Telegram-herald., 1891-09-13
AlIfE NOT WORTH livIH6.
The Dreadful Condition Which the
Poison Malaria Can Produce.
A Short History Of Q Victim in
Chronic Chilis and Fever.
Extract OF Q Lecture by DR.. Hart
man, OF Columbus, Ohio.

The terrible consequences of chronic
mslafla Ia some cases Is hard To de-
scribe and impossible 10 exaggerate.
There is n class or inyalids which have
becoale actually yb~drldden from chrome
malaria. These poor creatures con-
tnuc year after year To linger on the
verge VI death, hardly living, yet not
dying.
Ore of this very unfortunate class
was brought on stretcher to my rooms
not long since. The patient was .
lady scarce middle aged, but her long
continued eickness had 90 shriveied
and emaciated her that she had the
appearance Of . waman eighty years
old. she gave me her history in - few
words as possible. AZ she WAS too weak
TO talk much.
Fifteen years previously she had been
taken with fever and ague. At once
physicians were employed, who gave
her the usual remedies. quinine being
the principal one. Physician after
physician were employed, who some-
times were able to break her chlls for
time, but they would invariably re-
turn, reducing her little more each
time. In desperation she had oited
to every school of medicine. until, in
complete discouragement, she had
gwen up employing physicians and had
taken quinlne regularly ever since. At
the time she Was brought to ME she was
Obliged to take very large doses Of quiz
nine several times each day, as 1t had
become an inveteraie habit with her,
and yet she continued at irregular inter-
walls to have chiIls and fever.
examined her carefully, and IN addi-
ton to extreme weakness and emacia-
ton to which she Was reduced, the
function of every organ in her body
was more or less perverted. Her
stomach was weak, scarcely able to take
any nutrition, liver enlarged. spleen
enlarged and tender bowels constlpated,
kIdneye inflamed, uterus congested,
bladder and uretha irritable, and pain
full external piles. These derange-
ments were partly due. no doubt, 10
her protracted confinement to the bed
but IN greater measure due to the use
OF quinine and the inevitable deIange.
ments of chronic malarIal diseases.
But the arrangements of her nervous
system was still worse to bear than all
her other troubles. The slightest noise
or jar III the room produced an uucon-
trollable spasmodic paroxysm of the
muscles and pain in the head. Every
nerve in her body seemed to be on the
highest possible tension, Quiverlng and
sensitive 10 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 perfectly clear and her intellect
| much above the average person.
select this particular case for des
cription because it Is 90 characteristic
of the condition that q chronic case OF
ague will produce-cases to be found
by the hundreds in any malarious sec.
ton OF the country. For this lady
prescribed Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin in
doses according to the directions on
the bottles, assuring her that if she
would faithfully continue their use they
would entirely cure her.
| A few weeks afterward l received q
report from her that she was rapidly
improving, and today she il fully re-
covered, and according to her own
statement, 10 - well rs ever in her life.
She quit the use of quinine when she
began my treatment, and took no medl
cine but Pe-ru-na and Man-a-lin until
her recovery was complete.
For complete treatise on Malaria
Chills and Fever and Ague, send foi
the Family Physician No. l, sent free
by the Peruna Medicine Co.. Columbus
Ohio.