The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1892-11-11

To verify Mr.. Quant's statement our
reporter few days ago March 81, 1S9
| called on DIR. Allen Starr at his office No.
% West Twenty. eighth ST., New York
city. DIR. Starr is house physician of the
Roosevelt hospital, situated corner of
Ninth Avenue and Fifty-ninth street. In
reply to inquiry he said he rememb ered
the case of Mr.. QUAINT very well, and
treated him some, but that he was chiefly
treated and under the more especial care
of DIR. Ware. He said he regarded this
case as he did all ca O o'locomoter atax-
ia as incurable. l.. rider that our re
porter might got G pv of the history Of
the case of Mr.. Quan, from the hospital
record he very courie )usly gave him a
letter OF which the following is a cow
DR.. M. A. Starr, % West Forty-eighth
street. Office hours, to IL A. NJ, New
York, March 3lst, 1S92.-Dear DR..
Vought: If you have any record of To-
cnmoter ataxia by the name of QUAINT,
who says he came to he clinic three or
four years ago. No. l4,037, of The O ID.
Dept, Roosevelt, sent me from Ware,
Will you let the bearer know. II yon
have no record send him to Roosevelt
Hosp. Yours, STARR.
By means of this letter access to the
records was permit..i and a transcript
OF the history of Mr.. Quant's case made
from them as follows:
No. l4,O37. Admitted September 10Th,
1889, Charles A. QUAINT, aged "a years.
Born US. Married. Hoboken."
History of the case :-Dyspepsia for
past four or live years. About IA mouths
partial loss If power and numbness in
lower extremilies. Girding sens ltion
about abdomen. November 10Th, 1889
not improved, external sire bismus of left
eve, aud diatation Of the left eve. Some
diflcully IN passing water at times; no
headache but some dizziness; alternate
d 'arrh@a and constipation; partial pt)sis
pas two weeks in left eve.
Ord. r. f. Ri pep and soda"
These are marked symptoms of So
we're case OF loo )moter ataxia. "And DR..
, arr said case with such marked SWIM =
toms could not be cured, and QUAINT who
Was receiving treatment in the out pa
tlent department, was given up as ncu-
rahle."
Ihere never was case recovered in
the world" said DIR. Starr. And then
said, DR.. Ware can tell you more about
the case, as QUAINT was more under his
personal treatment l am surprised" he
said, "that the man is alive. as | thought
he must be dead long ago"
Our reporter found DR.. Edward Ware
ut his office, No. 1862 West Nnety-tbird
street, New York. He said, az have very
distinct recoliections of the QUAINT case. |
II was very pronounced case treat |
ed him about eight months. This was in
the early summer Of 1890. / deemed |
him incurable and thought him dead be-
fore NOW. Imagine my surprise when /
received letter from him about two
weeks ago, telling me that he was alive
was getting well and expected soon TO be
fully recovered"
What do yon think, doctor, was the
cause of his recovery ?"
THAT is more than / know. QUAINT
says he has been taking some sort of
pills and that they have cured him. At
all events, am glad the poor fellow is
getting we'll, for his was a bad case and
he was a great sufferer"
DR.. Theodore X. futile, of 3l9 West
Eighteenth street, to whom our reporter
is indebted for assisting conrtesies, said
Of locomoter ataxia, II have had several
cases of this disease in the course of my
practice. will not say that it is in