Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1892-05-06
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
FURTHER INVESTIGATED BE An En-
PRESS REPORTER.


The MoST MARVELLOUS CASE
IN THE HISTORY or MIDI
CAL SCIENCE.
A few weeks ago an article appeared In
This paper copied from the Albany, \. y"
journal, giving the particulars OF one OF tue
most remarkable cures Of the l9tA century.
Tho article was un Ter thu heading "A
Saratoga Co. Mirlclt,' ami excited such
WIDESPREAD comment that another Albany
paper-the Exprrss-letailsi a reporter TO
make a thorough investigation Of the state
ments appearing in the Journals article.
The facts as elected by the Express reporter
are Given in the following aruce, which ap.
reared in that paper on April l6tn, aud
makes one o. the most interesting stories
ever related:
A few weeks ago there was published IN
the Albany Evening journal tue story OF IA
most remarkable-Indeed 50 remarkable as
to well Justify the term miraculous cure
of n severe case of locomotor ataNla, or
creeping paralysis simply by the use OF
Pink Pins for Pale People, aud, IN comply
ance with instructions, an Express Reporter
has been dcvoting some time IN crltical
Investigation of the real facts oil the casa.
The story of the wonderful cure Of Charles
a. Guant, Of Galway, Saratoga County,
" n, first told IN the Journal. has
been copicd into hunlre t. If not thOusiniS
- ntbsr Ioilv and weekly newspapers ant
Sas crcnted sIch n sensation throughout the
a,,t;ra country TINT IT was deemed a duty
due all the peop,e, and especially the thpu-
sands of similarly afi cted, that the state
ments of the case rs made IN the Albany
in,,rooI and copied into so many other
h.. tAN Ar
II folse eyposed as an imposition up1n pIblIc
"radmIitv
Tha result of the EXPRESS reporters in.
yestigotions authOriz, IS him in Swing that
the Story of Charles A, Quant's euro OF
Iocomot6r ataxia by the use of Pink Pills
ror pnIe pponIa n nopuIar remedy prepared
and mt mn by the Dr.. William; Medicine
Comneny Morristown, y. y, aud Brock
vile Ontario. Is True, ami that all its
,tatamants ore not only iustllie but verified
nv the fuller development OF the further
tScte of the case.
P,rhops the readers of the Express are
not nil Of them fully familiar with the de
tails Of This miraculous restoration to health
of n man who after weeks and months Of
treatment nv the most sHlllful doctors in
t,po Of the hest HOSPITALS in the State OF New
Vork-the Roosevelt Hospital in New YORK
G,itv and ST. Peters Hosp tai IN Albany
was dismissed from each as incurable and
because the case was deemed incurahle, tbs
n1on was denied admission into several 9TH
ers to which application was made in his be-
holf The story as told by Mr.. QUAINT hun
seIf and nublished in the ALBANY journal Is
as follows.
"Mv name is Charles A, QUAINT; | am 81
vears old. was born in the village Of Gal.
wnv and exceptur while travelling on bust
ness and a little while in Amsterdam, have
snent nav wholellf here. Up to. about eight
years ago | had never been sick and was
ihen in 1erfect health. was fully six feet
telI weighed $50 pounds and was very
stronp For II yeirs was travelling sales
man FOR n piano and organ company, and
had to do, or ut least did DO, a great deal OF
heavy lifting. cot my meals very lrregularly
and Silent in enough spare beds in coun.
trv houses TO freeze an ordinary man to
death. or at least give HIM the rheuma.
tism. About eight years ago | began t.
feel distress IN my stomach, and con>ulte
several doctors about 1t. they ali said it
was DYSPEPSIA, and for dyspepsia | was
treated by various doctors in different
nlaces. and took all the patent medicines
could hear Of that claimed to be euro for
dyspepsia. But continued to grow grad.
ually worse for four years. Then | began
to have pain in my back aud legs and be-
came conscious that my legs were gettln
weak and nv step unsteady, ana then
staggered when walked. Having received
no benefit from the use of rateut medicines,
and feeling that | was constantly grown5
worse then, upon advice, began the use o
electric belts, pads and all the many different
kinds of electric appliances could hear OF,
ana spent hunureas Oh doiiars ior thehlt ou'
they dld me no good (tere Mr. Quaul
a
OF underwear, Tor winch he pad SEA- Ii
the fall OF leSS the doctors ADVISED cIanIe
OF climate, 50 went TO Atlanta, ia, and
acted as agent for the Estey Organ Com
pany. While there took thorough cleo
trio treatment, but 1t only emei to aggrd-
waite my disease, aud the only relief | could
get from the sharp and distressing pains was
to take morphine. The pain was so in
tense at times that it seemed as though
could not stand 1t, and almost lonSed toI
death as the only certain relief. In Septem
her Of 1888 my legs gave out entirely and my
left eye was drawn to one side, 50 that hat
double sight and was dizzy. My trouble 81
affected my whole nervous system that
had to give up business. Then | returned K
New York and went to the Roosevelt Hos
pital, where for four months / was treatet
by specialists and they pronounced my cas-
locomotor ataxia ami incurable. After
had been under treatment by Prof. Star
and DR.. Ware for four months, they told m
they had done all they could for me. The
| went TO the New York Hospital on FL
tenth street, where, upon examination. the
said | was incurable and would not take III
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cured no.benedt. All this time ha bee
growing worse. | had become entirel
paralyzed from my waist down an la
rarity lost control Of my han Is. The PAL
was terrible; my legs felt as though the
were creeziur and my stomach would not /
tain food. and [ fell away to l20 pound
In the Albany Hospital they put seventies
bip burns ON nv back one day with red h.