The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-01-30
UYPOCHONDRIA.
The Mysterious Element In the sTind TINT
Ar9nsss Vague Approximations nat A''-

AIpuetn EuHug Appf0hop'i""" W 49,
The narrative below by a prominent scien-
tist touches a sub. cot OF universal impor-
lance Few people are free from the as
iressing evils which hypochondria brln;S
They co me at all times and are fed by the
very fame which they themselves start.
They are a dread of coming arrangement
caused by present disorder and brinS about
more suic des than any other one thng'
Their first approach should be carefully
guarded.
Editors Herald.
1t is seldom | appear in print and should
not do 80 now did / not believe myself IN
p secession OF truths, the revelation OF which
will prove Of inestimable value ~ many who
may see these lines Mine has been q 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
tellectual acuteness activity and ylgor. j
presume this Is the same way in which an in
Vulnerable number Of OF er people feel, who
like myself are physically below par, but ike
thousands OF others | aid no attention TO
these annoying troubles, at ributing them H.
ovcrwork and resortins TIA AZ OF b er OF
a mi Tx punch, which would for the Time In
yigorate an relieve my WEAKNESS.
After awhile the stimulants )mmenced TO
disagl co with my stomach, my WEAKNESS In
creas ed, and / was compelled TO resort TO
other means to a I'd relief. If physician Is
suffering he invariably calls another physi-
clan TO prescribe for him, as he cannot zee
himself as he sees Others 30 called physl
clan and he advised me TO try little chemi.
cal food, or bottle Of hyrophospaates-
took two or three bottles OF he cheml-
| food with no APT aren't benefit, MY
aSstude and indispositin seemed TO
al. t.I | gIttFn
from neuralgic pains in different parts of my
BODY, my mu,ces became sore, my bowels
were consIipated and my PROSE for recov-
cry we're not very fattering. stated my
ca,e ~ an Their physician, and he adyi-el rue
10 axe five to ten drops Of Magendes solution
| Of morI hine, two or three times u day, for the
weakness and distress in my stomach, ana
blue pill every other II ght 10 relieve the con
stipaton The morphine produced such
deathly nausea that coul not take IL, ana
the blue pill failed 10 relieve my constlI alton.
In this condition | as'ei nearly year,
wholly unfit for business while the effort 10
think was irksome AMI painful. My blool
| became impoverished, AID | suffered from
| incnpacity with an appalling sene OF misery
T, and general apprehension Of coming cvlL
passel sleepless nights and WAS troubled with
| Irregular action OF the heart, q constantly
leyolis h condition AMI the most eXcrucatlns
tortures in my stomach. living for days on
rice water and gruel, and, indeed, the diges-
| tive functions SCENE TO be entirely destroyer.
II was na ural that while in this condition
| should become hypochondrcal ana fearful
suggestions Of self destruction occasionally
presented themselves. | experienced an IN
,atiahle desire for sleep, but on retiring
would lie awake for long time tormented
with trouble reflections and when at last
d d ia into an uneasy slumber OF short dura-
ton it was disturbed by hOrrid dreams. In
this ndiion d, terminei To take n trip To-
Europe, but in spite Of all the attent OILS oil
physicians AMI change OF scene AMI cll mate,
! did not improve aud 80 returned home with
! no earthly hope u ever again being able t.
leave the house.
Among the numerous friends that called
J on me was one who ha been afflicted some
wha, similarly u myself, but who had beer
restored TO perfect health. Upon his earnest
recommendation BEGAN the same treatment
he had employed, but with little hope Of
being benefited. At ilret experienced little
if any, TO ief, except that IL did not distress
my stomach ms other remedies or even foo
: had done. ! continued its use, however ans
after the third bottle could sec marked
) change for the better, and now ate
3 the fifteenth bottle ! am happy to stat
that AN again able tO attend ~ my pIofe'
( | 1CSSlondl uulHN. ] hctp wen, HolHlliS uAa
trcsseS me Il ut | eat, ! 20 from day to dl.
, without feeling of wenrino's or pain, in
/ decd an well man, and wholly throusl
\ thu influence of II. ii. amer a Co. !, Iippe
e canoe consider this remedy as taxing tn
, highest possib rank in the treatment O
all dis, a,es marked by debility, loss of appe
|, tito, and all other symptoms of stomach an
1 digestive disorders 1t il overwhelming
v ly superior TO the ton cs, bitter'
n and dyspepsia cures of the day and is ccrtai
b. be SO acknowledged by tie public univci
sally. Thousands of people today are gon
l 10 premature graves with these serious di:
: ease, that have above de cribal, and to n
o such would say: ado not let your goo
A Judgment be governed BY your pre- udice'
but give the above named rene ~ lair M
: Jaticnt trial, and bell We you Will not onl
g be rewarded by perfect restoration I
r h alth, but y,u will also be convinced tina
It the nedical profession do not posses, q
the knowledge there is embraced IN medict
science A. g. Rich NRDs, Nj. d.,
4bS fremont street, Boston, Mas