The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-05-06
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
Further Investigated by an Ex-
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.

toea Co. Miracle" and excited such wide
spread comment that another Albany paper
the Express-detailed a reporter TO make
a thorough investigation OF the statements
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
A few weeks ago there was published in
the Albany Evening journal the story of a
most Observation-Disclosures so remarkable as
to well justify the term NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
of a severe case of locomotor ataxia, or
creeping paralysis; simply by the use Of
Pink Pills for Pale People, and, in compn-
ance with instructions, an Express reporter
has been devoting 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, n. Y, as first told in 1.-THE Jour
nal, :" has been copied into hundreds If not
thousands of other daily and weekly news
papers and has created such sensation
throughout the entire country that it was
deemed a duty due all the people aud es-
pecially the thousands of similarly afflicted,
that the statements of the case as made in
1.-THE Albany Journal and copied into so
many other newspapers should, II true, be
verified; or, if false, exposed as an fmposi-
ton upon public credulity
The result of the Express reporters In
vestigations authorizes him in saying that
the story of Charles A. Quant's cure OF To-
comotor ataxia by the use of Pink Pills
for Pale People, a popular remedy prepared
and put up by the DIR. Williams Medicine
Company, Morristown, \. Y. and Brock
vile, Ontario. is TRUE, and that all its
statements are not only justified but YER
fled 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 skiIlful
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
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 AL
bany Journal, is as follows
"My name is Charles A. QUAINT. / am 81
years old. / was born in the villuge OF Gal
way and excepting while travelling on bust
ness and little while in Amsterdam, have
spent my whole life here Up to about eight
years ago had never been sick and was
tall, weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For II years / was travelling
salesman for piano and organ company,
and had to do, or at least did DO, Il great deal
of heavy lifting, got my meals very irregu-
larly and slept in enough spare beds in
country houses to freeze any ordinary man
10 death, or at least give him the rheuma-
tism- About eight years ago began to feel
distress in my stomach, and consulted sew
eral doctors aboutit. They all said it was
I nffNR
by various doctors III different places. and
took all the patent medicines could hear
of that claimed 10 be q cure for dyspepsia.
But / continued 10 grow gradually worse
for four years Then began 10 have pain
in my back and legs aud became conscious
that nv legs were getting weak and my
step unstea ~, and then staggered when l
walked. Having received no benefit from
the use of nateGt medicines, and feeling
that l 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, 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 change |
OF climate. so l went to Atlanta, Ga, and
acted as agent for the EstCy Organ Com |
pany While there ! took thorough cleo |
tric treatment, but it only seemed 10 aggra- |
vate my disease. and the only relief / could
get from the sharp and distressing pains |
was 10 take morphine The pain was so in
tense at times lE2t ii seemed as though /
could not stand Il, and l almost louged Tor |
death as the only certain relief IL Septem-
Der CT 1SSS ny legs gave out entirely ana
my LETT eye was drawn 10 one side, so that |
j had double sight and was dizzy. My |
trouble . 2@ectcd my whole nervous sys-
tenn tbS; had 10 give Up business. Then |
] returned 10 New York and went to the |
Roosevelt hospital, where for four months |
was treated 10y specialists and they pro- |
noUnced my case locomotor ataXia ana in |
curabie. Af,cgl had been under treatment |
by Prof Starr and DIR. Ware for four |
months. they told me they had done all |
they could for ne Then 1weUtto the New |
y ork hospital On Fifteenth Street, where; !
upon examination, tLey said ! was incur |
able and would net take me In. At the /
Presbyterian hospital they examined me |
and tod ne the same thing. In March, I
1850 / " as taken TO ST Peters hospital in 4
Albany, where Prof. II. h Hun frankly told |
my wife my case was hopeless; that he |
could do nothing for me anu that she had /
money. But ] wanted 10 make = trial Of |
Prot. Huns famous skill and ! RENAMED /
under MS treatment for nine weeks. but Sc |
cured no benefit All this time l had been |
growing worse. l had become entirely par |
alyZed from my waist DOWN and had part |
l. lost control Of my hands. the pain was |
terrible; my legs felt As though they were 1
freezing and my stomach wOGid not retain /
food, and fell away TO 40 pounds. In the 1
Albany hospital they put Il big burns on !
my back one day with red hot irons and |
after a few days they put IA more burns on I
and treated nc with electricity, but l got 4
worse rather than better; lost control of /
my bowels and water, ana, upon advice of /
the doctor, who said there was no hope for |
me. l was brought home. where II was I
81.
lieve me OF my sufTcrings. Last September, |
while in this helpless and suffering coudi- |
ton. frieud OF mine in Hamilton. Ont, I
called my attention 10 the statement of one |
John Marshall, whose case had been sim 1
liar 10 nv own. aud who had been cured by 1
the use OF DR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale |
People. In this case Mr. Marshall. who is 4
& prominent member of The Royal Templars |
of Temperance. had, after four years of 1
constant treatment by the most eminent /
Canadian physicians. been pronounced in /
durable, and paid lhe 81 800 total disability |
claim allowed by the order in such cases 1
Some months after Mr.. Marshall began a 1
course OF treatment with DR. Williams |
Pink Pills. ana after taking some l. boxes
was fully restored to health. / thought ! 4
would try them. ana my wife sent for two
boxes Of the pills, and took them accord
ing 10 the directions on tie wrapper on
each box For the first few days the cold
baths were pretty severe as ! was so very
weak. but continued to.folicw instructions
as TO taking the pills and the treatment, and
even before 4 had used up the two boxes of
the pills began 10 feel beneficial results
from them Ny pains were not so bad.
felt warmer; my head felt better; my food
began TO relish and agree with me; could
straig hten up; the feeling began TO come
back into my li.nbs; began 10 be able 10
get about on crutches: M eye came back
again as good as ever, and now, after the
s,se az e--rr ho~es oF tho Mills AZ n cost or
only 81 0O-seei-I can with TIE help Of a
cane only, walk all about the house and
yard. can saw wood. and on pleasant days
/ walk down town. Ny stomach trouble is