The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-06-10

To verify Mr.. Quant's statement our re-
porter few days ago, March 3lst, 1922
called on DR. Allen Starr at his office. No.
% West Twcnty-eiGllth street, New York
city. DR.. Starr Is house physician of the
Roosevelt hospital, situated corner OF Ninth
avenue and Fifty-ninth street. In reply to
inquiry he said lie rememo ered the case
OF Mr.. QUAINT very well ANA treated
him some but that he was chiefly treated
and under tho more especial care of DR..
Ware. He said he regarded this case ne he
did all cases OF loComotOr ataxla as incur
able, In order that our reporter might get
n copy of the history OF the case of Mr..
QUAINT from the hospital record he very
courteously gave him letter OF which the
following is copy
DIR. NJ a. Starr, % West Forty-eighth
street, Office hours, 10 = a. m, New " rk,
March 31st. 1892 Dear DIR. Vought: II you
have any record OF II locomotor ataXia by
name of QUAINT, who says he came 20 the
clinic three or four years ago, No. l4,O31, OF
the q. ID Dept, Roosevelt, sent 10 me from
Ware, will you let the bearer know. II YOU
have no record send him 10 Roosevelt Hosp.
Yours, STARE
BY means of this letter access TO the rec
ords was permitted amt a transcript OF tie
history OF Mr.. QUAINT scase made froEi them
mo. H.o37. Admitted September 10th,
1889, Charles A. QUAINT aged 81 years. Born
L. s Married. Hoboken."
History OF the e:-Dyspcpsia for past
four or five years About II months
partial loss Of power and numbness in
lower cxtrcmities. Girdlug sensation about
abdomen. November 18th, 1854. not i'm
proved, external strobismus Of LETT eve and
dilation of the left eye) Some difficulty in
passing water at times; no headache but
some dizziness; alternate diarrhoea and
constitutions partial ptosls past two weeks
in LETT eye
"Ord k F. Ri pep and soda"
These are the marked symptoms Of Sc
we're case OF locomotor ataXia "And DR.
Starr said case with such marked symp.
toms could not he cured ana QUAINT who
WINS receiving treatment In the out patient
department, was given up ms incuraOle
"rhere never WAS case recovered III The
world, " said DIR. Starr. And then SAID: "Dr.
Ware can tell You more about the case as
Quait was under his more personal treat
mcnt / am surprised" he said, that tie
man is alive, as thought he must be dead
long ago
Our reporter found Dr. Edward Ware at
his Office, No. li3 West Ninety-third street,
New York He said: II have very distinct
recollections OF the QUAINT case: II was u
very pronounced case. ] treated him about
eight months This was in the early sum
mer of lsgD | deemed him iucurHble. and
thought him dead before now, Imagine my
surprise when received u letter from ntn
about two weeks ago ceiling me that he was
alive, was getting well aud expected soon
10 he IulN recovered
What do NOu think doctor, was the
cause Of his rccoveryf'
"'rhat is more thar know QUAINT says
he has been taking some sort of pills and
that they have cured him. Al al events,
ana glad the poor fellow is getting well, for
his was bad case aud he was great SUI.
fcrer.n h s
DR. Theodore r. futile, No $40 West
Eighteenth street, 20 whom on: reporter is
indebted for assisting conrtesies, said Of 10.
comotor ataxia: II have had several cases
of this disease I'm the course Of my practice
l will not say that IL is incurable, hut
never knew OF n case to get wei; but will
say IL Is rot deemed durable by any
remedies known 10 tho medical Profession
After this successful and contrmatory in.
vestigation in New York, our reporter, Sat-
urday April 2nd. 1892, visited So Peters
hospital. in Albany, corner Of Albany aud
Ferry streets. He Tad II courteous reccp-
ton by SISTER Mary PhilOmena, The sister
superior of 81. Peters hospital and when
| told the object OF his visit said che rcmem-
bered the case Of poor Mr.. Quantver DIS
tinctlv. Said SHE: 1T was very dis
PRESSING case and excited my sympathies
and had To 60 home in a terrible condition
OF helplessness nnd snfcring.' The house
physician, on consulting the rec ,rds ~ St
| Peters hospital said he found ouly that
| Charles a. y, ant entered the hospital
March 18th, 1890, was treated by DIR. Henry
| Hun, assisted by DR. Van nerveCr, whOwas
then. 1880. at tho heal of the hospital. aud
| that his case being dcclucd not possible Of
cure, lie left the hospital and was taken 10
his homo, AS lac supposed TO die,
Such II the FULL history of this most re-
marknblc case of successful re- oVerN from
a heretofore supposed inmlrabe diseuse,
and after all tue doctors had siyop him up,