The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1892-12-13
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
FURTHER INVESTIGATED By An
EXPRESS REPORTER.
The Facts Already Stated Fully Confirmed.
Interviews with Leading Physicians who
Treated Quant-The Most Marvellous
Case in tho History Of Medi-
cal Science.

l. he 'tftlcle was Unuer tne neaulnS N Sdfa>
toga County Miracle and excited such
widespread comment that another Albany
paper, The Express, detailed reporter to
make thorough investigation of the state
ments appearing in The Journals article,
The facts, as elected by The Express re-
porter, are given in the following article,
which apparel in that paper on April 10th
and makes one of the most interesting stories
ever related:
A few weeks ago, there was published in
The Albany Evening Journal the story of a
most &narkable-indeed so remarkable as
to well Justify the term miraculous cure
Of a severe case of locomotor ataXia, or
creeping paralysis, simply by the use of Pink
Pills for Pale People, and in compliance
with instructions, an Express reporter has
been deyoing some time in q critical inyes-
tigation 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 Journal, has been
copied into hundreds if not thousands of
other daily and weekly nwspapers and has
created such q sensation throughout the en-
tire country that it was deemed duty que
all the people, and especially the thousands
of similarly afflicted, that the statements OF
the case as made in The Albany Journal and
copied in so many other newspaper
should, if true. be verified, or, If false, ex-
posed as an imposition upon public credu-
ity.
yesigaton authorized him in saying that
the cure of Charles A. Quants cure OF loco
motor ataxia by the use of Pink Pills for
Pale People, a popular remedy pfepaTcd
aud put up by the DR.. Williams Nledicno
Company, Schenectady, y. ana b ar rs
statements are not only justified but yerl-
fled by the fuller development OF the turther
facts of the case.
Perhaps the readers of The Express are
not all of them fully familiar win tne
details of this Miraculous restoration TO
health of a man who after weeks ana
months of treatment by the most skliilut
doctors in two Of the best hospitals III the
state of New York-the Roosevelt hospital
in New York city, and st. Peters hospital
in Albany-was dismissed from each as
incurabc and because the case was deem
ed 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 III 1hc
Albany Journal is as follows:
INV name is Charles A. QUAINT. L am
thirty-seven years old. | was born III me
village of Galway. and exGeptihg Mm!e
travelling on business and liltie Whlie III
Amsterdam have spent my whole life here.
In TO about eight years ago l had never
been sick and wa> then in perfect healtn;
was fully six feet tall, weighed lSo
pounds, and was very. strong: FOR ,Wclve
least did do a great deal or heaFy liilths,
got my meals very irregularly, and slept IN
enough spare beds In country houses to
freeze any ordinary man to death, or ht
least give him the rheumatism. About elgnt
years ago l began to feel distress III my
stomach and consulted several doctors ABOUT
If. They all said ii was dyspepsia, ana Tor
dyspepsia | was treated by various doctors
~ dliefep' The BillviRS Is. claimed to
he n cure ,Grst we settled Pr / Continued
TO crow gradually worse for four years:
Then / began to have pains in my back and
legs and became conscious that my legs
we're getting weak and my step unsteady
and then | staggered when l walked. Hay
ing received no benefit from the use OF pat
ent medicines, ana 1eelIhS mat M1S coii
stantly growing worse. | then, upon ADVICE
began tho use of electric belts, pads ana all
the different kinds of electric appliances
could hear of, and spent hundreds OF dol
lars for them. but they did me- no gooo.
Tiere MIR. QUAINT showed The Jour
nal reporter an electric suit Of undcrWhcre:
for which he paid $124D In the fall of
1888 the doctors advised change
of climate, so | went to Atlanta. ga. ana
acted as agent for the Estcy Organ Com
pany. While there | took lnoIonsn ri.o-
tiic treatment, but it only seemed TO agera
vatc nv disease. and the only relief / could
get from the sharp and distressing pains WAS
to take morphine. The pain was so intense
at times that it seemed as though CouiI
not stand if. and | almost lopgcd for death
as the only certain relief In September Of
1888 my legs gave out entirely ana my
left eve was drawn to one side so that l
had double sight and was dizzy MY troUhie
50 affected my whole nervous system tnat
had to give up business Then rctnrhG4
to New York and went to the Roosevelt
hospital, where for four months L was
trea ted by specialists, and they pronounced
my case locomotor ataXia and lncurablc
After | had been under treatment by FRO
fcssor Starr and DIR. Ware for four months
for me- Then | went to the New i DIX
hospital on Fifteenth street. where, upon cX-
animation, they said | was incurablc and
would not take me i'll. At the Presbyterian
hospital they examined me ana toid me the
same thing In March, 1890, | was taken to
St Peters hospital, in Albany, where FRO
fessor H. II. Hun frankly told my wife my
case was hopeless; that he could do nothing
for me and that she had better take nue.
back home and save my money. But
wanted to make a trial of Professor Huns
famous skill, and | remained under his treat
ment nine weeks but secured no benefit.
All this time I had been growing worse. l
had become entirely para yzed 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 retain food. and | fell
away to 12O pounds. In the Albany hos
pital 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 electricity, 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,
I was brought home, where it was thought
that death would soon come to relieve me of
my sufferings. Last September, while in
this helpless and suffering condition q friend
of mine in Hamilton, Ont. called my at
tention to the statement of one John Mar
Shall, whose case had been similar to my
own. and who had been cured by the use
of pr. Williams's Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
pie"
In this case, Mr.. Marshall, who Is
prominent member of the Royal Yemplars
of Temperance, had after four years of
constant treatment by the most eminent
Canadian physicians been pronounced in
durable, and was paid the 1000 total dis
ability claim allowed by the order in such
cases. Some months after, Mr.. Marshall
began course of treatment with DR.. Will
iams's Pink Pills. and after taking some
fifteen boxes, was fully restored to health
Il thought would try them, and my wife
sent for two boxes of the pills and I took
them according to the directions on the
wrapper on each box. For the first few
days the cold baths were pretty severe