The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-12

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Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays,
TO verlry MI. Quanrs ssatemaG. our re
porter a few days ago, March 3lst, ise5l
called on Dr.. Allen Starr at his office, NO.
| 20 est Twenty eighth ST., New ork city.
DR.. Starr is house physician OF the hooss-
welt hospital, situated corner OF Ninth
avenue and Fifty ninth street. In reply 10
| inquiry he said be remembered the ease O.
Mr. QUAINT very well, and treated him SONS
but that he was chiefly treated ana unqf
the more especial care OF Dr. are. ii.
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
a letter of which the following is a copy
DIR. M. A. Starr, % West Forty eighth
street, office hours, 9 to IL a. m., New York,
March 3lst, 1892. Dear Dr.. Vought: II you
have any record of locomotor ataxla by
name of QUAINT, who says he came to the
clinic or years ago, No. 14,037, of the ..
ID. Dept, Roosevelt, sent to HE from Ware,
will you let the bearer know If you have
no record send him to Roosevelt Hosp.
Yours STAIR.
By means of this letter access to the rec
ords was permitted and transcript of the
history of Mr.. Quants case made from them
mo. 14,O37. Admitted September 10th,
1889, Charles A QUAINT, aged "a years. Born
u s. Married. Hoboken."
"History of the case dyspepsia for past
four or five years. About IA months partial
loss OF power and numoness IN lower e8-
tremities Girdling sensation about ADO
men. November 29th, 1889, not improved,
external strobismus of left eye and dllata-
ton of the left eye) Some difficulty III pass
ing water at times; no headache ouo SONS
dizziness; alternate diarrhoea and cons pa
ton; partial ptosis past two weeks III leu
eye. o,
ord r. F. Bi pep. and Soda"
These are the marked symptoms OF
severe case of locomotor ataxia. AND d.
Starr said u case with such marked sy4hp-
toms could not be cured and QUAINT, who was
receiving treatment in the out-patlent de-
partment, was given up as lncuraoie
There never was case recovered In the
world.n said DR.. Starr. And then SAID;
"Dr Ware can tell you more about the case
as QUAINT was under his more personal treat
ment / am surprised, he said "that the
man is alive, as / thought he must be dead
long ago." ar
Our reporter found DR.. Edward Ware at
his office No. l62 West Ninety third street,
New York He said ~ have very dstlnc1
recollections of the QUAINT case: IL was
very pronounced case. treated hun about
eight months. This was III the early sum,
mer of 1890, | deemed him incurable, and
thought him dead before now. luaSlne my
surprise when | received letter from nm
about two weeks ago telling me that he was
alive, was getting well and expected soon 10
be fully recovered" -
what do you think, doctor, was the
cause of his recovery"
THAT is more than i know. QUAINT says
no no tal
they have cured him. At all events, am
glad the poor fellow is getting well. Tor hls
was bad case and he was a great sufferer"
DR.. Theodore r. futile, of 3l9 West
Eighteenth street. To whom our reporter Is
indebted for assisting courtesieS, said OF
Iocomotor ataxia: II have had several
cases of this disease in the course of my
practice. will not say that it is incurable,
but never knew of a case To get Wen puC
will say it is not deemed durable by any
remedies known to the medical profession"
After this successful and contirmatory III
vestigation in New York, our reporter,
Saturday, April I'd, 1892, visited st Peters
Hospital, in Albany, corner OF Albany ana
Ferry streets. He had a courteous reception
by Sister Mary Philomena, the sister
superior of st. Peters Hospital, and when
told of the object of his visit, said she remem-
bered the case of poor Mr. QUAINT very DIS
tinctly. Said she: 1T was very distress
ing case and excited my sympathles much,
Poor fellow, he couldn't be curedand had to
20 home in a terrible condition OF helpless
ness and suffering The house ply scian, on
consulting the records of ST. Peters Hospital,
said he found only that Charles A. QUAINT
entered the hospital March l4th, 1871, was
treated by DR.. Henry Hun, assisted by DR..
Van Derveer, who was then, 1871, AT the
head of the hospital, and that his case being
deemed not possible of cure he lett the
hospital and was taken to his home, as he
supposed to die.
Such is the full history of this most re-
markab BILE case of successful recovery from
heretofore supposed incurable disease, and
after all the doctors had given him up, 10y
the simple use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People Truly it is an interesting
story of a most miraculous cure of a dreadful
disease by the simple use OF this popular
remedy.
A further 'investigation revealed the fact
| that DR.. Williams Pink Pills are not patent
medicine in thersense in which that term is
| generally understood, but are "a scientific
preparation successfully used in general
practice for many years before being offered
| to the public generally. 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 speciicfor such diseases as locomotor
| ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
| headache, the after effects of la grippe,
palpitation OF the heart, pale and sallow
Compilations, that tired feeling resulting
| from nervous prostration; all diseases
| depending upon vitiated humors in the blood,
such as scrofuia, chronic erysipelas, etc
| They are also u specific for troubles peculiar
| to females, such as suppressions, Irregular
| ties and all forms of weakness. They build