Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-05-07

To verify Mr.. Quant's statement our re-
porter few days ago, (March Slst, 1Sy3,)
called on DR.. Allen Starr ut his Office, No.
% West Twenty-eighrh street, New York
city. Dr. Starr is house physician OF the
Roosevelt hospital, situated corner OF Ninth
avenue and Flfty-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 no
did ,ill cases OF locomotor ataxia rs incur
able. In order that our reporter might get
copy of the history Of the case Of Mr..
QUAINT from tho hospital record ne very
courteously gave him letter OF which the
following no Is staEr. % West Forty-eighth
street Office hours, Q 10 l2 q. NJ, New York,
March 3lst, 1S92.-Dear DIR. Vought: II you
have any record OF o locomotor ataxia by
name OF QUAINT, who says he came TO the
clinic three or four years ago, NO. 14,OSI, OF
the o. ID Dept, Roosevelt, sent to me from
Ware, will you let the bearer know II you
have no record send him TO hooseveis hosp
By means of this letter access to the rec
ords was permitted and transcript OF the
history OF Mr. Quant's case made from them
&c "So i4os7. Admitted September 18th,
1899, Charles A. QUAINT, aged 81 years. Born
u. s. Married. Hoboken."
''History OF the case:-Dyspepsia Tor past
four or five years: ABOUT II mOa'h Us
lower extremities. Girdling sensation about
abdomen. November Goth, 1889, not i'm;
proved, external sJrobismus OF left eye ana
dilation of the left eye) Some difficulty IN
passing water at times; no headacne Dug
some dizziness; alternate d1arrhoea ana
constipation; partial ptosis past Two weeks
in left eye
These are the marked symptoms OF SEE
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 out:patient
department, was given up rs 1ncura6le"
''There never was case recovered In Lne
world - said DR.. Starr. And then said: DIR.
Ware can tell YOU more about the case as
QUAINT was under his more personal treat
ment. l am surprised" he said, that the
man is alive, as thought he must be dead
Our reporter found DR.. Edward Ware at
his Office, No. 1862 West Ninety-third street,
New York. He said: 81 have very distinct
recollections Of the QUAINT case; II was Q
very pronounced case. 1treated him about
eight months. This was In the early sum
mer of 1891 / deemed him tncurable, and
Thought him dead before now. Imagine my
surprise when received letter from MIN
about two weeks ago telling me that he was
alive, was getting well and expected soon
TO be fully recovered"
What do you think, doctor, was the
What il more than 1 know QUAINT says
he has been taking some sort OF pills ana
that they have cured him. At all events, 1
am Glad the poor fellow is getting well, Tor
his was @ bad case and ne was great SUI
ferer.n an
DIR. Theodore r. Tuttle, No. Sl9 West
Eighteenth street, to whom our reporter -
indebted for assisting courtesies, said OF To-
comotor ataxia: 81 have had several cases
of this disease in tho course Of my practice:
/ will not say that It 10 incurable, hut
never knew Of o case TO get well; but VIII
saw II 10 not deemed durable by any
remedies known to the medical profession"
After this successful and confrmatory In
yestiRation In New York, our reporter, Bat
urday April 2nd, 1892, visited ST Peter 8
hospital, In Albany, corner Of Albany and
Ferry streets. He had courteous recep-
ton BY Sister Mary Philomena, the sister
superior of st. Peters hospital, and when
| told the object Of his visit said she remem-
bered the case OF poor Mr.. QUAINT very de
tinctly. Said she: 'It was q very dis
tressing case and excited my sympathies
much Poor fellow he couldn't be cured
| and had TO 20 home In terrible conditlon
| Of helplesSuess and suffering" The house
physioIan, ON consulting the records Of 81
PETERS hospital, said he found only that
Charlee "A. QUAINT entered the hospital
March 14th, 1890, was treated by DR.. Henry
Hun. assisted by DR.. Van Deryeer, who was
then, 1890, at the head OF the hospital, ano
cnre- he left the hospital and was taken "a
his home, ~ he supposed to die:
such Is the full history OF this most re-
marksble case OF successful recovery from
a heretofore supposed incurable disease
and after all the doctors had given him up,
bv the simple use Of DR.. Williams PM
| pills for Pale People. Truly ITS An inter