The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-05-07
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
Further Investigated by an E1-
press Reporter.
The Facts Already Stated Fully Confirmed
Interviews with Leading Physicians
Who Treated Quant-The Most Mar
velous Case in the History Of
Medical Science.

A few weeks ago an article appeared fl
this paper copied from the Albany, n. Y.
Journal, giving the particulars of one Of tn,
most remarkable cares Of the 10Th century
The article was under the heading"A Sara
toga Co. Miracle" and excited such wide
spread comment that another Albany pape
the Express-detailed a reporter to max
a thorough investigation of the statement
appearing in the Journals article. The
facts as ELECTED by the Express reporte!
are given in the following article, whicl
appeared in that paper on April 10th, anC
makes one Of the most interesting storie:
ever related
A few weeks ago there was published il
the Albany Evening journal the story of
most remarkable-indeed so remarkable a,
to well justify the term 'miraculOus'-curC
of a severe case of locomotor ataxia, oil
creeping paralysis; simply by the use OF
Pink Pills for Pale People, and, in compli
ance with instructions, an Express reporter
has been devotiDg some time in 4 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, as first told in The Jour
NAL has been copied into hundreds If moi
thousands of other daily and weekly news
papers aud has created such n sensation
throughout the entire country that it was
deemed o duty due all the people and es-
pecially the thousands Of similarly afflicted
that the statements Of the case as made in
The Albany Journal and copied into SO
many other newspapers should, if true, be
verified; or, if false, exposed as an imposi.
ton upon public credulity.
The result Of the Express reporters In
vestigations authorizes him in saying that
the story OF Charles A. Quants cure of 10
comotor ataxia by the use OF Pink Pills
for Pale People, Il popular remedy prepared
and put up by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, MOrristown, y. V. and Brock
vile, Ontario. Is TRUE, and that all its
statements are not only justified but YER
flied by the fuller development Of the fur
Their 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 10
health OF a man who after weeks and
months of treatment by the most skiliful
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 i'll
durable and, because the case was deemed
:ncurable, the man was denied admission
into several others to which Application was
made in his behalf. h story as told by
Mr.. QUAINT himself and published in the AL
bany Journal, is rs follows
my name is Charles A. QUAINT. ! am 81
years old. Twas born in the village OF Cal
way and excepting while travelling on bust
ness and a little while In Amsterdam, have
spent my whole life here. Up to about eight
years ago / had never been sick and was
then in perfect health. was fully six feet
tall, weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For II years | was travelling
salesman for n piano and organ company,
and had to do, or at least did DO. a great deal
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larry and slept in enough spare beds in
country houses TO freeze any ordinary man
to death, or at least give him the rhcUma-
tism- About eight years ago | began to feel
distress in my stomach. and consulted sew
eral doctors about il. They all said 1t was
dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia / was treated
by various doctors III different places. and
took all the patent medicines / could hear
of that claimed 10 be a cure for dyspepsia.
But l continued to grow gradually worse
for four years. Then l began to have pain
In my back and legs and became conscious
that my legs were getting weak ana my
step unstea ~, and then | staggered when |
walked. Having received no benefit from
the use of patent medicines, and feeling
TINT ! was constantly rrwing worse, |
then, upon advice, began the use Of electric
belts, pads and all the many different kinds
of electric appliances i 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 Sl24). In
the fall of 1855 the doctors advised n change
of climate, so i went to Atlanta, Ga. and
acted as agent for the Estcy Organ Com
pany. While there l took n thorough cleo
trio treatment, but it only seemed TO agra
vate my disease, and the only relief i 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 /
could not stand it, and ! almost lomEed for
death as the only certain relief. In SeptCm-
Der of 1883 my legs gave out entirely and
my left eye was drawn to one side, so tina.
| had double sight and was dizzy. My
trouble so affected my whole nervous sys-
TEN that had 10 give up business. Then
i returned to New York and went TO the
Roosevelt hospital, where for four months
i was treated by specialists and they pro-
nounced my case locomOtOr ataxia and in
durable. Afterl had been under treatment
by Prof. Starr and DIR. Ware for four
months, they told me they had done all
they could for me. Then went 10 the New
York hospital on Fifteenth street, where,
upon examination, they said | was incur
able and would not take me in. At the
Presbyterian hospital they examined me
and told me the same thing. In March,
1890, l was taken to St Peters hospital in
Albany, where Prof. II. II. Hun frankly told
my wife my case was hopeless; that he
could do nothing for NE and hat she had
better take me back home and save my
money. But / wanted to make . trial of
Prof. Huns famous skill md | remained
under his treatment for nine weeks. but Sc
cured no benefit. All this time | had been
growing worse. | had become entirely par
alyzed from my waist down and had part
ly lost control of my hands. The pain was
terrible; my legs felt as though they were
freezing and my stomach would not retain
food, and | fell away to 40 pounds. In the
Albany hospital they put Il big burns on
,, " hncy ono dow with rod hot irons and |
after a few days they put II more burns on
and treated me with electricity, but l got
worse rather than better; lost control OF
my bowels and water, and, upon advice OF
the doctor, who said there was no hope Tor
me-, i was brought home, where IL was
thought that death would soon come to re-
lieve me of my sufTerings. Last September, |
while in this helpless and suffering condt-
ton, q friend of mine in Hamilton, Ont,
called my attention to the statement OF one
John Marshall, whose case had been sim
liar to my own, and who had been cured by
the use Of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. In this case Mr.. Marshall, who Is
q prominent member OF the Royal emplars
of Temperance, had, after four years OF
constant treatment by the most eminent
Canadian physicians, been pronounced in
durable. and paid the $1,000 total disability
claim allowed by the order in such cases.
Some months after Mr.. Marshall began a
course of treatment with DIR. Williams
Pink PIlls, and AFTER taxing some ID DoNeS
was fully restored to health. | thought /
would try them, and my wife sent for two
boxes OF the pills, and / took them accord
ing to the directions on the wrapper on
each box For the first few days the cold
baths were pretty severe as l was so very
weak, but continued to follow instructions
as to taking the pills and the treatment, and
even before l had used up the two boxes of
the pills l began to feel beneficial results
from them. My pains were not SO bad l
felt warmer; my head felt better; my food
began to relish and agree with me; L could
straighten up; the feeling began TO come
back into my limbs; l began to be able TO
about on crutches; my eye came back
again as good as ever, and now, after tie
use OF eight boxes of the pills, at n cost OF
only 4OO-see!| can with the help OF a
only, walk all about b house and
yard, can saw wood, and on pleasant days
/ walk down town. Ny stomach rouble IS
gone; / have gained ten pounds; l feel like
a new man, and when the spring opens l
expect 10 be able to renew my organ and
piano agency. Icannot speak in too high
terms of DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, as l know they saved my life after
all the doctors had given me up as in
Such is the wonderful story which the
reporter has succeeded in securing
veriication of in all its details, from the
hospital records where Mr.. QUAINT was
treated and from the doctors who had the
case in hand and who pronounced him in
durable. Let 1t be remembered that all this