The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1892-05-18
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
vicious Case in the History OF
Medical Science.

few weeks ago an article appeared in
this paper copied from the Albany, n. Y,
Journal giving the particulars of one OF the
most remarkable cures of the 10Th century.
The article was under the heading"A Sara
toga Co. Miracle" and excited such wide
! spread comment that another Albany paper
the Express detailed a reporter to make
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 emarkable-indeed so remarkable as
to well justify the term miraculous
of a severe case of locomotor ataxia, or
creeping paralysis; simply by the use of
Pink Pills for Pale People, and, in compli-
ance with instructions, an Express reporter
| has been devotipg 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
ma, " 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 and es-
pecially the thousands Of similarly afflicted,
| that the statements of the case as made in
'"The Albany Journal and copied into so
| many other newspapers should, If true, be
verified; or, if false, exposed as an imposi-
ton upon public credulity
| The result of the Express reporters in
designations authorizes him in saying that
the story OF Charles A. Quant's cure of 10
comotor ataxia by the use Of Pink Pills
| for Pale People, n popular remedy prepared
| and put up by the DR.. Williams Medicine
| Company, Morristown, n. Y, and Brock
vile, Ontario, Is TRUE, and that all its
statements are not only justified but YER
| flied 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 to
| health of q mali who after weeks ana
months of treatment by the most skillful
doctors in two of the best hospitals in the
state of New Yorll-the Roosevelt hospital
in New York city ana St Peter hospital
in Albany-was dismis sed 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 ~
years old was born in the village OF Gal
way and excepting while travelling on bust
pess and little while in Amsterdam, have
| spent my whole life here. Up TO abouteighl
wears ago / had never been sick and was
then in perfect health. was fully six feet
tall, weighed $50 pounds and was very
strong. For u years | was travelling
salesman for piano and organ company
and had to do, or at least did do, Il great dea
Of heavy lifting, got my meals very irrsgu
larly and slept in enough spare beds II
country houses to freeze any ordinary mar
to death, or at least give him the rheuma
tism. About eight years ago | began to fee
distress in my stomach, and consulted sew
eral doctors about it, They all said it was
| dyspepsia, and for dyspepsia | was treated
by various doctors III different places, anc
took all the patent medicines could heal
of that claimed to be a cure for dyspepsia
But ] continued to grow gradually worse
for four wears Then | began to have pain
In my back and legs and became conscious
that my legs were getting weak and my
step unstca y, and then staggered when
walked HAVING received no benefit from
the use Of patent medicines, and feeling
that | was constantly growing worse, J
then, upon advice, began theuse of electric
belts, pads and AL the many different kinds
OF electric appliances | could hear of, anC
spent hundreds of dollars for them, bu
-ney did me no good, Here Mr. GUAM
showed the journal reporter an electric sui
of underwear, for which he paid Sl24) IL
the fall of 1883 the doctors advised change
Of climate, so | went to Atlanta, Ca, anC
acted as agent for the Estey Organ Com
pany. While there | took "a thorough cleo
trio treatment, but it only seemed to aggra
waite my disease, and the only relief coult
get from the sharp and distressing pam!
was to take morphine. The pain was so In
tense at times that it seemed as though
could not stand it, aud | almost lougcd fol
death as the only certain relief In Septem
Der of 1888 my legs gave out entirely ant
my left eye was drawn to one side, 50 tina
7 j had double sight and was dizzy My
trouble 80 affected my whole nervous sNs
TEN that had 10 give up business Thel
Ireturped to New York and went to The
Roosevelt hospital, where Tor Tour months
was created by specialists and they pro
! nounced my case locomotor ataXia and in
| durable After had been under treatmen
by Prof Starr and DR., Ware for foui
months, they told me they had done al
they could for me. Then Invent 10 the New
York hospital on Fifteenth street where
upon examination, they said ! was incur
able and would not take me in. AT thu
Presbyterian hospital they examined mt
and told me the same thing. In March
1890. / was taken to St Peters hospital il
Albany, where Prof. II. H Hun frankly tolC
my wife my case was hopeless; that h
could do nothing for NE and that she haC
better take me back home and save my
money. But | wanted to make trial O.
Prof Huns famous skill aud l remained
under his treatment for nine weeks, but sc
cured no benefit. All this time had beer
| growing worse. | had become entirely par
alyzed from my waist down and had part
" lost control of my hands The pain was
terrible; my legs felt as though they Wer
freezing and my stomach would not retail
food, and fell away to 100 pounds. In tn
Albany hospital they put Il big burns OF
Il y back one day with red hot irons AM
al ter Il few days they put II more burns OF
a. treated me with electricity, but l go
worse rather than better; lost control o
my bowels and water, and, upon advice o
the doctor, who said there was no hope TO
me. | was brought home where it wa
, thought that death would soon come TO re
lieve me of my sutferings, Last september
while in this helpless and suffering condi
ton, a friend of mine in Hamilton, Ont
called my attention to the statement OF on
John Marshall, whose case had been sin
liar to my own, and who had been cured b
the use OF DR. Williams Pink Pills Tor Pal
People. In this case Mr.. Marshall, who i
a prominent member of the Royal Templar
of Temperance, had, after four years G
constant treatment by the most eminen
, Canadian physicians, been pronounced II
{ durable, and paid the 81 coo total disabilit
claim allowed by the order in such case:
! Some months after Mr.. Marshall began
! | course of treatment with DR.. William:
| Pink Pills, and after taking some II boxe
! was fully restored to health. / thought
would try them, and my wife sent for tw
: boxes of the pills, and | took them ACCORD
, ing to the directions on the wrapper o
, | each box For the first few days the col