Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1884-01-24
HYP0CHUNDRIA.
Ehe Mysterious Element in the Mind
tha' Arouses Vague Apprehen-
sions-What Actually
Causes 1t.

Inc narrative below by a prominent
scientist touches a subject of universal
l'p3iVance. Few people are free from
the distressing evils which hypochondria
lingS. They come at all times and are
oy the very flame which they them
. IVES start. They are d dread Of coming
arrangement caused 10y present disorder
ana brln5 about more suicides than any
other one thing. Their first approach
Shnuid DO care ally guarded.
Editors Herald:
Al - 8eid0m I appear III print and :
should Not do SO now did not believe
myself IN possession of truths, the
revelation of which will prove of ines
unable value to many who may sec
these lines. Mine has been trying ex-
perlence. For many ears | was cOnsci-
o1s OF want of nerve tone. My mind
seemed sluggish and felt a certain fall
lhg off in my natural condition of intel
l ctual acuteness. activity and vigor
L presume this is the same way in which
an innnnerable number of other people,
fee who like myself are physically be-
low par, but like thousands eff others
paid no attention to these annoving
trou les, attributing them to overwork,
and r. ting to glass of beer ora milk
pu oh, whic would TO the time invig.
a. aud relieve my weariuess.
.,fter awhile the stimulants common
ced to disagree with my stomach, nv
WEAKNESS Increased, and I was compell-
ed to resort to other means to find re-
lief. 1t physician is suffering he inva-
rlably calls another physician to pre-
scribe for him, as he cannot see himself
as he sees others, so I called a physician
and lie advised me to try little chemi-
cal food, or a bottle of hypophOsphates.
took two or three bottles of the chem
zeal food with no apparent benefit. My
lassliude and indisposition seemed to in
crease, my food distressed me. I suf-
tered from neuralgia pains in different
parts of my body, my muscles became
sore, my bowels were coDStipated, and
my prospects for recovery were not very
hatterlng. | stated my case to another
physician, and he advised me to take
five to zen drops of Magende's solution
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 deathly nau-
sea that l could not take it, and the
blue pill failed to relieve MY constipa-
zion.
In this condition I passed nearly ID
wear, wholly Unfit for business, while
the effort to think was irksOme and pain
full. My blood became impoverished,
and | suffered from incapacity with an
appalling sense of misery and general
apprehension of coming evil. passed
sleepless nights and was troubled with
irregular action of the heart, constant
ly feverish cOnd ton and the most ex-
err ciatjng tor ures i'll my stomach, liv-
ing for DAYS on ice water and Cruel,
and, in d, The digestive ,unGt.ons
s4emed to be Z, ii ely DIES royed.
1t Was natural Ghot while III this con
diton [ 81 ould become hypOchondrieal
and fear III suggestions Of self-destruc-
hon occn~' only presented themselves.
I tx, erienced an Unsuitable desire for
sleep, but on retiring would lie awake
for d long time tormented with troubled
reflections, and when at last l did fall
into an uneasy slumber OF short duration,
It was disturbed by horrid dreams. In
this condi ION [ determined to take a
trip to Europe, Tut in spite of all the at.
tentiOns OF PHYSICIANS and change OF
scene and climate, did not improve and
so retul ned home with no earthly hope
Of ever again being able to leave the
house.
Among the numerous friends that
called on me was one who had been af-
fiCted somewhat similarly to myself,
bat who had been restored to perfect
health. Upon his earnest recommends
ton began the same treatment ne had
employed, but with little hope of being
benefited. At first | experienced little,
if any, relief, except that it did not dis
Il eS5 my stomach aS other remedies or
even food had done. I continued it's
Use, however, and after the third bottle
could see a marked change for the bet
ter, and now after the fifteenth bottle
am happy to state that | am again
able TO attend to my professional
duties. [ sleep well, nothing distresseS
nae that l eat, [ go from day to day
without feeling Wearlness or pain, in
ed | am a we'll man, and wholly
through the influence of III. H. Warner
q Co. IIppecanoe. | consider this rem
edv IS taking the highest possible rank
in the rea lnent OF all diseases mark
@ by bllity, loss of appetite, and all
other sy,nptoms of stomach and d'geS-
slre disorders. 1t is overwhelmingly
superior TO the tonics, bitters, and uy--
pepSia ci:rrs of the day, and is certain
to be SO acknowledged by the public
universally. Thousands IF people to-
day are going to premature graves with
these serious diseases, that | have above
described, and to all such / would Say
do not lei your cool judgment be g, v
"rned by your prejudlces, but give the
above named remedy fair and patient
lrIal, ana believe you will not only be
rewarded BIZ a Oprfect restoration to
health, but you will also be convinced
that the medical profession does not
possess all the knowledge there is en-
Draced in medical science"
A. G. RICHARDS, M. D.
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