The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-01-19
TYPOCHONDRIA.
Arouses Vague Apprehensions-What
Actually Causes 1t.


enlist touches a subject of universal inn
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 they 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 l appear in print and l
should not do so now did not believe N.Y.
self in possession of truths, the revelation
of which will prove of inestimable value
to many who may see these lines. Mine
has been trying experience. For many
years was conscious of a want of nerve
tone. My mind seemed sluggish and felt
certain falling off in my natural condi-
ton of intellectual acuteness, activity and
vigor. L presume this is the same way in
which an innumerable number of other
people feel, who like myself are physically
below par, but like thousands of others /
paid no attention to these annoying trou-
bles, attributing them to overwork, and re-
sorting to a glass of beer or a milk punch,
which would for the time invigorate and
relieve my WEAKNESS.
After awhile the stimulants commenced
to disagree with my stomach, my wearl-
ness increased, and / was compelled to
resort to other means to find relief. IL
physician Is suffering he invariably calls
another physician TO prescribe for him, as
he can not see himself as he sees others; so
/ called physician and he advised me to
try little chemical food, or bottle of
hypophosphates. / took two or three bot
ties of the chemical food with no apparent
benefit. My lasstude and indisposition
seemed to increase; my food distressed
me. / suffered from neuralgia pains in
of sola
became sore, my bowels were csnstipated,
and my prospects for recovery were not
very hattering. l stated my case to
another physician, and he advised me to
take five to ten drops of Magende's solu-
tion of morphine, two or three times day,
for the weakness and distress in my
stomach, and blue pill every other night
| to relieve the constipation. The morphine
produced such deathly nausea that !
| 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 irksome and painful. My
blood became impoverished, and suffered
| from incapacity with an. appalling sense Of
misery and general apprehension of COM
ing evil. passed sleepless nights and was
| troubled with irregular action OF the heart,
| a constantly feverish condition and the
| most excruciating fortunes in my stomach,
| living for days On rice water and Cruel,
ana, lnQeeu, digestive functions seemed
| to be entirely destroyed.
1t was natural that while in this condi-
| tion / should become hypochondrical and
| fearful suggestions of self-destruction oc-
casionally presented themselves. / ex-
| perienced an Unsuitable desire for sleep,
but on retiring would lie awake for a long
time tormented with troubled reflections,
| and when at last did fall into az uneasy
| slumber of short duration, it was disturbed
by horrid dreams. In this condition de-
| termined to take a trip to Europe, but in
spite of all the attentions OF ply sicians and
change Of scene and climate, did not i'm
| prove and so returned home with no earth
ly hope of ever 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 res ored to perfect health. Upon
his earnest recommendation / began the
same treatment he had employed but with
little hope of being benefited. At first
experienced little, if any, relief, except
| that it did not distress my stomach as
other remedies or even food had done.
continued its use, however, and after the
third bottle could see a marked change
for the 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 to day without a feeling
of WEAKNESS or pain, indeed l am a wei
man, and wholly through the influence Of
H. II. Warner & Co.'s Iippecanoe. l con
slider this remedy as taxing the highest
possible rank in the treatment of all dis
eases marked by debility, loss of appetite
and all other symptoms of stomach and
digestive disorders. 1t is overwhelmingly
superior to the tonics, bitters and dyspep
STA cures of the day, and is certain to be
so acknowledged by the public universally
Thousands of people to-day are going tc
premature graves with these serious dis
eases, that l have above described, and tc
all such | would say: "Do not let you
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 a perfect
restoration to health, but you will also bt
convinced that the medical profession
does not possess all the knowledge there Ii
embraced in medical science"
A. G. RICHARDS, M. D.,
4GS fremont street, Boston, Mass.