The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1892-05-05
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To verify Mr.. Quant's statement our re-
porter few days ago, March 31st, 1892,
called on DR.. Allen Starr at his office, No.
% West Twenty-eighth St., New York city
DR.. Starr is house physician of the Roose-
welt hospital, situated corner of Ninth
avenue and FiftY-ninth street. In reply to
inquiry he said he remembered the case OF
Mr.. QUAINT very well and treated him some
but that he was chiefly treated and under the
more especial care of DR.. Ware. He said he
regarded this case as he did all cases of To-
comotor ataxia as incurabIe. In order
that our reporter might get copy of the
history OF the case of Mr.. QUAINT from the
hospital record he very courteously gave
him letter of which the following is a
copy
DIR. NJ. A. Starr % West Forty -eightstreet,
office hours 9to IL a. m, New York, March
3lst 1892.-Dear DR.. Vought: Ifyou have
any record of locOmotor ataXia by name
of QUAINT, who says he came to the clinic
8 or years ago, No. 14,O37, of the O. d.
Dept, Roosevelt, sent to me from Ware
will you let the bearer know. If you have
no record send him to Roosevelt Hosp.
Yours STARR
BY means ofthis letter access to the records
was permitted and transcript of the his
tory of Mr., Quant's case made from them
as follows
mo. 1907. Admitted September :16th,
1889, Charles A. QUAINT. aged "a years.
Born U. S. Married. Hoboken."
History Of the case: - Dyspepsia for
past four or five years. About IA months
partial loss of power and numbness in
lower extremities. Girdling sensational bout
abdomen. November 29th, 1889, not
improved, external strobismus of left eve
and dilatation of the left eye.) Some diff
Guilty IN passing water at times; no head
ach but some dizziness; alternate diarrhoea
and constipation; partial ptosis past TWO
weeks in left eye.
''Ord. R. F. Bi pep. and Soda"
These are the marked symptoms of a
severe case oflocomotor ataxia. "And Dr.
Starr said case with such mark ed symp-
toms could not be cured and QUAINT who
was receiving treatment in the out patient
department, was given up as incurable."
"Ihere never was a case recovered in the
world" said DIR. Starr. And then said:
"Dr. Ware can tell you more about the case
as QUAINT was under his more personal
treatment. ! am surprised, he said, "that
the man is alive, as thought he must be
dead long ago."
"Our reporter found DIR. Edward Ware
at his office, No. 1872 West Min ety-third
street, New York. He said; II have very
distinct recollections of the QUAINT case. It
was very pronounced case. l treated him
about Ell git months. This was in the early
summer of 1890. deemed him incurable,
and thought him dead before now. I'm
aglne my surprise when L received a letter
from him about two weeks ago telling me
that he was alive, was getting we'll and ex-
pected soon to be fully recovered"
"What do you think, doctor was the
cause of his recovery"
That is more than know. QUAINT says
he has been taking some sort of pills and
that they have cured him. At all events
am glad the poor fellow is getting we'll,
for his was bad case and he was great
sufferer
DR.. Theodore r. futile, of 319 West
Eighteenth street, to whom our reporter is
indebted for assisting courtesies, said of
locomotor ataxia? Il have had several
cases of this disease in the course of my
practice will not say that it is incurable,