Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1892-05-05
Observation-Disclosures


--Interviewss with Leading Physicians
who Treated Quant-The Most Marvel
ous Case I'm the History OF Medical Sell
enoe.
/ A few weeks ago an article appeared In
this paper copied from the Albany IN. W
Journal. giving the particulars OF one OF
the most remarkable cures Of the nine
teenth century. The article was under the
heading "A Saratoga County Miracle" and
excited such widespread comment that an
other Albany paper--the Express-detailed
o reporter TO make thorough investigation
OF the statements appearing in the Jour
nails article. The facts AS elected by tho
Express Reporter are given Ia the following
article. which appeared In that paper on
April 10, and makes one OF ths most inter-
estlng stories ever related;
few weeks ago there was published in
the Albany Evening Journal the story Of
most remorkable---indeed so remarkable
as to we'll justify the term smiraculcus"-
cure Of a severe case of locomotor ataxia.
or creeping paralysis; simply by the use OF
Pink Pills for Pale People. and, in compile
ance with instructions. an Express reporter
has been devoting seine time In u critical
investigation of the real facts Of the case.
The story Of the wonderful cure Of
Charles A. QUAINT, of Galway. Saratoga
County, New York. ss first told In "lhe
Journal" has teen copied into hundreds
IL not thousands of other daily and weekly
newspapers. and has created such a sensa-
ton throughout the entire country that 1t
was deemed a duty due all the people. and
| Al, de ~ oir ilor ri
afflicted. that the statements OF the case
as made In the 1.-THE Albany Journal"
and copied into so many other newspa-
pers, should, IL true. be verified; or. IL
| gNlse, exposed as an imposition upon pub
| lie credulity
The result of the Express reporters in
yestigations authorizes him In saying that
| Che story of Charles A. Quant's cure OF
locomotor ataxia by the use of Pink Pills
for Pale People, popular remedy pre-
pared and put up by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company. Morristown. N. Y. and
Brockville, Ontario, Is TRUE and that all
its statements are not only justified but
verified by the fuller development of the
further facts in 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 skillful
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 in
durable and. because the case was deemed
/ a.. Id Ax.,ta
into several others to which application
was made in his behalf The story as told
| by Mr.. QUAINT himself and published In the
Albany Journal is as follows:
GMy namc Is Charles A. QUAINT lam 81
| years old / was born In the village Of
Galway, and excepting while travelling on
business and little while in Amsterd a IN.
have spent my whole life here Up TO
about eight years ago 1 had never been
si;k and was then in perfect health Twas
fully six feet tall. weighed $50 pounds and
was very strong. For twelve years 1 was
travelling salesman for piano and organ
company, and had to do, or at least did do,
u great deaLof heavy lifting got my meals
very irregularly, and slept in enough
spare beds In country houses TO freeze
any ordinary man to death. or at least
| give him the rheumatism. About eight
| years ago 1 began 10 feel distress in my
stomach. and consulted several doctors
about It. They all said 1t was dyspepsia,
and for dyspepsia was treated by various
doctors In different pla ces, and took all the
patent medicines l could hear of that
claimed to be a cure for dyspepsia
N. II
for four years Then 1 began to have
pain In my back and legs and became
| conscious that my legs were getting weak
and my step unsteady. and then / stag
| gered when 1 walked Having received no
benefit from the use of patent medicines,
and feeling that 1 was constantly growing
worse. then. upon advice began the use
| of electric belts, PADS and all the many
different kinds OF electric appliances
could hear of. and spent hundreds Of
dollars for them. lut they did me no good.
| Here Mr.. QUAINT showed the Journal re-
porter an electric suit of underwear. for
which he paid s124.) In the fall of 1855 the
doctors advised a change of climate, so 1
wont TO Atlanta, Ga. and acted as agent
| for the Estey Organ Company. While
there took thorough electric treatment.
but 1t only seemed to aggravate my DIS
ease. and the only relief 1 could get from
the sharp and distressing pains was to take
morphine. The. pain was so intense at
times that 1t seemed as though could not
stand it. and almost longed for
death as the only certain relief. In Sep
TENDER 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 l had to give up business
Then returned to New York and went to
the Roosevelt Hospital. where for four
months 1 was treated by specialists and
they pronounced my case locomotor ataxia
and incurabe After 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 Fifteenth street.
where. upon examination, they said was
incurable and would not take mo In. At
the Presbyt crian Hospital they examined
me and told me the same thing. In March.
1890, 1 was taken TO St. Peters Hospital in
Albany, where Prof II. H. 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 n trial of
| Prot Huns famous skill and remained
under his treatment for nine weeks. but
secured no benefit. All this time 1
had been growing worse. had be-
come entirely paralyzed from my
waist down, AMI had partly lost control OF
my hands. The pain was terrible; my legs
| folt as though they we're freezing and my
stomach would not retain food, and fell
away to 100 pounds In the Albany Hos
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