The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1892-12-22
THE SARATOGA MIRACLE.

THE SARATOGA MIRACLE.
Further Investigated By An Ex-
press Reporter.
The Facts Already Stated Fully
Confrmed-Interviews With
Leading Physicians Who
Treated Quant-The Most
Marvellous Case in the
History of Medical
Science.
A 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 in the 18th century
The article was under the heading''A Sara
toga Co. Miracle" and excited such wide
spread comment that another Albany pa
per-the Express-detailed a reporter to
| make thorough investigation of the state
ments appearing in the Journals 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
most remarkable--indeed so remarkable as
to we'll Justify the term 'miraculous'-cure
of q 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 devoting some time in a critical
investigation of the real facts of the case.
The story of the wonderful cure ofCharles
A t9uant, 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 newspapers and has
created such a sensation throughout the
entire country thatit was deemed duty due
all the people, and especially 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, ex-
posed as an imposition upon public ere
dulity.
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, popular remedy prepared
and put up by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Company, Schenectady, n. y , and Brock
vile, Ontario, IS TRUE, and that all it's
statements are not only justified but veri-
| fed by the fuller development of the fur
ther 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 man who after weeks and
| months of treatment by the most skillful
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 applica ton was
made in his behalf. The story as told by
Mr.. QUAINT himself and published in the
Albany Journal, is as follows:
MY name is Charles A. QUAINT
am 81 years old, was born in the village
| of Galway, and excepting while travelling
| on business and little while in Amsterdam
have spent my whole life here. Up to about
| eight years ago had never been sick and
was then in perfect health. | was fully six
feet tall, weighed 1S0 pounds, and was very
| strong. For II years l was travelling sales,
man for piano and organ company, and
| had to do, or at least did do, great deal
| OF heavy lifting, got my meals very irregu-
larly, and slept i'll enough spare beds in
| country houses to freeze an ordinary man
| to death, or at least give him the rleuma-
tism. About eight years ago began to
feel distress in my stomach and consulted
several doctors about it, They all said it
treated by various doctors in different
places, and took all the patent medicines
could hear of that claimed to be cure for
dyspepsia. But 1 continued to grow grad
ually worse for four years. Then began
to have pains in my back and legs and be-
came conscious that my legs were. getting
weak and my step unsteady, and then
staggered when l walked. Having re-
ceived no benefit from the use of patent
medicines, and feeling that was constant
ly growing worse, then, upon advice, be-
gan the use of electric belts pads and all
| the many different kinds of electric appli-
ances 1 could hear of, and spent hundreds
of dollars for them, but they did me no
good. Here Mr.. QUAINT showed the Jour
nal reporter an electric suit of underwear
| for which he paid $l24) In the fall of 1898
the doctors advised a change of climate
| so l went to Atlanta, Ga, and acted as
agent for the EStey Organ Company While
| there 1 took n thorough electric treatment
| but 1t only seemed to aggravate my disease
and the only relief l could get from the
| sharp and distressing pains was to take
morphine. The pain was so intense at
| times that it seemed as though could not
stand 1t, and almost lOnged for death as
the only certain relief. In September of
1883 my legs gave out entirely and my left
eye was drawn to one side, so that | had
double sight and was dizzy. My trouble so
affected my whole nervous system that
had to give up business. Then | returned
to New York and went to the Roosevelt
Hospital, where for four months l was
treated by specialists, and they pronounced
my case locomotor ataXia and incurable
After had been under treatment by Prof
Starr and DIR. Ware for four months, they
told me they had done all they could for
me. Then l went to the New York Hospital
on Fifteenth street, where, upon examina-
ton, they said was incurable and would
| not take me in. At the Presbyterian Hos
pital they examined me and told me the
same thing. In March, 1890, was taken
to st. Peters Hospital, in Albany, where
Prof H. II. Hun frankly told my wife my
| case was hopeless; that he could do moth
ing for me and that she had better take me
| back home and save my money But l
wanted to make trial of Prof. Hun S fam
GUS skill, and l remained under his treat
| ment for nine weeks, but secured no ben
eft. All this time l had been growing
worse. had become entirely paralyzed
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 100 pounds. In the Albany
Hospital they put II big burns on my back
one day with red hot irons, and after few
days they put IA 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 suf-
,ferings. Last September. while in this
help less and suffering condition, a friend
of mine in Hamilton, Ont, called my atten-
tion to the statement of one John Marshall,
whose case had been similar to NV own
md who had been cured by the use of Dr.
| Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
In this case, Mr.. Marshall, who is q
GSl.z z NJ
of Temperance, had after four years of
constant treatment by the most eminent
Canadian physicians been pronounced in
durable, and was paid the 81 900 total dis
ability claim allowed by the order in such
cases. Some months after Mr.. Marshall
began course of treatment with DR.. VIII
hamS' Pink Pills, and after taking some Is
boxes was fully restored to health.
II thought would try them, and my wife
sent for two boxes of the pills and l took
them according to the directions on the
aper on each box. For the first few
the cold. baths were pretty severe, as
so very weak, but continued to fol-
low instructions as to taking the pills and
the treatment, and even before 1 had used
up the two boxes of pills, l began to feel
beneficial results from them. My pains
were not so bad; I felt warmer; my head
felt better; nay food began to relish and
agree with me; could straighten up; the
LCSilhB uSBdu to COMIC DdcA INTO my lmDsi ;
I began to be able to get about on crutches !;
my eye came back as good as ever, and
now, after the use of eight boxes of the
pills-at a cost of only $4.O0-see!-I can
with the help of a cane only, walk all about
the house and yard, can saw wood, and on
pleasant days I walk down town. Ny
stomach trouble is gone; have gained 10
pounds; feel like q new man, and when
the spring opens / expect to be able to re-
new my organ and piano agency. l cannot
speak in too high terms of DR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People, as know they
saved my life after all the doctors had Civ
en- me up as incurable."
Such is the wonderful story which the
Express reporter has succeeded I'm securing
verifcation of in all its details, from the
hospital records where Mr.. QUAINT was
treated and from the doctors who had the
case In hand and who pronounced him in
durable. Let Ii be remembered that all this