Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1884-01-18
HYPOCHONDRIA.
The Mysterious Element In the Mind That
Arouses Vague Apprehensions-What
Actually Causes 1t.

The narrative below bya prominent SCI
enlist touches a subject of universal inn
portance. Few people arc free from the
distressing evils which hypochondria
brings. They come at all times and are
fed by the very flame which thay them
selves start. They are a 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 / appear In print and
should not do so now did not believe my
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 want. of nerve
tone. My mind seemed sluggish aud felt
n certain falling off in my natural condi.
ton of intellectual acuteness, activity and
vigor. 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 glass of beer or milk punch,
which would for the time inyigorate and
relieve my WEAKNESS.
After awhile the stimulants commenced
W ulSuBItc Will lily my Weull
ness increased, and l was compelled to
resort to other means to find relief. If a
physician is suffering he invariably calls
another physician to prescribe for him, as
he cannot see himself as he sees others; so
called a physician and he advised me to
try little chemical food, or bottle of
hypophosphates. l took two or three bot
ties of the chemical food with no apparent
benefit. My lassituds and indisposition
seemed to increase; my food distressed
me. l suffered 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 fattering. l stated my case to
another physician, and he advised mo to
take five to ten drops of Magende's solu-
tion Of morphine, two or three times day,
for thu 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 l passed nearly year,
wholly unfit for business, while the effort
to think was irksome and painful. My
blood became impoverished, and l 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
constantly feverish condition and the
most excruciating tertures in my stomach,
| living for days On rlco water and cruel,
and, indeed, the digestive functions seemed
| to be entirely destroyed.
1t was natural that while in this .condi
tion should become hypochondrical and
| fearful suggestions of solf-destruction oc
| casionally presented themselves. 1 ex
| per;enced an Unsuitable desire for sleep
| but on retiring would lie awake for q long
| time tormented with troubled reflections
and when at last did fall into an uneasy
| slumber of short duration, it was disturbed
| by horrid dreams. In this condition de
termined to take trip to Europe, but il
| spite of all the attentions OF physicians and
| change of scene and climate, l 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 restored to perfect health. Upoi
his earnest recommendation / began tn,
same treatment he had employed but witt
| little hope of being benefited. AT first
experienced little, il any, relief, excep
that it did not distress my stomach a.
other remedies or even food had done.
| continued its use, however, and after the
third bottle could see marked chang,
| for the better, and now after the ffteenti
| bottle am happy to state that am agail
able to attend to my professional duties.
| sleep well, nothing distresses me that
| tat, 20 iTOIi Qdy III udy WltHOuI u lcclili
of WEAKNESS or pain, indeed am a wei
man, and wholly through the influence o
H. H. Warner &c Co.'s 1ippecanoe. con
slider this remedy ms. taking tho hlghes
possible rank in fhn .rcatment OF nlI dis
eases marked by debility, loss of appetite
and all other symptoms of stomach. ant
digestive disorders. 1t is overwhelmingly
superior to the tonics, bitters and dyspep
sia cures of the day, and is certain to b.
so acknowledged by the public universally
Thousands of people to-day are going t.
premature graves with these serious dis
eases, that have above described, and t,
all such would say: "Do not let you
good judgment be governed by your preju
dices, but give tho above named remed,
fair and patient trial, and believe yol
will not only be rewarded by perfec
restoration to health, but you will also b
convinced that the medical profession
does not possess all the knowledge there i
embraced in medical science"
A. G.. RICHARDS, Nj. D.,
465 fremont street, Boston, Mass.