The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-04-24
HYPOiuHoNDRIA,

rho Mysterious Element in the Mind
That Arouses Vague Apprehenst0ns
What Actually Causes il.
The narrative below by prominent
scientist touches subject of universal i'm.
portance. Few people are free from he
distressing evils wlich hypochondri..
brings. They come at all times and are
fed by the Very fame which they them
selves start. They are dread Of coming
derangement caused BY present disorder
and bring alb nut more suicides than any
other one thing. Their frst approach
should be carefully guarded:
Editors Herald: It is, seldom
| appear in prin. and I should
not 90 90 now did I not believe
myself In possession OF truths. the reve.
istion Ut which will prove OF inestimabIe
value to many who may see these lines.
Mipe has been trying experience:
For many years was conscious OF want
OF nerve tone. My mind seemed slug
gleh and felt certain filling of in my
natural condition OF intellectual acute.
ness. activity and vieor. presume this
ls the same way in which, an innumer-
able number of other people fee who
ike myself are physically below par,
but ike thousands of others I paid no
attention to these ANNOYING troubles, at
tr'butinR them to 0verwork, and r sort
ing to glass of beer or mix punch,
which would for tho time invjgorate and
relieve my WEAKNESS.
After. awhile the stimulants COM
menced to disagree with my stomach,
my ~eariness increased, and I was com
PEELED to resort to other means to find
relief. liza physician is suffering he in.
variab'y calls another physician to pre-
scribe for him, a. he cannot see himself
a. he sees others; go cal' ed physician
anu he advised me to try a little chemi.
csl TODD, or bottle of hypophosphltv s
l took tw or three bottles Of the cilern:.
cal TODD, with no apparent benefit. Ny
iassltude aud indisposition seemed to in.
ed from neuralxic pains in different
sore, nay bowels were consti paled, and
my prospects for recovery we're moi
very t1atterlng. l stated my case &c
anot he: physician, and he advised me
&c take five to ten drops of Mayenlt's
solution ofnorphine, two or ttlree ii mes
q day, for the weakness and distress in
my stomach, and a blue pill every othe,
night to relieve the constipation. The
morphine produced such deathly nAu.
sea that could not take it, and the blue
pill tai ed to relieve my constipation.
In this condition passed near!ya year
wholly unit for BASIN ess, while the e.
fort to think was irksone and painful
My blood became Impoverished, and
suffered from incapacity with an app "
ing sense OF misery and general appre-
hension of coming EVIL. l passed sleep.
less nights and was troubled with irreg-
uitlr action OF the heart, q constantly fe.
verish condition and the most excrucia-
ting fortunes in my stomach. living fol
days on rice water and Cruel. aud, in
deed, the digestive functions seemed tC
he entirely destroyed.
It was natural that while in this con.
dition should become hvpochondrica
and fearful suggestions Of selfdestructiou
occasionally presented themselves. ex.
perienced an Unsuitable desire for Sleep
but on retiring would lie awake for g
long time tOrmenttd with troubled re-
Elections, and when at last did fall into
an uneasy s!umber of short duration, il
was disturbed by ho,rid dreams. In this
condition determined to take a trip to
Europe, but in spite of all the attentions
of physicians and change of scene and
climate, l did not improve and SO re.
turned home with no earthly hope of ev.
er again being alb Q to leave the house.
Among the nu nerous friends that
called on me was one who had been af:
fl cted 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 ofheing ben.
Gifted. At first experienced little, il
any, relief, except tn it did not dis.
tress my stomach as other remedies or
even food had done. I continued its
use, however, and after the third bottle
coild see marked change for the bet
ter, and now after the fifteenth bottle I
am happy to state that am again able
to attend to my professional duties. !
sleep we'll nothing distresses me that
eat, l go from day to day without a feel
we'll man, and wholly through the influ-
ence of H. H. Warner & Co.'s Tlppeca.
noe. l consider this remedy as taking
the treatment Of all diseases
marked ny debility, loss ofappetite. and
all other symptoms of stomach and di.
.estive disorders. It is overwhelmingly
superior to the tonics, bitters, and dys'
pepsia cures Of tue day, and is certain to
lie 50 acknowledged by the public uni
versally. Thousands of people to day
are going to premature or ives with these
serious diseases, that l have above des
cribed, and TO all such would say
''Dn not let your good judgment be gov
erned by your prejudIces, but give the
above named remedy fair and patien,
trial. and l believe you will not only b'
rewarded by q perfect restoration tt
health, but you will also be convinced
that the medical profession does not IS
eess all the knowledge there is embraced
in medical science
A. G. RICHARDS, NJ. D.,
468 fremont street, iOSton, Mass.