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To verify Mr. Quant's statement our re-
porter few days ago, March Dist, 1922
called on Dr. Allen Starr at his Office, No.
% West Twenty-eighth 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 he remembered the case
of Mr.. QUAINT very well 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 he
did all cases of locOmotor ataXa as incur
able. In order that our reporter might get
a 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
street. office hours, Q 10 ~ a. m, New York,
March 3ist, 1892 Dear DR.. Vought: II you
have any record of a locomotor ataxia by
name OF QUAINT, who says he came to the
clinic three or four years ago, No l4,037, 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 Roosevelt Hosp.
|
BY means of this letter access to the rec
ords was permitted and a transcript of the
history of Mr.. QUAINT case made from them
as follows:-
"No. 1907. Admitted September 10th,
1889, Charles A. QUAINT, aged 81 years. Born
$ Married. Hobohen."
History OF the case Dyspepsia for past
four or five years About ii months
partial loss of power and numbness in
lower extremities. Girdling sensation about
abdomen November 29th, 1889 not i'm.
proved, external s.robismus of left eye and
dilation of the left eye Some difficulty in
passing water at times; no headache but
some dizziness; alternate diarrhoea and
constipation; partial ptoss past two weeks
in left eye
"Ord h. T. Bi pep. and soda"
These are the marked symptoms OF So
we're case of locomOtor ataXia And Dr.
Starr said case with such marked symp
toms could not be cured and Guam who
was receiving treatment in the out patien'
department, was gwen up as incurable
"There never was "A case recovered In the
world ~ 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.
Our reporter found Or. Edward Ware al
his Office, No. 1862 West Ninety-third street,
New York he said: Il have very distinct
recollections OF the QUAINT case. 1t was q
very pronounced case. l treated him about
eight months. This was In the early sum
mer of 1890 | deemed him incurable, and
thought him dead before now Imagine my
surprise when received letter from min
about two weeks ago telling me that lie was
alive, was getting well and expected soon
to be fully recovered"
"What do you think, doctor, was the
cause of his recoveryP'
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 well, fol
his was bad case and he was great suf
fererH
Dr. Theodore r. futile, No. $40 West
Eighteenth street, to whom our reporter ID
indebted for assisting courtesies, said of 10
comotor ataXia: II have had several case
of this disease in the course of my practice
| will not say that it is incmable, hut
never knew Of a case to get well; but vii
say it is rot deemed durable by an,
remedies known to the medical profession
After this successful and contirmatOry in
vestigation in New York, our reporter, Sat
urday April 2nd, 1892, visited st. Peter
hospital, in Albany, corner of Albany anC
Ferry streets He had courteous recep
ton by Sister Mary Philomena, the siste
superior of st. Peters hospital, and whei
bered the case Of poor Mr.. QUAINT very dis
tinctly Said she: ut was very dis
tressing case and excited my sympathie
much. Poor fellow he couldn't be ctreC
and had TO go home in terrible condition
of helpessnoss and suffering The hous
physician, on consulting the records Of st
Peters h spital, said he found only tina
4 \. al la. if1
March ltth, 1880 was treated by Dr. Henri
Hun, assisted by DR.. Van Dervecr, who wa
then. 1880. at the head of the hospital, an,
that his case being deemed not possible o
cure, lie left the hospital and was taken Il
his home. as he supposed TO die,
Such is the full history of this most re
marlable case of successful recovery from
heretofore supposed incurable disease
and after all the doctors had given him NJ
, by the simple use OF DR.. Williams Pin
Pills for Pale People. Truly it is AN inter
, esting story of a most miraculous cure Of
/ dreadful disease by tile simple use of thi
popular remedy.
A further investigation revealed the fac
t that Dr. Williams Pink Pills are not pa
+ ent medicine in tSs sense IN which ths
f term is usually understood, but are a sciei
r tiic preparation successfully used ~ ger
5 eral practice for many years before Deih
offered to the public generally. They col
tain in condensed form all the elemen;
: necessary to give new life and richness I
the blood, and restore shattered nerve
9 They are an unfailing specific for SUCH di
= eases As locomOtOr ataXia. partial paral.
L sis, ST Nitus dance, scatica, neuralgi
g rheumatism, nervous headache, the aftt
5 effects of la grippe, palpitation of the hear
S ! pale and sallow compilations, that tire
f feeling resulting from nervous prostraUoI
t all diseases depending upon vt:iatcd hi
r mors in the blood, such as scrOfula, chroni
+ erysipelas, etc They are also a specific fC
troubles peculiar TO females, such as SUI
a pressions, irregularities, and all forms ,
, weakness. They build up the blood and +
5 store Ike glow of health TO pale or sallo
] cheeks In the case of men they effect
o radical cure in all cases arising from mel
J. tai worry, overwork or excuses of wha
j ever nature.
On further inquiry the Writer iound thu
Y these pills are manufactured by the ID
$ Williams Medicine Company, Brockvill
Ontario, and Morristown, n, Y, and al
I sold in boxes never in loose form by Il