Rutland herald. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1823-1847, 1839-03-05

On the Hedtoat Use o. Hrde~ SPTHS.
The Temperance Reformation may be Justly consd
cred OF the greatest moral revolutions of dem
times The benefits arising from it 10 the community
visible 10 all. few years ago the flood of intern
perance coming upon US, rising higher and high
er inundatng the land and threatening to overwhelm
great change, for the better, has taken place In
stead Of being met at every step by alcohol in some
form other now, at least, not obliged to
it when choose to abstain Ardent Spirits have be.
questionable in good society, and many find
they live respectfully, well comfortably,
without wine The fell destroyer has been vanquished
in many battle, and his is evidently becoming
more and hopeless The united influence of tue
phianthropist the patriot and the christian has done
much towards discouragng the USE beverage, of
that substance which is known to be the of great
proportion Of the immense of disease, of poverty
and of crime with which our country abounds.
Much, however, remains 10 be done. There exists
several obstacles to the complete overthrow Of the de-
mon of intemperance OF these, | shall mention only
the principal one, and that is the opinion that prevails
extensively, and from which the medical profe
it ia feared, not entirely exempt that xcang Ii.
quors often necessary in sickness.
The writer of this article is old enough to remember
when il the fashion alcohol IN different forms
in a variety of diseases In diseases Brandy was
best, in others Wine, and in others Gin or Rum with
out rejecting that the intoxicating principle is the
basis OF all and that the sl ght notifications produced
by the different substances Of which it combined is Of
little or no consequence.
In those days. woe the poor patient who was taken
with fever, whose pulse not very full aud bound
ing, and whose showed no very decided evdenc,
of local inflammation, particularly if he hal pened b
weak, people strangely inclined to be when ihcJ
! ar d su q | saV. fpr
disease itself not mortal, he was very likely 4
die of the Doctor, rather Of the stimuans mostly al
coholic with which the worthy son of Esculapius wa
sure to drench him. If persons appetite failed hi.
if he had acid quotations with pain the regio
# of the stomach and general debility nowiihslandiu
the disease might have been inflammation OF the coat
!, OF the stomach brought on by spirtuous poiaOns
" some other error in diet, the prescription amo,
d 10 be cinchona bark, Gentan, Columbo &c. &c
infused Brandy, Wine Rum, according the asi
Is OF the patient. The patient would feel little bette
% after each dose, and would consequently pc
/. severe, until such habit induced tnat h
t could not do without ardent spirits if he had n
been previously addicted TO their
y Many the drunkards who have been made in tn
b way bat such a disease cured by such
ment. When any OF DR.. Rushs patients expressed
wish to take their medicines in spirits, he used to su
.. ment and say, DR. Rush made me drunkard."
n very worthy related to the writer, not man
"a months ago, what he called las Temperance Exper
ence." lie said he had been almost all his life IN Il
practice Of taking daily small quantity Of spirits al
that when Temperance Society GrsI ,ofmed
;e his neighborhood, though he wished success 10 Il
r cause he dad not think his duty 20 join it, he tho
,e he could no. give up his dram, Of pam
ry his stomach and other GIT dyspepc s. mptom
which appeared 10 be relieved and kept IN check By
daily repetition Of the stmulant. But notSihstandir
~ the constant Of the remedy IN increasing doses, n
49, disease increased lie consulted physician (Who Ia
e. since died Of Tum aud he advised etdey.bTaady II
d. cdeTbrandy gave the TEN porary relie: which
* predecessor rum had done, bus cid not k
'' ly to effect radical lie therefore applied to
mother phy seian, who recommended C1gaiQc or Frea
~ Braady lie liked the Cognse better than the 9th.
.l bot the medical effect tue Ia the mean TIA
~ the Temperance cause progressed, aud friend b
gan 10 think hs duty a christian 10 give hi perso
al influence to support He signed the total abs
nenes pledge, aud iew days tie pain his sloma,
vas gone, and he has continued free from any dises
ever since
49, The winter had battered himself that the method
at ueatng diseases, above brefy described had been
- bandoued And 90 It has IN many parts Of the wor
Ter Dot some Piaeuonefs not very remote from here
3D. fnencee, perhaps BY the docnes o. certain ces1fa
- ed teachers IN certain medical school, an 10 la
revived and improved upon the practice u an unAs
Py ~ighi "a taken with fever within The ims Of III,
gfasp, the whole class Of erseusnu dsphprsus, a.
.ls reirgetsGis gwen 10 The dogs Rush Arrnstrop
s. and BrOussas Kicked ost d doors osi sefsa
S' ny, and down goes the sNdy, down goes D. aras a.
down goes The gHinias aud tie oys sure as red Pc
er loee', aud sasnk esbbsgs e. ind.ssfminsisi dos
Re thfgst q Ihonssnian sgc;oF's patients.