The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1884-02-02
HYPOCHONDRIA,
The Mysterious Element in the Mind that
ArouEes Vague Apprehensions - What
Acfnanv Cun.aaVt

The Mysterious Element in the Mind that
Arouses Vague Apprehensions = What
Actually Causes 1t.
Tho narrative below by . prominent scien-
Few people are free from the distressing evils
which hypochondria brings. They come at oil
Tunes and are fed by the very fame which they
themselves start. They are 4 dread of coming
arrangement caused by present disorder and
bring about more suicides than any other one
thing. Their first approach should be careful
ly guarded
Editors Herald:
1t Is seldom l appear in print and 1 should
not DO so now did not believe myself in pos
session OF truths, the revelation Of which will
prove OF inestimable vsiue to many who may
See these lines. Mine has been trying expe-
rience. For many years l was conscious of
want OF nerve tone. Ny mind seemed sluggish
and l felt . certain falling of in nay natural
condition OF intellectual scuteness, activity and
vlgor. presume this is the same way in which
An innumerabe number of other people feel.
who like myself are physically below par, but
like thousands Of others paid no attention to
these annoying troubles. attributing them to
overwork, and resorting to glass Of beer or
milk punch, which would for the time invigo-
rate and relieve my WEAKNESS.
After while the stimulants commenced to
disagree with my stomach, my WEAKNESS in
creased. and / WAS compelled to resort to other
ing he invariably calls another physician to
prescribe for him, as he cannot see himself as
he sees others; so called physician and he
ADVISED me to try a little chemical food or 8
bottle OF hypophates. I took two or
three bottles OF the chemical food with no
apparent benefit. Ny lsssitude and indisposl-
ton seemed TO increase, my food distressed
me. suffered from neuralgia pains in differ
ent parts Of my body, my muscles became
sore, my bowels were constipated and my
prospects for recovery were not very fatter-
ing. i stated my case to another physician and
he advised me te take five to ten drops of
Magendes solution Of morphine, two or tbre3
times day, for the weakness and distress in
my stomach, and a blue pill avery other night
to relieve the constipation. The morphine
produced such deathly nausea that 1 could
not take it, and the blue pill failed to relieve
my constipation.
In this condition | passed nearly year.
wholly unfit for business, while the effort to
think was rksome and painful. My blood be-
came impoverished. and I suffered from in
capacity with an appalling sense Of misery and
general apprehension OF coming evil. / passed
sieepless nights and was troubled with Irregu-
lar action of the heart, a constantly feverish
condition and the most eIcruciating tortures
in my stomach, living for days ON rice water
and cruel, and, indeed, the digestive functions
seemed to be entirely destroyed.
1t was natural that while in this condition
suggestions Of self-destruction occasionally
presented themselves. / experienced an in
satlable desire for sleep, but on retiring would
lie awake for long time tormented with
troubled reflections, and when at last did fall
into an uneasy slumber of short duration, it
was disturbed by horrid dreams. In this con-
dition determined to take trip to Europe,
but in spite of all the attentions OF physicians
and change OF scene and climate, did not I'M
prove and so returned home with no earthly
hope OF Ger again being able to leave the
house.
Among the numerous friends that called on
me was one who had been afflicted somewhat
similarly to myself, but who had been restored
to perfect health. Upon his earnest Iecommen-
dation l began the same treatment he had en-
ployed but with little hope of being benefited
At first experienced little, if any, relief, e1-
cept that it did not distress my stomach as
other remedies or even food had DONE l con-
nued its use, however, and after the third
bottle could see 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 wei, moth
ing dlstresses me that 1 eat I go from day to
day without feeling of WEAKNESS or pain, in
deed am well maD, and wholly through the
influence of Fl. H. Warner d Co.'S Tippecanoe
consider this remedy as taking the highest
possible rank in the treatment of all diseases
marked by debility. loss of appetite,
and digestive disorders. 1t is overwhelm-
ingly superior to the tonics, bitters,
and dyspepsia cures of the day, and is certain
to be SO acknowledged by the public universally.
Thousands Of people to-day are going to pre-
mature graves with these serious diseases, that
l have above described, and to ell such l would
say: ''Do not let your good judgment BIO gov
eIned by your prejudices, but give the above
named remedy fair and patient trial, and l
believe you will not only be rewarded by per-
feet restoration to health, but you will also be
convinced that the medical profession does not
possess all the knowledge there is embraced in
medical science. A. G. RICHARDS, NJ ID.
468 fremont Street, Boston. Mass.