmingly
lperior to the tonics, bi;ters and dyspep.
a cures of tho day, and Is certain to DO
, acknowledged by the public universally.
of people to-day a. Q going to
graves with these serious dis.
,ses, that have above described, and to
l such | would say: do no. let your
'od Judgment be governed by your preju.
ces, but give the above nams1 remedy
lair and patient trial, and believe you
i'll not only be rewarded by perfect
storation to health, but you will also be
that the medical profession
'es not possess all the knowledge there is
nbraced in medical science"
A. &. RICHARDS, NJ. D.,
4GS fremont street, Boston, Mass.