Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1884-01-25
HYPnCH0NnRIA.
TIE Mysterious Element in. the Mind that
Ar9nses Vague Apprehensiohs-What Act

nut aNA Z
The narrative below by a prominent scien- !
fist touches a sui. ect of universal impor-
lance Few people are free from the dis
PRESSING evils which hypochondria brings
They co me at all times and are fed by the
very flame which they themselves start.
They are q dread of coming arrangement
caused by present disorder and bring about
more suicd es 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 believe myself in
possession Of truths, the revelation of which
will prove of inestimabie value TO many who
may see these lines. Mine has been trying
experience. For many years / was con-
scious Of q want of nerve tone My
mind seemed sluggish and / felt certain
falling of in my natural condition Of in
telectual acuteness, activity and vigor. l
presume this is the same way in which an IN
Vulnerable number of otrer 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 a glass of beer or
milk punch, which would for the time in
vigorate and relieve my WEAKNESS.
After awhile the stimulants commenced to
disagree with my stomach, my WEAKNESS in
creased, and l was compelled to resort to
other means to find relief, If a physician is
suffering he invariably calls another physi-
clan to prescribe for him, as he cannot see
himself as he sees others; SO l called physi.
clan and he advised me to try little chemi-
cal food, OF a bottle of hypophosphates. I
took two or three bottles of The chemi-
cal food with no apparent benefit, My
Iassitude and indisposition seemed to
increase, my food distressed me. suffered
from neuralgia pains in different parts of my
body, my muscles became sore, my bowels
we're consiipated, and my prospects for recov-
cry were not very hattering, stated my
,ase to another physician, and he advised rue
70 take five to ten drops of Magende's solution
If morphine, two or three times a day, for the
weakness and distress in my stomach, and a
blue pill every other night to relieve the con.
tipation The morphine produced such a
leathly nausea that 1 could not take it, and
he blue pill failed to relieve my constipation.
In this condition l passed nearly year,
wholly unfit for business, while the effort to
think was irksoms and painful. My blood
became impoverished and l suffered from
ncapacity with an appalling sense of misery
md general apprehension of coming evil |
passed sleepless nights and was troubled with
Irregular action of the heart, a constantly
!everish condition and the most excrucating
! iortures in my stomach, living for days on
i've functions seemed tobe entirely destroyed.
| 1t was natural that while in this condition
| should become hypochondrical and fearful
suggestions of self-destruction occasionally
presented themselves. / experienced an in
latiable desire for sleep, but on retiring
would lie awake for a long time tormented
with troubled reflections, and when at last l
lid fall into an uneasy slumber of short dura-
lion, it was disturbed by horrid dreams. In
this condition determined to take trip to
Europe, but in spite of all the attent ons of
physicians and change of scene and climate,
did not improve and SO returned home with
40 earthly hope of ever again being able to
cave the house.
Among the numerous friends that called
IN me was one who had been afflicted some
what similarly to myself, but who had been
restored to perfect health. Upon his earnest
recommendation began the same treatment
oe had employed, but with little hope of
being benefited. At first experienced little,
L any, relief, except that 1t did not distress
my stomach as other remedies or even food
had DONE l continued its use, however, and
after the third bottle could see q marked
change for the better, and now after
the fifteenth bottle l am happy to state
that am again able to attend to my profes
lessional duties. I sleep well, nothing dis
tresses me that l eat, l go from day to day
without feeling of WEAKNESS or pain, in
deed, am a well man, and wholly through
the influence of H. H. Warner & Co.'S Tippe
rance. Iconsider this remedy as taking the
highest possible rank in the treatment Of
al disc asses marked by debility, loss of ,appe
lite, and all other symptoms of stomach ant
digestive disorders 1t is overwhelming
Iy superior to the cs, bitters
and dyspepsia cures of the day. and is certain
10 be SO acknowledged by the public univer
sally. Thousands of people to-day are goinG
to premature graves with these serious dis
, eases, that | have above described, and to al
such would say: "Do not let your gooC
Judgment be governed by your prejudices
but give the above named remedy a fair anC
patient trial, and l believe you will not onl.
be rewarded by a perfect restoration Il
! health, but you will also be convinced tina
, the medical profession dos n9t possess al
the knowledge there is embraced in medica
! science A. G. RICHARDS, M. D.,
1853 fremont street, Boston, Mass