Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1892-10-26

To verify Mr.. Quant's statement our
reporter q few days ago March 31st, 1899,
called on DR.. Allen Starr at his office, No.
90 West Twenty-eighth St., New York
city. DR.. Starr is house physician of the
Roosevelt hospital, situated corner Of
Ninth avenue and Fifty-ninth street. In
reply to inquiry he said he remembered
the case Of Mr.. QUAINT very well and treat
ed him some, but that he was chiefly
treated and under the more especial care
of DR.. Ware. He said he regarded this
case as he did all cases Of locomotor at
AKA as incurable. In order that our re-
porter might get copy OF the history OF
the case of Mr.. QUAINT from the hospital
record he very courteously gave him q
letter OF which the following is a copy:
DR.. M. A. Starr, %, West Forty-eighth
street. Office hours, to IL A. NJ, New
York, March 31st, 1892. Dear DR.. Vought:
IL you have any record Of q locomotor at
aka by the name of QUAINT, who says he
came to the clinic or 4 years ago, No.
il, 037, of the o. ID. Dept, Roosevelt, sent
to me from Ware, will you let the bearer
know. IL you have no record send him
to Roosevelt Hosp.
Yours, STARR.
BY means OF this letter access to the
records was permitted and transcript OF
the history of Mr.. Quant's case made from
them as follows:
mo. 14,037. Admitted September 10th,
1889, Charles A. QUAINT, aged "a years.
| Born L. s. Married. Hoboken."
History Of the case: Dyspepsia for
past four or five years. About Ia months
partial loss of power and numbness in
lower extremeties. Girdling sensation
about abdomen. November Goth, 1889,
not improved, external strobismus of left
eye and dilatation OF the left eye.) Some
difficulty I'm passing water ut times no
headache but some dizziness; alternate
diarrhoea and constipation partial ptosis
past two weeks in left eye.
lord. X. +. hi pep and Soda"
| These are the marked symptoms OF a
severe case of locomotor ataxia. and
Dr. Starr said case with such marked
symptoms could not be cured, and QUAINT,
who was receiving treatment in the out
patient department, was given up as In
curable."
"There never was case recovered In
the world" said DR.. Starr. And then
said "Dr. Ware can tell you more
about the case as QUAINT was more under
his personal treatment. am surprised"
he said, chat the man is alive, as
/ JuOuBut iic inuoI 10 uc'u iVh5 ot5O'
| Our reporter found DR.. Edward Ware
at his office, No. 1862 West Ninety-third
street, New York. He said: II have
very distinct recollections OF the QUAINT
case 1t was very pronounced case.
treated him about eight months. This
was In the early summer OF 1890. i DEEM
cd him incurable, and thought him dead
before now Imagine my surprise when
/ received letter from him about two
weeks ago telling me that he was alive,
was getting we'll and expected soon to be
fully recovered"
"What do you think, doctor, was the
cause of his recovery"
"That is more than i know. QUAINT
says he has been taking some sort OF pills
and that they have cured him. At all
events, am glad the poor fellow Is get
ting we'll, for his was bad case and he
was great sufferer"
DIR. Theodore II. futile, of $40 West
Eighteenth street, to whom our reporter
is indebted for assisting courtesies, said
of locomotor ataxia. al have had several
cases of this disease in the course OF my
practice. ] will not say that IL Is incur
able, but never knew OF case to get
we'll but | will say 1t is not deemed cur
able by any remedies known TO the medi.
cal profession"
After this successful and connrmatory
investigation In New York, our reporter,
Saturday, April I'd, 1892, visited st. Peters