Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1884 — BAFFLED! [ARTICLE]

BAFFLED!

One of the Most L’n accountable and Dangerous of Recent Deceits Discovered and Exposed. There is some mysterious trouble that ia attacking nearly every one in the' land with more or Jess violence. It seems to steal into the body like a thief in tne night. Doctors cannot diagnose it. Scientists are puzzled by its symptoms. It is, indeed, a modern mystery. Like those severe and vague maladies that attack horses and prostrate nearly all the animals in the land, this subtle trouble seems to menace mankind. Many of its victims have pains about the chest a nd sides, and sometimes in the back. They feel dull and sleepy; the mouth has a bad taste, especially in the morning. A strange, sticky slime collects about the teeth. The appetite is poor. There is a feeling like a heavy load upon the stomach; sometimes a faint, all-gone sensation is felt at the pit of the stomach, which food docs not satisfy. The eyes grow sunken, the hands and feet feel clammy at one time and burn intensely at others. After a while a cough sets in, at first dry, but after a few months it is attended with a grayish-colored expectoration. The afflicted one feels tired all the while, and sleep does not seem to aflord any rest, He becomes nervous, irritable, and gloomy, and has evil forebodings. There is a giddiness, a peculiar whirling sensation in the head when rising up suddenly. The bowels become costive, and then, again, outfiux intensely; the sain is dry and hotat time's; the blood grows thick and stagnant: the whites of the eyes become 'tinged with yetlow; the urine, is scanty and high-colored, depositing a sediment after standing. There is frequently a spitting up of the food, sometimes with a sour taste, and sometimes with a sweetish taste; this is often attended with palpitation of the heart. The vision becomes impaired, with spots before the eyes; there is a feeling of prostration and great weakness. Most of these symptoms are in turn present. It is thought that nearly onethird of our population have this disorder in some of its varfetWoTTOS" white medical men have almost wholly mistaken its nature. Some have treated it for one complaint; some for another, but nearly all have failed to reach the seat of the disorder. Indeed, many physicians are afflicted with it themselves. The experience of Dr. A. G. Richards, residing at No. 458 Tremont street, Boston, is thus describe.! by himself: “I had all those peculiar and painful symptoms which 1 have found afflicting so many of my patients, and which had so often baffled me. I knew all the commonly established remedies would be unavailing, for I had tried them often in the past. I therefore determined to strike out in a new path. To my intense satisfaction I found that I was improving. The dull, stupid feeling departed, and I began to enjoy life once more. My appetite returned. My sleep was refreshing. The color of my face, which had been a sickly yellow*.' gradually assumed the pink tinge of health. In the course of three weeks I felt like a new man, and know that it was wholly ow-ing to the wonderful efficiency of Warner’s Tippecanoe The Best, which was all the medicine I took.” Doctors and scientists often exhaust their skill and the patient dies. They try everything that has been used by, or is known to, the profession, and then fail. Even if they save the life it is often after great and prolonged agony. tbis_can battvoidetL bypreeaution and car ■, how insane a thing it is to endure such suffering! With a pure and palatable preparation within reach, to neglect its use is simply inexcusable. The reason men nevor stop at one glass when taking whisky is because it is a cereal drink, and always has to be continued in the necks.