The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1900-09-02
TEDDrS GOT IT VERY BAD
ToysrLrTIs, HANNArTIs, on SOME
THING or THAT SORT.


! etAt'U stfhct htHt anu >&uAtts
New York, August 3o.--Teddy's threat
is causing great alarm at republican Ma
tional headquarters here.
1 Observation day by day makes It in
creasisly apparent that serious damage
has been done akeady. and Or. Hanaa.
the physician in charge of the case, even
fears that the damage may prove ire
parable. Especially ylrulent symptoms
which recently developed at st. Paul.
Mimi. have caused that experienced prac-
utioner to order peromptorily strict rest
and quiet" for the patient 1t is hoped by
DR.. Hanna that liberal doses OF his well
known private preAcliption--iAe apathy
cure"--will eountsract the eyil effects.
but he nnds diIhollty in securing suli-
clent Quantities OF the raw material from
watch 10 MAKE enough OF this prepAra-
zion to meet the demands OF his present
large practice,
aver sauce his youth Teddy's throat
has peen source OF trouoie. The dis
ease assumed particularly malgnant
form Jasl after Tho war OF 1898. wDen he
eohQueaS Cd the Spanish nssliun anu forced
~ 20 sign an lgn.mlnious peace. Ii will
be remembered tnat wnen ne returned
iio!a tss Wai ne became 4 candidate for
governor OF New YORK, and in the canvass
winch he tnen made The troqDle with
ms throat assumed On aggravated form.
br Platt, the physician WOO Vas then in
eha.SA ul the case, proved to De able to
eeunteract in marked degree the harm
that Was done lie possessed wonderful,
almost hypnotic, control over his patient,
Wh1 oDvyed bls emphatic ana often dis
agreeable orders wien a docihty in marked
contrast ~ tne reckless defiance OF all
things human which ne same Teddy had
Shown n shooting SpaniArds In the back
Ut Santiago, At SCENE PROBABLE that this
iemarkaple personal control exercised By
ut. llAtt played a lar greater part N
the treatment of The case than drugs,
though some observers have said that they
could account FOR Teddy's conduct under
Dr. Platrs tute.age only en- the theory
that he had been lrugged
Though mr. Plat was SO successful III
| dealing Win the disease. the naturally In
tfdctaoie character - tia patient made TAD
task great strain on him, and he turned
over the case to DR.. Hanna In the latter
Part II June, wnI!e Feody was Oh a Wait
TO Philadelphia Tue patent had become
, atlHcned wllh SUCH lalpD- axe aneetion to
Dr. Fiat bhat he vas uawiilllg TO have
the eale transferred, Dr. Hanna himself
Mas ma Aedly uisinclined Co add Teddy to
his list as he lad patlent named Nc
hlnley, In Washington who was suffering
from weak back the result az aggravated
softening OF the spinal cord, and caused
him great deal o. trouble. but Ur. Platt.
With his usual persistence, had his way
ana the case was placed in DR.. Hnnes
hands.
Though Dr. Hama. p is admitted.
t knows HIS hlsin se he was at irst in-
chned 70 allow the patient tOo niany
lndulgences, Teddy, emh iiened by tne
1 change, launched in o a more r0chiNiaa usu
Of his throat chan eyer before and tae
consequences SON became apparent He
went TO the Rough RtdNs' reunion ia
ORlahoma and claimed credit tor the en-
tire spanish war and everything that has
. happened since. Then he swung over rlfO
Kansas and claimed credit Tor everything
that had happened before the Nat. M
GLIDING me uecia alton OF Independence.
the constitution and Magma Charta, nut
when he went 10 st. Paul ana opAnIy as
serted that the democratic party stood for
"awlessness and disorder. dishonesty and
dishonor," DR.. Hanna could stand no
more and gave strict, emphatic lnstruo-
tions for rest and quiet, which the pa
tient had to obey.
The physician insists that Teddy shall
retain from using his throat until late in
September and shall use Il then only In
the manner which Or. Hanna pres1ribea.
Teddy comes IN datly from his home al
Oyster Bay to consult his physician and
receive instructions. WAen he Is permit
ted 10 resume the use OF his throat 1t ia
said by practitioners a democratic head
quarters he viii be In reality human
photograph, speaking only the carefully
selected words, guaranteed not 10 cause
irritation. with which Dr.. Hanna has sup
piled him.
There Is much interesting comment
among practitioners here as to the precise
nature OF the malady. DR.. Hanna calls It
tonsiltis, but 1t Is aaid by some that Ted
dy has not even a symptom OF that dis
ease The ehRraeteristics are so peculiar
! to ne Individual that onservant doctors at
demo cratic headquarters have dubbed 1t
"Hanaitls," In honor Of the noted prac-
tltioner who is IN charge Of the case. IL
is believed that the malady IN closely al
lied to hysteria ana Il also has striking
symptoms Of what Is called bigheadipus.
Il Is evidently bad Gaze
DR.. Hanna's Washington patient Is also
an increasingly heavy burden on this
overworked physician. The patients soft
ening OF the spinal cord renders him I'M
able to retain q ixed position for any con-
siderable length OF Time He will stand
facing in one direction and suddenly,
without warning. will turn directly about
and face in the opposite direction. His
backbone has so lost Its ossihcation that
Il is now practically Of the consistency Of
jellyfsh. In this case. too, DR.. Hanna
hopes for successful results from ais
APATHY cure" and Is theoretically seek
Ing to obtain the necessary quantities
Of II.
ProconEui RuIe In Porto Rico.