The sun., 1884-01-10
HYPOCHONDRrA.
Tho Mysterious Element In tho Mind
That ArOuscs Vague approximations
! -- " hat Actually Causes Ir

Tho Mysterious Element in tho Mind
That ArOnscs Vague approximations
--What Actually Causes It..
The narrative below by prominent
scientist touches a subject of universal inn
portance. Few people are free from he
distressing evils W wlich hypocnondri,.
brings. They come at all times and are
fed by the very flame which they Them
selves start. They are dread of roming
arrangement caused bv present disorder
and bring alb Iut more suicides than any
other one thing. Their first approa;n
should be carefully guarded.
| Editors Herald: 1t is seldom
appear in pint and should
not do SO now did | not believe
myself in possession OF truths, the reve-
iation Of which will prove oi inestimable
value to many who may see these lines
Mipe has been trying experience.
| For many years was conscious OF q want
of nerve tone. My mind seemed slug
i gish and felt a certain filling off in my
natural condition OF intellectual aculte-
| ness. ACTIVITY and vipor. presume this
| is the same way in which an iunumer-
able number of other people fee, who
| like myself are physically below par,
but like thousands of others I paid no
attention to these ANNOYING troubles, at
| Irritating them TO overwork, and sort
| ing to glass of beer or milk punch,
| which would for the time invigorate and
relieve my wearlness.
After awhile the stimulants COM
menced to disagree with my stomach,
my weariness increased, and was com
PEELED to resort to other means to tind
relief. If physician is suffering he in
variably calls another physician to pre-
scribe for him, as he cannot see himself
rs le sees others; SO cal'ed a physician
and he advised me to try little chemi-
| cal TODD, or bottle of hypophosphates
| took tw' or three bottles of the cheini-
cal food, with no apparent benefit. Ny
lassituds and indisposition seemed to in.
| crease, my food distressed me. Isutfrr-
ed from neuralsic pains in different
parts OF my body, my muscles became
sore, my bowels were constipated, and
my prospects for recovery were not
very tlatterng. I stated my case to
anuthe physician, and he advised me
tc take five to ten drops of Magenie's
soiutlon otnorphino, two Or three times
Il day, for the weakness and distress in
my stomach, and a blue pill every other
night to reieve the constipation. The
morphine produced such a deathy ntu-
sea that | could not take it, and the blue
pill tai ed to relieve my constipation.
In this condition passed nearly year
wholly unfit for BASIN ess, while the el-
fort to think wa3 irksome and painful.
MY blood became impoverished, and |
suffered from incapacity with an appsl-
ing sense OF misery and general appre-
hension of coming EVIL. | passed sleep
less nights and was troubled with irreg-
ulsr action of the heart, a constantly fe
verish condition and the most excrucla-
ting turtures In my stomach, living for
days on rice water aud Cruel, and, in,
deed, the digestive functions seemed to
be entirely destroyed.
I1 was natural that while in this con-
dition | should become hvpoehondrcal
and fearful suggestions of fselfdestruction
occasionally presented themselves. | ex-
perieuced an Unsuitable desire for sleep,
but ON retiring would lie awake for a
long time tormented with troubled re-
Elections, and when a. last did fall into
an uneasy ssumber OF short durat on, it
was distul bed by holrid dreams. In this
condition determined to take IL trip TO
Europe, but in spite of all the attentions
OF physicians and chan re of scene and
climate, | did not improve and so re-
turned home with no earthly hope ofev-
er again being alb e to leave the house.
Among the nu nerous friends that
called on me was one who had been af-
fl ctei somewhat similarly to myself, but
who had been restored to perfect health.
Upon his earnest recommendation | be-
gan tie same treatment he had en-
ployed but with little hope of being ben
Gifted. AT first | experienced lite, if
any, relief, except til t it did not dis
tress my stomach as other remedies or
even food had done. | continued its
use, however, and atver the third bottle
could see marked change for the bet
ter, and now alter the fifteenth bottle [
am happy to state that am again able
to attend to my professional duties
sleep well, nothing di-tresses me that
eat, 20 from day II day without a feel
ing nf WEAKNESS or pain. indeed am a
well man, and wholly through re intll-
ence of H. Ii. Warner & Co.'S Tippeca-
noe. | consider this remedy as taking
the highest possible rank in
the treatment of ell diseases
marked ny debility. loss ofappetite and
all other symptoms of stomach and dl-
;estive disorders. l. IS overwhelmingly
superior to tie tonics, bitters, and uys-
pepsia cures If tue day, and is certain TO
lie so acknowledged by the public uni
versally. Thousands of pc pie to day
are going TO premature Or YES with these
serious diseases, that have above des-
crbed. and to all such would say
"Do not let your good judgment be gov
erned by your preiudIces, but give the
above named remedy fair and patient
trial, and believe you will not only be
rewarded by perfect restoration to
health, but you will also be Convinced
that the medical profession does not p IS
sess all the knowledge there is embraced
in medical science
A. G.. RICHARDS, NJ. D.,