Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1884-01-25
HYPOCHONDRIA. q
The Mv.terious Element in the Mind That
Arouses Vague Apprehensions-What
Actually Causes 1t.

The narrative below y prominent SCI.
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 thay them
selves start. They are a dread of coming
arrangement caused by present disorder
and bring about more suicides thar any
other one thing. Their first approach
should be carefully guarded.
Editors Herald:
1t is seldom 1 appear in print. and I
should not do so now did l not believe my.
self III possession of truths, the revelation
of which will prove of inestimabls value
to many who may see these lines. Mine
has been a trying experience. For many
years / was conscious of a want of nerve
tone. My mind seemed sluggish and I felt
a 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 I
paid no attention to these annoying tfou-
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 weariness.
After awhile the stimulants commenced
to disagree with my stomach, my wearl-
ness increased, and l was compelled to
resort to other means to find relief. II q
physician is suffering he invariably calls
another physician to prescribe for him, as
he can not see himself as he sees others; SO
l called a physician and he advised me to
try a little chemical food, or a bottle of
hypophosphates. took two or three bot
ties Of the chemical food with no apparent
benefit. My lassitude and indisposition
seemed to increases; 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 &c
take five to ten drops Of M~agende's solu'
ton Of 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 constipation. The morphine
produced such a deathly nausea that
could not take it, and the blue pill failed
to relieve my constipation.
In this condition l passed nearly a 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 o.
misery and general apprehension of com
ing evil. l passed sleepless nights and wa!
troubled with irregular action of the heart
a constantly feverish condition and tn,
most excruciating fortunes in my stomach
living LOT Gays Gu IlCo water anu SFuel
and, indeed, the digestive functions seemed
to be entirely destroyed.
1t was natural that while in this condi
ton should become hypochondrical an,
fearful suggestions of self-destruction oc
casionally presented themselves. l ex
perienced an Unsuitable desire for sleep
but on retiring would lie awake for a lon
time tormented with troubled reflections
and when ut last 1 did fall into an uneas,
slumber of short duration, it was disturbe
by horrid dreams. In this condition 1 DE-
ternined to take a trip to Europe, but i
spite of all the attentions OF physicians an
change of scene and climate, | did not in
prove and so returned homo with no eartl
, iy hope of ever again being able to leav
Z the house.
Among the numerous friends that Gale
on me was one who had been Athlete
, somewhat similarly to myself, but VIII
, had been restored to perfect health, Upo
5 his earnest recommendation l began til
same treatment he had employed but wit
|. little hope Of being benefited. At first
experienced little, if any relief, excel
that it did not distress my stomach q
| other remedies or even food had done.
) continued it's use, however, and after tn
third bottle could see Il marked chang
for the better, and now after the ifteent
bottle l am happy to state that l am agai
able to attend to my professional duties.
sleep we'll, nothing distresses me that
eat, | go from day to day without a feelin
of WEAKNESS or pain, indeed l am a we
man, and wholly through the influence
. H. H. Warner & Co.'s 1ippecanoe. col
I slider this remedy as taxing the highe'
possible rank i'll the treatment of all di
eases marked by debility, loss of appetit
and all other symptoms of stomach an
' digestive disorders. 1t is overwhelming
superior to the tonics, bitters and dyspe1
! STA cures Of the day., and is certain to
| SO acknowledged by, the public UNIVERSAL.
Thn1San6c of napn1o fo.1aXr ara O0Nno
, premature graves with these serious di
: eases, that 1 have above described, n
all such l would say: "Do not let yo,
good judgment be governed by your pref
: dices, but give the above named remed
/, a fair and patient trial, and | believe yc
! will not only be rewarded by a perfe
l restoration to health, but you will also |
convinced that the medical professic
: does not possess all the knowledge there
embraced in medical SCIENCE"
!, A. G. RICHARDS, NJ. D.,
: 46S fremont street, Boston, Mass.