Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1892-05-18

To verify MI. QuanT's statement cur re-
porter a few days ago (March 81, 1922
called on DR.. Allen Starr at his office, No
% West Twenty eighth street, 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 we'll and treated 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 ataXia as incurable. In
order that our reporter 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. NJ. A. Starr, % West Forty eighth
street, Office hours, to IL a m, New York,
March 81, S92-Dear Dr.. VOught: If you
have any record Of locomotor ataxia by
name Of QUAINT, who says he came to the
clinic three or four years ago, No. 1867, OF
the O. D. Dept, Roosevelt, sent to ue from
Ware, viii you let the bearer know. If you
have no record send him 10 Roosevelt Hosp.
"Yours, STARR"
By means of this letter access to the rec
Ords was permitted and a transcript of the
history OF Mr. Quant's case made from them
as follows;
"No 1907 Admitted Sept 16, 1889,
Charles a. QUAINT, aged 81 years Born, Z.
S. Married. Hoboken."
GHistory of the case: DYSPEPSIA for PAST
four or five years. About fourteen months
partial loss of power and numbness in lower
eXtremtties Girdling sensation about alb
domen. Nov. &c, 1889, not improved, ex-
ternal stra bismus of left eye and dilatatiOn
of the left eye) Some difficulty in passing
water at times; no headache, but some
dizziness; alternate diarrhea and consti-
patton; partial ptosis past two weeks in
left eye.
@Ord. R F. Bi pep and Soda
These are the marked symptoms Of a Sc
we're case of lOcOmOtOr ataXia. "And DR..
Starr said a case with such marked symp-
toms could not be cured and QUAINT, who
was receiving treatment in the Outpatient
department, was given up as lncurable."
"There never was a case recovered in the
world" said DR.. Starr And then said:
"Dr. Ware can tell you more about the case,
as QUAINT was under his more personal
treatment. L am surprised,n he said, "that
the man is alive, as 1 thought he must be
dead long ago."
Our reporter found Dr. Edward Ware at
his Office No. 1872 West Ninety-third street.
New York. He said: II have very distinct
recollections of the QUAINT case. 1t was q
very pronounced case. l treated him about
eight months. This was in the early sum-
mer Of 1890. l deemed him incurable, and
thought him dead before now. Imagine
my surprise when [ received a letter from
him about two weeks ago telling me that he
was alive, was getting we'll and expected
soon to be fully recOvered.n
"What do you think Doctor, was the
cause of his recovery?n
"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, 1 am
glad the poor fellow is getting well, for his
was a bad case and he great sufferer"
DR.. Theodore r. futile, of 80 West
Eighteenth street, to whom our reporter is
indebted for assisting cOurtesies. said Of
locomotor ataxia: IL have had several
cases of this disease in the course of my
practice. will not say that it is incGra-
bic, but never knew Of a case to get we'll;
but Will say it is not deemed durable by
any remedies known to the medical pro-
fession."
After this successful and confirmatory
investigation in New York, our reporter,
Saturday, April I'd, 1892, visited St
Peters Hospital, in Albany, corner of
Albany and Ferry streets. He had a
courteous reception by Sister Mary Phil
omena, the Sister Superior of ST. Peters
Hospital, and when told the object of his
visit, said she remembered the case of poor
Mr.. QUAINT very distinctly. Said she at
was a very distressing case and excited
my sympathies much. Poor fellow, he
couldn't be cured, and had to go home in
terrible condition of helplessness and
suffering.n The house physician, con-
sulting the records of St. Peters HOsSital,
said he found only that Charles A. QUAINT
entered the hospital March 14th, 1890, was
treated by DR.. Henry Hun, assisted by DR..
Van Derveer, who was then, 1890, at the
head of the hospital, and that his case be-
ing deemed not possible of cure, he left
the hospital and was taken to his home, as
he supposed to die.
Such is the full history of this most re-
markable case of successful recovery feom
a heretofore supposed incurable disease,
and after all the doctors had given him up,
by the simple use of DIR. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People. Truly it is an inter
esting story of most miraculous cure of a
dreadful disease by the simple use of this
popular remedy.
A further investigation revealed the fact