The Mineral argus., 1884-01-17
HYPoUHONDRIA.

The Mysterious Element In b Mind
That Arouses Vague Apprehensions
What Actually Causes IL.
The narrative below by a prominent
ecientist touches a subject 0 universal i'm
p~ortance. Few people are free from the
distressing evils which hypochondri6
brings. They come at all times and are
fed bv the very flame which they them
selves start. They are a dread of coming
arrangement caused by present disorder
and bring alb Jut more suicides than any
other n thing. Their first approach
should be carefully guarded.
Editors Herald; 1t is seldom
/ appear in print and l should
not do so now did | not believe
myself in possession of truths, the reve-
lation of which will prove OF inestimable
value to many who may see these lines.
Mine has been a trying experience.
For many years | was conscious OF a want
of nerve tone. My mind seemed slug
gish and / felt a certain falling of / n my
natural condition OF intellectual acnte-
ness, activity and vigor. / presume this
is the same way in which an iunumer-
able number of other people feel, who
ike myself are physically below par,
but like. thousands of others l paid no
attention to these annoying troubles, at
tributing them to overwork, and resort
ing to q glass of beer or a milk punch,
which would for the time invigorate and
relieve my WEAKNESS.
After awhile the ~stimulants COM
menced to disagree with my stomach,
my WEAKNESS increased, and [ was COM
PEELED to resort to other means to find
relief. fla physician is suffering he in
variably calls another physician TO pre-
scribe for him, Is he nno see himself
as he sees others; so called a physician
and he advised me to try a little chemi-
cal food, or a bottle of hypophosphates.
/ took two or three bottles of the chemi-
cal food, with no apparent benefit. My
lassitude and indisposition seemed to i'm
crease, my food distressed me. Isufer-
ed from neuralgia pains in different
parts of my body, my muscles became
sore, my bowels were constipated, and
my prospects for recovery were not
very aattering. / stated my case to
anothef physician, and he advised me
to take five to ten drops of Magende's
solution ofmorphine, two or three times
a day, for the weakness and distress in
my stomach, and a blue pill every other
night to relieve the constipation. The
morphine produced such a deathly nau-
sea that [ could not take 1t, and the blue
pill alec to relieve my constipation.
. III HI COAlOlblOAA J. Iuo6CO AiCdAlNd year
wholly unfit for business, while the eff
fort TO think was irksome and painful.
My blood became impoverished, and l
suffered from incapacity with an appll-
ing sense of misery and general appre-
hension of coming evil. l passed Sleep
lees nights and was troubled with irreg-
ular action of the heart, a constantly fe-
verish condition and the most e~xcrucia-
ting tOrtures in my stomach, living for
days on rice water and Cruel, and, in
deed, the digestive functions seemed to
be Shthely destroyed.
IL was natural that while in this con-
dition | should become hypochondrical
and fearful suggestions of selfdestTuction
occasionally presented themselves. / ex-
perienced an Unsuitable desire for sleep,
bat on retiring would lie awake for a
long time tormented with troubled re-
Hections, aad when at last l did fall into
an uneasy slumber of short duration, il
was disturbed by hoTrid dreams. In this
condition | determined to 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 nc earthly hope ofev-
er again being ab e to leave the house.
Among the nu nerous friends that
called on me was one who had been af-
filcted somewhat similarly to myself, but
who had been restored to perfect health.
Upon his earnest recommendation | be-
gan tHe same treatment he had en-
ployed but with little hope of being BEN
Gifted. At first | experienced little, if
any, relief, except tia { it did not dis
tress my stomach as other remedies or
even food had done. / continued it's
use, however, and alter 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. /
sleep well, nothing distresses me that l
eat. [ go from day to day without a feel
ing Of WEAKNESS or pain, indeed l am a
wei man, and wholly through tine infiu-
ence of III. II. Warner & Co.'s TIppeca-
noe. 1 consider this remedy as taking
the highest possible rank in
the treatment of oil diseases
marked by debility, loss ofappetite. and
all other symptoms of stomach and di-
~gestive disorders. It is overwhelmingly
superior to the %tonics, bitters, and dys-
pepsia cures of the day, and is certain to
be SO 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
ID not let your good judgment be gov
erned by your preiudIees, but give the
above named remedy a fair and patient
trial, and | believe you will not only be
rewarded by a perfect restoration to