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have made such remarkable cures in this
and other cases
Mr. QUAINT placed in the hands of the
reporter his card of admission TO Roosevel
Hospital. which is here reproduced In fur
ther confirmation of his statements;
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To verify Mr. Quant's statement our re-
porter a few days ago March 81. 1902
called on DIR. Allen Starr at his Office. No
22 West Twenty eighth street, New York
City. DIR. Starr is house physician of the
Roosevelt Hospital. situated corner OF Ninth
avenue and Fifty-ninth street In reply 20
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 moro 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 a copy of
the history of the case OF Mr. QUAINT from
the hospital record he very courteously
gave him n letter of which the following Is
a copy:.
abr. NJ A. Starr. 20 West Forty eighth
street, Office hours. 0 TO ~ n M. New York.
March 81. 1892 Dear Dr. Vought; II you
have any record of q locomotor ataxia by
name Of QUAINT, who says he came to the
clinic three or four years ago. No. 14037, of
the O. ID. Dept, Roosevelt, sent TO me from
Ware, will you let the bearer know Ifyou
have no record send him to Roosevelt Hosp
aYours. STARR
By means of this letter access to the rec
ords was permitted and a transcript of the
history of MIR. Quant's case made from them
as follows:
aNo 14os7. Admitted Sept 10, 1889.
Charles A QUAINT, aged "a years Born, U.
S. Married Hoboken."
9History of the case: DYSPEPSIA for past
four or FIVE years About fourteen months
partial loss of power and numbness in lower
extremities. Girdling sensation about alb
domen. Nov. 90, 1880, not improved, ex-
ternal strabismus OF left eye and dilatatlon
of the left eye.) Some difficulty I'm passing
water at times; no headache, but some
dizziness; alternate diarrhRa and consti-
patton; partial ptosis past two weeks In
left eye
sOrd. r f. Bi pep and Soda"
These are the marked symptoms OF a Sc
we're case of locomotor ataxia- "And DIR.
Starr said case with such marked symp-
toms could not be cured and QUAINT, who
was receiving treatment In the outpatient
department.. was given up as incurable."
@There never was n case recovered in the
world,n said Dr. Starr And then said:
abr Ware can tell you more about the case
as QUAINT was under his more personal
treatment. / am surprised" he said. shat
the man is alive. as l thought he must be
daad long
Our reporter found DIR. Edward Ware at
his office, No. 16o 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 sum-
mer OF 1900 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"
@what do you think. Doctor. was the
cause of his recovery"
GThat Is more than know. QUAINT says
he has been taking some sort of pills and
that they have cured him. At ali events,I am
glad the poor fellow is getting well. for his
was n bad case and he was great sufferer"
DIR. Theodore r. 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 1 will. not say that IL is incira-
BILE. but never knew of a case to get well;
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
courteous reception by Sister Mary Phil
II ca n2e- -
Hospital. and when told the object of his
visit. said she remembered the case of poor
Mr.. QUAINT very distinctly Said she; alt
was very distressing case and excited
my sympathies much. Poor fellow, he
couldn't be cured. and had TO go home in
terrible condition OF helplesspess aud
suffering The house physician, on con-
sulting the records of st. Peters Hospital
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 70 his home, as
he supposed TO die
Such Is the full history OF this most
markable case OF successful recovery from
q 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 IL Is an inter-
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dreadful disease by the simple use Of this
popular remedy.
A further investiga tion revealed the fact
that DIR. Williams Pink Pills are not a
patent medicine In the sense In which that
term Is usually understood, but are
scientific preparation successfully
used in general practice for many years
before being offered TO the public gener-
ally. They contain In a condensed form
all the elements necessary TO give new
life and richness TO the blood, and
restore shattered nerves They are an I'M
failing specific for such diseases as loco
motor ataxia, partial paralysis, St Nitus
dance, sciatica. neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache. the after effects OF n
grippe. palpitadon of the heart, pale and
sallow complexion[ that tired feeling re-
sulting from nervous prostration; all dis
eases depending upon vitiated humors In
the blood, such as scrofula, chronic cry sip
elias. etc They are also specific for trou-
bles peculiar 10 females, such as suppress
sions Irregularities. and all forms OF woni<-'
ness They build mp the blood and restore
the glow Of health 70 pale or sallow cheeks
In the case of men they eject a radical
cure IN all casos arising from mental wor-
~. overwork or excesses OF whatever na-
ture.
On further inquiry the writer found that
these pills are manufactured by the DIR