Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1892-05-19
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE
FURTHER INVESTIGATED BY AN
EXPRESS REPORTER.

who Treated Quant-The Most Marvel
Gus Case in the History of Medical Sci
ence. I
A few weeks ago an article appeared IN
this paper copied from the Albany IN. ~
Journal, giving the particulars of one or
the NEST remarkable cures Of the nine
tenth century. The article was under the
heading "a Saratoga County Miracle" and
excited such widespread comment that an
other Albany paper-the Express-detalled
n reporter to make thorough investigation
of the statements appearing in the Jour-
! nals article The facts as elected by the
Express Reporter are given in the following
article. which appeared in that paper on
| April 16, and makes one OF the most inter-
esting stories ever related
| A few weeks ago there was published In
| the Albany Evening Journal the story OF
most remarkable--indeed, so remarkable
| as to we'll justify the term smiraculous"-
cure Of a severe case of locomotor ataxia.
! or creeping paralysis; simply by the use or
Pink Pills for Pale People, and, in compl-
ance with instructions, an Express reporter
has been devoting some time in a 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, as first told In "Ihe
| Journal,n has been copied into hundreds
| if not thousands Of other daily and weekly
newspapers and has created such sensa-
| ton throughout the entire country that 1t
was deemed duty due all the people, and
especially the thousands Of similarly
pfc nf
| as made in the "The Albany Journal"
| and copied into SO many other newspa-
| pers, should, If true, be verified; or, II
| false, exposed as an imposition upon pub
lie credulity.
| The result of the Express reporters in
| yestiga lions authorizes him in saying that
| the story of Charles A. Quants cure or
locomotor ataxia by the use of Pink Pills
for Pale People, a popular remedy pre-
pared and put up by the Dr. Williams
Medicine Company, Morristown, N. Y, and
Rockville, 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 ana
| months of treatment by the most sk1lltul
! doctors in two of the best hospitals In tho
| 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 deemed
| incurable, the man was denied admission
| f0 WIFI
was made in his behalf. The story as told
by Mr. QUAINT himself and published in the
Albany Journal is as follows:
aMy name Is Charles A. QUAINT. am 81
| wears old. was born in the village Of
Galway, and excepting while travelling on
business and little while in Amsterd am,
| have spent my whole life here. Up to
| about eight years ago I had never been
| sick and was then in perfect health was
| fully six feet tall, weighed $50 pounds and
| was very strong. For twelve years l was
travelling salesman for a piano and organ
company, and had to do, or at least did do.
a great deal Of 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 I began TO feel distress in my
stomach, and consulted several doctors
about it. They all said it was dyspepsia,
| and for dyspepsia I was treated by various
doctors in different pla ces. and took all the
patent medicines 1 could hear OF that
| claimed to be a cure for dyspepsia
| But l continued to grow gradually worse
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 L stag
| gered when walked. Having received no
| benefit from the use of patent 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, hut they did me no good.
| (Here Mr.. QUAINT showed the Journal re-,
| porter an electric suit of underwear, for
which he paid $124.) In the fall Of 1888 the
| doctors advised a change Of climate so
| went to Atlanta. Ca, and acted as agent
for the Estey Organ Company. While
| there took a thorough electric treatment
| but it only Sc emed to aggravate my dis
| ease, and the only relief I could get from
the sharp and distressing pains was to take
| morphine. The pain was so intense at
times that it seemed as though I could not
| stand it, and 1 almost longed for
| death as the only certain relief In Sep
TENDER of 1888 my legs gave out entirely
and my left eye drawn to one side,
| so that l had double sight and was dizzy.
| My trouble so affected my whole nervous
system that I had to give up business
| Then 1 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 l had been under
| treatment by Prof. Starr and DR.. Ware for
| four months they told me they had done
! 4oc T fo ho