Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1892-05-05
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
FURTHER INVESTIGATED BY AN
EXPRESS REPORTER.
The Facts Already Stated Fully Con-
firmed--InterViews With Leading
Physicians who Treated QUAINT
1.-The Most Marvellous
Case In The History of
Medical SHIapca.
Medical Science.

Case In The History of
! Medical Science.
A few weeks ago an article appeared in
this paper copied from the Albany, n. Y.
Journal, giving the particulars of one of the
most remarkable cures of the 10Th century.
| The article was under the heading "a
Saratoga Co. Miracle" and excited such
widespread comment that another Albany
paper-the ENpress-detailed reporter to
make thorough investigation of the state
ments appearing in the Journals article.
The facts as ELECTED by the Express reporter
are given in the following article, which
appeared in that paper on April 10th, and
makes one of the most interesting stories
ever related
4 few weeks ago there was published in
| the Albany Evening Journal the story of a
most arkable-indeed so remarkable as
| TO we'll justify the term mir aculous'-
cure of severe case oflocomotor ataxia.
or creeping paralysis; simply by the use of
! Pink Pills for Pale People, and, lin compli-
ance with instructions. an Express reporter
has been devo;inS 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,
\. y, as first told in The Journal. y has
been copied into hundreds if not thous-
ands OF other daily and weekly newspapers
and has created such a sensation through
out the entire country that it was deemed
a duty due all the people and especially 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, iftrae be veri-
fed; or. if false, exposed as an imposition
upon public credulity.
| The result of the Express reporters in
vestigation authorizes him in saying that
the story of Charles :. QuantS cure OF
locomotor ataxia by the use OF Pink
Pills for Pale People. popular remedy
prepared and put up by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Morristown \. v,
and Brockville Ontario, is TRUE. and
that all its statements are not only justified
but verified by the fuller elopment Of
the further facts of the casa:
Perhaps the readers ofthc Express are
not all of them fully familiar with the de-
tails ofthiS miraculous restoration to health
OF a man who after weeks and months of
! treatment by the most skilltul doctors in
two OF the best hospitals in the state Of New
Iork-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
man was denied admission into several
Others to which application was made in
his behalf The story as told by Mr.. QUAINT
himself and published in the Albany Jour
nal. is as follows
My name is Charles A. QUAINT. ! am 81
years old. | was born in the village of Gal
way and excepting withdrawing 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 l was fully six
feet tall, weiGhed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For y years was travelling sales
man for piano and organ company, and
had to do, Or at least did do, q great deal of
heavy lifting. got my meals very ire! ular-
~ and slept ir enough spare beds in
country houses to freeze any 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 ali said it
was dyspepsia. and for dyspepsia l was
treated by various doctors i'll different
PLACES, and took all the patent medicines
could hear of that claimed to he cure for
dyspepsia. But continued 10 grow grad
ually worse for four years. Then began
to have pain in my back ard legs and be-
came conscious that my legs were getting
weak and my step unsteady, and then ]
staggered when I walked. Having received
no benefit from the use OF patent
medicines. and feeling tia, ! va, con
SANITY growing worse. ! then, upon advice,
began the Use Of electric belts. pads and all
the many different kinds OF electric appli-
ance> l could hear OF, and spent hundreds
OF dollars or them. bu. they did NC 10
good. Here Nj. QUAINT showed the Jour
al 4
for which he paid 1924. In the tall Of ISIS
the doctors advised a change OF climate, 50
l went TO Atlanta Ga, ana acted as agent
Tor the Estey Organ Company. While
there took a thorough electric treatment,
but it only seemed to a"grayate my disease
and the oni;y rsl;ef l could get from the
sharp and distressing pains was TO take
morphine. The pain was SO intense a,
times that it seemed as though could not
stand II. and | almost longed :or death as
the only certain reieS. III September of
ISIS my legs gave out entirely and my left
eye was drawn TO one side, 50 that had
double sight and was dizzy. Ny trouble
50 effected my whole nervous system that
| had to give up business. Then returned
TO New York and went to the Roosevelt
hospital. where Tor four months | was
treated by specialists and they pronounced
my case ocomotor a:axia AID
four months, they told met!ley had done all
they could for me. Then vent to the New
York hospital on Fifteenth street where
upon an examination, they said l was i'll
durable and would not take me in. AT the
Presbyterian hospital they examined me
and told me the same thing III March,
1890, was taken 10 St. Peters hospital in
Albany. where Prof. II. II. Hun frankly
told my wife my case was hopeless; tina: he
cou!d do nothing for me and that she had
better take me back home and save my
money But l wanted to make L trial OF
Prof. Huns famous skill and l remained
under his treatment Tor nine weeks. but Sc
cured no benefit. All this time had been
growing worse. l had become entirely
paralyZed from my waist down aud had
partly Host control Of my hands. The
pain was terrible; my legs felt as
though they were freezing and my
stomach would not retain food. and l fell
away to 120 pounds. In the Albany hospi-
tai they put Il big burns on my back one
day witt! red hot irons and after q few days
they put IA more burns on and treated ME
with electricity, but l got worse rather
than better: lost control o. my bowels and
water. and upon advice of the Coctor. who
said there was no hope for me, l was
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