The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1892-05-12
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
FURTHER INVESTIGATED BY AN Ex'
PRESS REPORTER.


THE MOST MARVELLOUS CASE
IN THE HtsfoR9 oy MEDt-
CAL SCIENCE.
A few weeks ago an article appeared in
this paper copied from the Albany N. ",
Journal giving the particulars OF om OF the
most remarkable cures Of the 18th century
The article was under the heading IA
Saratoga Co. Miracle and excited such
widespread comment that another Albany
paper-the Express--detailed reporter to
make thorough investigation of the state
mepts appearing in the Journals article.
The facts as ELECTED by the Express reporter
are given In the following article, which ap
peared in that paper on April 10th, ana
makes one of the NEST interesting stories
ever related; .,,,.E
The Albany Evening Journal the story of
most remar kable-indeed so remarkable as
to well Justify the term 'miraculous'-cur
of a severe case of locomotor ataxia, or
creeping paralysis, simply by the use OF
Pink Pills for Pale People, and, in comply
ance with instructions, an Express Reporter
has been devoting some time in critical
investigation of the real facts of the case
The story of the wonderful cure of Charles
A. QUAINT of Galway, Saratoga County,
n Y, dis first told in the journal, has
been copied into hundreds if not thousands
of other daily and weekly newspapers and
has created such sensation throughout the
entire country that it was deemed duty
due all the people, and especially the thou
sands of similarly afflicted, that the state
tnents Of the case as made in the Albany
journal, and copied into so many other
newspapers should, if true, be verified; or,
II false, exposed as an imposition upon public
credulity.
The result Of the Express reporters in
vestigations authorizes him in saying that
the story of Charles A. Quants cure OF
lccomotor ataxia by the use of Pink Pills
for Pale People, popular remedy prepared
and put up by the DR. Williams Medicine
Company Morristown, n. Y, and Brock
Vile Ontario, rs TRUE, and that all its
statements are not only justified but verified
by the fuller development OF the further
facts of the case.
Perhaps the readers of the Express are
not all Of them fully familiar with the de-
tails of this miraculous restoration to health
of man who after weeks and months OF
treatment by the most sk1lful doctors In
two of the best hospitals in the State Of New
York-the Roosevelt Hospital in New York
City and St. Peters Hospital in Albany
was dismissed from each as incurable and,
because the case was deemed incurable the
ers to which application was made in his be-
half. The story as told by Mr.. QUAINT him
self and published in the Albany Journal, is
as follows:
my name is Charles A. QUAINT; am 81
years old; | was born in the village Of Gal
way and excepting while travelling on bust
ness and little while in Amsterdam, have
spent nay wholelif here. Up to about eight
years ago | had never been sick and was
then in perfect health. l was fully six feet
tall, weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For 10 years was travelling sales
man for piano and organ company, and
had to do or at least did do, great deal of
heavy lifting, got my meals very lrregularly
and slept in enough spare beds In coun-
try houses to freeze an ordinary man to
death, or at least give him the rheuma-
tism. About eight years ago began to
feel distress in my stomach, and consulted
several doctors about it. They all said it
was dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia | was
treated by various doctors in different
places, and took all the patent medicines L
could hear OF that claimed to be a cure for
dyspepsia. But / continued to grow grad
ualiy worse for four years. Then l began
to have pain in my back and legs and be
came conscious that my legs were getting
weak and my step unsteady, and then
staggered when | walked having received
no benefit from the use of patent medicines,
and feeling that l was constantly growing
worse, | then, upon advice, began the use OF
electric belts, paos and all the many different
kinds of electric appliances | could hear OF,
and spent hundreds of dollars for them, but
they did me no good. Here Mr.. QUAINT
showed the Journal reporter an electric suit
OF underwear, for which he paid Sl4.l In
the fall of 1883 the doctors advised change
of climate, SO | went to Atlanta, Ga, and
acted as agent for the Estey Organ Com
r &xDNl thr,,1 .srh al
uric treatment, but it only seemed to aggra-
vate my disease and the only relief | could
get from the sharp and distressing pains was
to take morphine. The pain was SO in
tense at times that it seemed as though 1
could not stand it, and | almost longed for
death as the only certain relief. In Septem-
Der of 1888 my legs gave out entirely and my
left eye was drawn to one side, SO that had
double sight and was dizzy. My trouble SO
affected my whole nervous system that !
had to give up business. Then returned to
New York and went to the Roosevelt Hos
pital, where for four months was treated
by specialists and they pronounced my case
locomotor ataxia and incurable. After l
had been under treatment by Prof. Starr
and DR.. Ware for four months, they told me
they had done all they could for me. Then
went to the New York Hospital on FIT
teenth street, where, upon examination, they
said was incurable and would not take me
in. At the Presbyterian Hospital they ex-
amined me and told me the same thing. In
March 1890 / was taken to st. Peters dos
pital in Albany, where Prof. H. II. Hun
frankly told my wife my case was hopeless;
that he could do nothing for me and that she
had better take me back home and save my
money. But / wanted to make trial or
Prof. Huns famous skill and / remained
under his treatment for nine weeks, but Sc
cured no benefit. All this time had been
growing worse. / had become entirely
paralyzed from my waist down and had
partly lost control of my hands. The pain
was terrible; my legs felt as though they
were freezing and my stomach would not re-
tain food and-I fell away to 120 pounds.
In the Albany Hospital they put seventeen
big burns on my back one day with red hot
irons, and after a few days they put fourteen
more burns on and treated me with cleo
tricity, but got worse rather than better;
lost control of my bowels and water, and,
upon advice of the doctor, who said
there was no hope for me, l was brought
home, where it was thought that death would
soon come. to relieve me Of my sutferings;
Last September, while in this helpless and
suffering condition, friend Of mine in
Hamilton, Ont, called my attention to the
statement of one John Marshall whose case
had been similar to my own, and who had
IL l,a, 81 nt.