Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-18
THE MIRACLE
FURTHER INVESTIGATED BY AN
EXPRESS REPORTER.

| A few weeks ago an article appeared in
this paper copied from the Albany On "
Journal, giving the particulars of one Of
the. most remarkable cures Of the nine
teenth century. The article was under the
heading GA Saratoga County Miracle" and
excited such widespread comment that an
other Albany paper-the Express-detailed
reporter to make thorough investigation
Of the statements appearing in the Jour-
nails article The facts as elected by the
Express Reporter are given in the following
article, which appeared In that paper on
April 16, and makes one of the most I'M ter
esting stories ever related:
A few weeks ago there was published in
the Albany Evening Journal the story Of
most remarka ble--indeed, so remarkable
as to we'll justify the term "miraculous"-
cure Of o severe case Of locomotor ataXia,
or creeping paralysis; simply by the use Of
| Pink Pills for Pale People, and, in compli-
ance with instructions, an Express reporter
has been devoting some time in critical
| investigation of the real facts Of the case
The story of the wonderful cure of
Charles A. QUAINT, of Galway, Saratoga
County, New York. as first told in "The
Journal" has been copied into hundreds
| if not thousands Of other daily and weekly
newspapers, and has created such a sensa-
| ton throughout the entire country that it
was deemed a duty due all the people, and
especially the thousands of similarly
afflicted, that the statements of the case
| as made in the "The Albany Journal"
and copied into SO many other newspa-
| pers, should, if true, be verified; or, if
| false, exposed as an imposition upon pub
| lie credulity.
The result of the Express reporters in
| vestfgations authorizes him in saying that
the story of Charles A. Quant's cure Of
locomotor ataxia by the of Pink Pills
for Pale People, a popular remedy pre-
pared and put up by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Morristown, N. Y, and
Brockville, Ontario, is TRUE, and that all
its statements are not only justified but
verified by the fuller development Of the
further facts in the case.
| Perhaps the readers of the Express are
not all of them fully familiar with the de-
tails of this miraculous restoration to
| health of a man who after weeks and
months Of treatment by the most skillful
| State of New York-the Roosevelt Hospital
| in New York City and st. Peters Hospital
in Albany-was dismissed from each as in
| durable and, because the case Wa deemed
| incurable, the man was denied admission
into several others to which application
was made in his behalf. The story as told
| by Mr.. QUAINT himself and published in the
Albany Journal is as follows:
GAIy name is Charles A. QUAINT. I an 81
years old. I was born in the village Of
Galway, and excepting while travelling on
business and little while IN Amsterd am,
have spent my whole life here Up to
about eight years ago I had never been
sick and was then in perfect health, Twas
fully six feet tall, weighed $50 pounds and
was very strong. For twelve years 1 was
travelling salesman for piano and organ
company, and had to do, or at least did do,
a great deal of heavy lifting, got my meals
very irregularly, and slept in enough
spare beds in country houses to freeze
any ordinary man to death, or at least
give him the rheumatism About eight
years ago [ began to feel distress in my
stomach, and consulted several doctors
about it. They all said it was dyspepsia,
and for dyspepsia I was treated by various
doctors in different pIa ces, and took all the
| patent medicines 1 could hear Of that
claimed TO be a cure for dyspepsia
But 1 continued to grow gradually worse
for four years. Then [ began to have
pain in my back and legs and became
| conscious that my legs were getting weak
| and my step unsteady, and then / stag
gered when I walked. Having received no
| benefit from the use Of patent medicines
and feeling that I was constantly growing
| worse, I then, upon advice, began the use
| Of electric belts, pads, and all the many
| different kinds Of electric appliances L
| could hear of, and spent hundreds Of
| dollars for them, but they did me no good.
| Here Mr.. QUAINT showed the Journal re-,
| porter an electric suit Of underwear, for
which he paid S124) In the fall Of 1888 the
| doctors advised change Of climate, SO I
went to Atlanta, Ga, and acted agent
for the Estey Organ Company. While
| there I took thorough electric treatment,
| but it only Sc emed to aggravate my dis
| ease, and the only relief l could get from
! the sharp and distressing pains was to take .
| morphine. The pain was so intense at
| times that it seemed as though l could not
stand it, and I almost longed for
| death as the only, certain relief. In Sep
| TENDER of 1888 my legs gave out entirely
| and my left eye was drawn to side.
so that 1 had double sight and was dizzy.
| My trouble so affected my whole nervous
system that 1 had to give up business
/ Then I returned to New York and went to
the Roosevelt Hospital, where for four
months 1 was treated by specialists and
! they pronounced my case locomotor ataxfa
! and incurable. After l had been under
treatment by Prof. Starr and Dr. Ware for
four months, they told me they had done
! all they could for me. Then Il went to the
| New York Hospital on Fifteenth street,
where, upon examination, they said l was
7 incurable and would not take me in. At
the Presbyterian Hospital they examined
me and told me the same thing. In March,
1890, was taken to St. Peters Hospital in
Albany, where Prof. II. II. Hun frankly
told my wife my case was hopeless; that he
could no nothing for me and that she had
better take me back home and save my
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