My disease soon culminated in a continued
malarial fever which kept me closely con
fined for about a week. I became exceed
ingly depressed and melancholy, so much so
that I lost interest in my work, and, indeed,
scarcely cared what happened to me.
During all this time, it must be under
stood that I did not neglect medica
treatment. All the most powerful remedies
were tried, such as liquid arsenate of potash,
valeriante of iron, mercury, bromide of
potassium, chloride of bismuth, chiniodine,
Chinchonidia, quinine and several others.
All this I did under the advice of eminent
physicians.
It was while I was in this deplorable con
dition that the claims made for Kaskine,
the new quinine, as a specific for malaria
were first brought to my attention. I knew
nothing of its value to justify my having
any confidence in it, but as everything else
had failed I deemed it my duty to try it, so
I began its use, and its prompt and radical
effects were of the nature of a revelation to
me. Many people may think the statement
scarcely credible, but it is a fact that after
only a few days’ use of Kaskine all the
leading symptoms in my case were decidedly
abated or ceased altogether; and in a few
weeks from the time I took the first dose I
was cured.
