The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-27
ARE We IN DANGER?
A Serious Question Affecting
Americans.
The Worst, the Most Insidlous Evil
of Ancient or Mod
eru Ti,nca

Tho New York Telegram. In speaking Of the
sad case OF Mr.. Edwin NJ. Fold. says: IT'S the
particular phase OF his insanity paresie or
is It melanrholia? George Fox. John McCul-
Tough. BARLEY Campbell Tony Hart-all
raretics! All dead now. and hut fcw years
| ago every one Of Thorn so much al'vei Thaes
the way OF the rarctic. Excltoment excite
mont. nothing but excitement. and then En-
haustion and death. SO it goes
In telling OF its ravagcs nm authority says
that with the single exception Of leprosy. pev.
hnrs. pnresis is tho most terrible disease
known to modern medical science. Leprosy
Ia mostly known through books. and exists IN
remote parts vt the earth but pareais icon.
sumption OF the brain) comes under our notice
daily. Pnrosis thrivcs right In the hurry and
toll and worry OF American life. Its symptoms
arc decay Of mind and body. There are no
convalescent parctic patients. There never
were and never will be. Apparently. lust DO.
fore the attack. the sufferer is in the full en-.
joymcnt of health and ,igor. In fact. for Q
long time in its first stages the characteristic
OF the disease is the unusual physical health Of
tho victim.
The paretic when first attacked does thinRs
that are n little odd. lie shows slight cxae.
gcration Of statement. and is apt to be some-
whnt irritable. He is prone to be % little
careless in his dress. Tho doctor is called ia.
but the disease has not progressed so far but
that tho physician recommends good rest.
In time the symptoms become more and moro
marked. with tho single exception that the
headaches disappear and the patient an.
nounces with great jov that he feels wonder.
fully well. or that he never f"lt better
in his life. He has only passed the in-
cipicnt stage however. and soon the
hcsitnncy Of speech. the Thick talk. with
stammcr!nG. and tho sidelong shuttle or
shamlir AZ" noticed. Tho muscles round his
eyes twitch. and the pupil OF one eye Is
n little larger than the other: his tongue
witches. too. when he runs it out; his skin ID
slight moist and hot. the rulsc is full. and
the pat rt's sensations are slightly duled lie
cannot distinguish between colors. cannot
hear distinctly. and loses the sense Of taste.
The phys draws circle with dot in the
centre. ana asks the man to bring the point Of
the pencil down pcrrondruarly upon the dot.
The man will bring the point down good way
from the dot The doctor touches the mans
knee gently and it Jerks. Lack Of control over
the muscles is evident. The patient is told to
walk along tho floor. and he tries to do So He
cannot turn around sharply"
Such is the condensed view OF this terrible
complaint. With such facts staring us in the
face and the medica! profession powerless to
arrest them. what can be done? Nothing but
to trust to some discovery. Fortunately for
the helpless victim, there is discovery. and
scientific one. that will cure raresis. Tho late
Prof. Phelps OF Dartmouth College, real
iZing the need Of some absolute remedy for
overburdened Americans. began experiment.
ing. and at last discovered the already cole
brated Paire's celery compound. As its name
implies. the basis Of this discovery is one OF
the greatest nerve restorers. brain reviewers.
known to the world. namely. celery. This
great element is carefully combined with
other well-known properties. and furnishes
the only absolutely certain pure. and scientific
remedy for paresis in all its many terrible
forms known to modern science. It is not
nervine. n sarsnparilla. or essence. but dis
covery. and it has the complete endorsements
Of the best nerve and brain experts in the
land. For this reason We are glad it Is being
sold everywhere. and is doing such great
good.
Rev. b. S. Crosby. prominent New York
State pastor. says:
Il was very badly of and suffered untold
misery for a long time-so nervous could not
sleep. and many night was obliged to sit up.
for had such severe pains 1 could not lie
down. I sincerely believe that had 1t not been
for Paines celery compound I would not be
alive to-day. 1 am now perfectly we'll. have
no pain. and my nerves are all right. When
began using Pnine's celery compound
weighed 135. now weigh l52."
Nothing can be more certain than the abso-
lutte power Of this great discovery in all cases
Of nervous exhaustion. debility. and even that
great dread of modern civilization. paresis.
Can you afford TO neglect such n warning?