The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1892-05-25
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
FURTHER INVESTIGATED ny AN Ex-
PRESS REPORTER.

IN THE HfsToRY OF MEDt-
CAL SCIENCE,
A few weeks ago an article appeared in
this paper copied from the Albany. N. Y,
journal, giving the particulars OF one Of the
most remarkable cures Of the 10th century
The article was under the heading "a
Saratoga Co. Miracle" and excited such
widespread comment that another Albany
paper-the Express-1etailed reporter TO
make thorough investigation Of the state
ments appearing in the Journals article.
The facts as elected by the Express reporter
are given in the following article, which ap.
peared in that paper on April 10th, and
makes one OF the most interesting stories
ever related
A few weeks ago there was published in
the Albany Evening journal the story of a
most remarkable--indeed SO remarkable as
to well justify the term miraculous
of a severe case of locomotor ataxia, or
creeping paralysis, simply 10y the use OF
Pink Pills for Pale People, and, in comply
ance with instructions, an Express Reporter
has been devoting some time in a critical
investigation of the real facts OF the case.
The story of the wonderful cure of Charles
A. QUAINT of Galway, Saratoga County,
N Y. as first told in the Journal, has
been copied into hundreds il not thousands
of other daily and weekly newspapers and
has created such a sensation throughout the
entire country that it was deemed a duty
due all the people, and especially the thou
sands Of similarly afflicted that the state
ments of the case as made in the Albany
journal, and copied into so many other
newspapers should, IL true, be verified or,
il false, exposed as an imposition upon public
| credulity.
The result of the Express reporters in.
vestigations authorizes him in saying that
| the story of Charles A. Quant's cure of
locomotor ataxia by the use of Pink Pills
| for Pale People, popular remedy prepared
| and put up by the DR.. Williams Medicine
| Company, Morristown, n. Y, and Brock
vile, Ontario, is TRUE, and that all its
| statements are not only justified but verified
| by the fuller development of the further
facts OF 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 man who after weeks and months of
treatment by the most skillful doctors in
two of the best hospitals in the State of New
Yorle--the Roosevelt Hospital in New York
| City and st, Peters Hospital i'll Albany
was dismissed from each as incurable and,
because the case was deemed incurahle, the
man was denied admission into several 9TH
ers to which application was made in his be-
half. The story as told by Mr.. QUAINT him
| self and published in the Albany Journal, is
as follows:
"My name is Charles A. QUAINT; l am 81
years old; | was born in the village of Gal
way and excepting while travelling on bust
ness and u little while in Amsterdam, have
spent nay whole life here Up to about eight
years ago l had never been sick and was
then in perfect health. l was fully six feet
tall, weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For IL years was travelling sales
man for a piano and organ company, and
had to do, or at least did do, great deal Of
heavy lifting, got my meals very irregularly
and slept in enough spare beds in coun-
try houses to freeze an ordinary man to
death, or at least give him the rheuma-
tism. 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 l was
treated by various doctors in different
places, and took all the patent medicines |
could hear of that claimel to be cure for
dyspepsia. But continued to grow grad
ually worse for four years. Then | began
to have pain in my back and legs and be.
came conscious that my legs were getting
weak and my step unsteady, and then |
staggered when walked. Having received
no benefit from the use of patent medicines,
and feeling that | was constantly CROWN :
worse l then, upon advice, began the use oil
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 reporter an electric suit
the fall of 1888 the doctors advised a clange
of climate, so | went to Atlanta, Ca, and
acted as agent for the Estey Organ Com
/ pany. While there took a thorough cleo
trio treatment but 1t only Aemed to aggra-
vate my disease, and the only relief | could
get from the sharp and dstreesingpains was
to take morphine. The pain was so in
tense at times that it seemed as though
could not stand it, and almost longed for
death as the only certain relief. In Septem-
i
lett eye was drawn to one side, so that had
double sight and was dizzy. My trouble so
affected my whole nervous system that |
had to give up business. Then returned to
New York and went to the Roosevelt Hos
pital where for four months / was treated
by specialists and they pronounced my case
locomotor ataxia and incurable. After |
had been under treatment by Prof. Starr
and DIR. Ware for four months, they told me
they had done all they could for me- Then
went to the New York Hospital ON Fiji
teenth street, where, upon examination, they
said was incurable and would not take me
in. At the Presbyterian Hospital they ex-
amined me and told me the same thing. In
March, 1890, l was taken to st. Peters Hos
pital in Albany, where Prof. Fl. H. Hun
frankly told my wife my case was hopeless
that he could do nothing for me and that she
had better take me back home and save my
, money. But wanted to make a trial of
Prof. Huns famous skill and l remained
| under his treatment for nine weeks, but Sc
, cured no benefit. All this time | ha / been
growing worse. l had become entirely
paralyzsd from my waist down and had
/ | PARTLY lost control OF my hands. The pain
was terrible; my legs felt as though they
were freezing and my stomach would not re-
tain food, and | fell away to 120 pounds.
: IN the Albany Hospital they put seventeen
, big burns on my back one day with red hot
! irons and after few days they put fourteen
more burns on and treated me with cleo
tricty, but got worse rather than better;
: lost control of my bowels and water, and,
: upon advice of the doctor, who said
7 there was no hope for me, | was brought
, home, where It was thought that death would
! soon come 10 relieve me of my sufferings
|, Last September, while in this helpless and
p suffering condition, a friend of mine in
Hamilton, Ont, called my attention to the
a statement of one John Marshall, whose case
"a had been similar TO my own, and who had
been cured by the use of DR.. Williams Pinl
: Pills for Pale People. In this case Mr.. Mar
= shall, who is a prominent member of thu
= Royal Templars of Temperance, had, after
= four years of constant treatment by the
L most eminent Canadian physicians, beer
pronounced incurable and paid the $l00l
total disability claim allowed by the order in
such cases. Some months after Mr.. Mar
shall began course of treatment with DR.
r Williams Pink Pills, and after taking SOM
Is boxes was fully restored TO health.
. thought | would try them, and my wife sen
"a "a for two boxes of the pills, and | took then
!. accor ling 10 the directions on the wrappe
. each box. For the first few days thC
cold baths were pretty severe as l was 81
r very weak but | continued to follow in
Is structions as to taking the pills and tn,
Is treatment and even before l had used uI