Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-06-22
Two Chronic Invalids, the Victims
of Chills and Fever, Described.
Hundreds Seeking Release From the
Terrible Effects of Malaria.
PERIODICAL HEApACHEs AND NEURALGIA.

purpose of explainips me difference IN
my mode of treass1 of this disease
and thetrsasa "a common use. From
my long list / select, first, man past
forty-five years of age, who had doc
tored without intermission over ten
years. The treatment which had been
mainly relied on by the various doctors
he had consulted was quinine or some
other derivatiye of cinchona bark. OF
these preparations he, had taken many
pounds, and during seral intervals he
had taken great nunSIof chill cures,
but nothing seemed s5hRve any per-
manent effect. His kphlexion was
of that dirty .sxello# oharao-
terlstio Of, old SEne path and
his sunhs, lua EYED sur
rounded bysIfs oira indioate hew
completely RaelthzAad been ufaer-
mined. The ine was heavily furred
with thick WZ&xn eosting, breath
very offensive. alfdS complained of
constant dull headaHhe. poor appe-
/. tite, indigestion, bltousuess and con-
lstipation completad Htale of woe so COM
Rsely heard in inrious locality.
Fyft this man {Sprescribed Pe-ru-na
and Man-a-lin, Man-a-lin to be used
untif the bowels b6S&pe regular and di-
gestion g66a. A feS eeks after 1 receiv-
ed a very eitthusiastic letter from him. in
which he declared himself nearly well
and bettefs thAp. be had been in ten
years, and had taken no quinine since
beginning my tre4kment. l instructed
lin, which he did, discontinued the Pc
complete recovery consesfipg to enjoy
which there are thelisands evs2 lsass
rious district who xBye beeIfInany years
and still are search5uk for Something to
bring relief to their isisera bls Gpndition.
/ am positive that Ps-A ma ana, Man-a-
lin would cure every S1a of the, for Is
shave watched<s effs "a god many
Years, and ddsapt know single fails
There is one 6Nepr. class of invalidE
whleA have heeom ptually bedriddeik
frdM thronio klar Rese poor creazt
turss Sntinuey sr JHftsSser to lingo
on thssrge of SIS hare aiying. yst
not dyf Qne kls very ltazzs
class wa pug tizpn stretches amy
rooms whIS ataP&5hg at Fort Worth,
Texas. IAsSteft was lady scarce
middle a&Sd, &t her long -continued
sickness had so Siyeled and emaciated
her that sEa had N5s appearance of
woman eigAfyears old. She gave me
her hisf6fy in few words as possible,
as she was to6s ais to talk much.
Fiftesns years. kXiously she had been
taken With the feSef'and ague. At once
physiciaHss were employed, who gave her
the usuatsyemedies, quinine being the
PRINCIPAL De, Physician after physi-
clan Were 5aployed, who sometimes
were aAle ta3bf*8k her chills for a time,
but they #dnf6 invariably return, re-
ducing her fi{z more each time. In
desperation slsSkad resorted to every
school of medicine, until, in complete
she had given up en-
ployiDg physicians, and had taken quiz
nine regularly ever since. AT the time
she was brought to me she was obliged to
take very large doses of quinine several
times each day as it had become an in
veterate habit with her, and vet she con-
tinued at irregular intervals to have
chills andfever. / examined her care
fully, and in addition to the extreme
weakness and emaciation to which she
was reduced, the function of every organ
in her b dy was more OF less perverted.
take any nutrition, liver enlarged spleen
enlarged and tender bowels constipated, |
kidneys infamed, uterus congested, |
bladder and urethra irritable, and pain |
full external piles. These arrangements |
were partly due, no doubt, to her pro-
tracted confinement to the bed, but in |
greater measure due to the use of quiz |
nine and the inevitable arrangements of |
chronic malarial diseases.
But the arrangement of her nervous |
system was still worse to bear than all |
her other troubles. The slightest noise |
or jar in the room produded an uncon- |
trollable spasmodic paroxysm of the |
muscles and pain in her head. Every |
nerve in her body seemed to be on the |
highest possible tension, quivering and |
sensitive to the last degree. The ten
derest touch would cause her to cry out |
with pain, in spite of all the self control |
she was capable of. Her mind was per-
fectly clear and her intellect much above
the average person.
select this particular case for descrip- |
ton because it is SO characteristic of the
condition that chronic case of sgue will |
produce-cases to be found by the hun
dreds in any malarious section of the
country. For this lady prescribed Pc
ru-na and Man-a-lIn, assuring her that
If she would faithfully continue their use
they would entirely cure her. A few
weeks after L received report from her
that she was rapidly improving, and to-
day she is fully recovered, and, accor
ing to her own statement, is as well as
ever in her life. She quit the use OF
luinine when she began my treatment
and took no medicine but Pe-ru-na and
until her recovery was COM
plete. This fairly illustrates what these
will do in this class of cases.
The two cases described are only two of
/ vast number which have treated with
me same excellent result. In the quar- |
AN variety of ague (where the chill oc-
ours every third day, which is more
iifficult to cure than when the chills oe-
,ur oftener, Pe-ru-na is no less sure
Ind permanent cure.
There are few arrangements which
sometimes follows as the result
If malaria which ought not TO omit TO
mention. as they are rarely cured by
he ordinary treatment. First,
peculiar bloodless (anamic) condition,
which is due TO the destruction of the red |
blood corpustles by the malarial poison.
rhe symptoms are waxy whiteness of |
he skin and persistent weakness. This |
condition exhibits no tendency toward |
by nutritious diet like
'ther forms of weakness, but must be
'ured by medicinal preparations, II cured |
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