The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1870-08-11


what stuff he is made.
For there is no sterner, as there is
no nobler, battle waged than this con-
fiict of the sick man with himself and
with the devil who has gotten posses
sion of him.
at first the system, surprised by this
| novel condition of things, waits, patient
ly enough, for its usual morning cor
receive; but, at length, grown weary of
waiting, and becoming even impa-
tient-as the best-regulated systems, not
to SPEAK of ill-regulated ones, sometimes
Wilt begins TO make itself heard.
| Now it is to be understood that the mo-
| tive of this article and its prime intention
are, to show what the will-power of man,
though subdued and crucified and stifled
and subjected to the West slavery of
earth, aciU do, If the man be man, without
the aid of asylums Or other public and
eXtraneous aid.
The fight is between the divinity of
man and the power OF evil, and the battle
field is the beautiful physical structure,
which, we are told, is "made in the image
of God" while the gage is an immortal
soul.
There is gnawing at the pit of the
! stomach; cold sHeats crawl up and
down the body; the skin is clammy /;
J the head swims around and about; the
! muscles become completely relaxed /;
the nervous system is entirely unstrung /;
" strange dreams perplex" the doing
brain ne slumbers for an instant, and
is awakened by spasm; cramps assail
his limbs, and he kicks them out; if q
pin drops it has the reverberation of q
ten-rin; spots, black and white, dance
before his eyes, open or closed hideous
faces glare at him, and change and
change like the patterns of q kaleido-
scope; out OF the pocket of his coat,
hanging over yonder, there comes g
wheel, which increases itself, and whirls
spirally in the air toward him, till it
vanishes under his very eyes, and still,
behind all this phantasnagoria, he hears
a soft musical voice saying: "Be not
afraid, You shall win the jght"
And by and-by the sedative which he
has taken, and which has insidiouSly
been seeking out the enemy's weak point
all this time, finds it, and the patient falls
into sleep, the first natural sleep he has
had for years.
But he wakes again to find the conflict
going on harder than ever, and the cray
ing stronger: and he takes second pow
der, say three hours after the first, and q
third at night-fall; and so the day passes
The second day is worse than the first
The fancies ere intensified; the system is
coming out from under the alcoholic in
! tdence; and the reaction is the more ter
/ rible. But there must be no flinching
nowi Keeping continually before the
mind, as it becomes clearer, the determine
ton to crush out and root out, at any
cost, this vile enemy to health and pro-
! gress, the sufferer may also remember
that each hour brings him more and more
under the influence of his only friend, and
each hour improves his condition ami in
creases his ability to continue the conflict
successfully.
Food should not be taken, unless ur-
gently desired, and then it should be of
/ the most nutritious character
BTOths Of fowl or beef; steak, and such
other meats as are best calculated TO pre-
serve the tone of TIE stomach, are to be
preferred.
Let the patient satisfy himself through
all that, by this treatment, he must sue
coed. If his paroxysms become stronger
than he seems able to bear, the dose of
Bromide may be Increased to thirty or
even forty grdiaS; CT, be taken more fire.
/ quently in the original pre- scription
After the third day, there viii be mark
i Ell Improvement, the skin will assume a
natural hue ard sensation, he VIII &c able
70 eat with some appetite, to sit up, and
10 move about, firmly though feebly but
/ the great Grange will he in his brain.
Ihcrc Is III cOne TO him new thoughts
i with a vividness and force that will
cause him to laugh aloud with delight.
lis IDEAS will arrange themselves clear
/ u and logically, where before all was cha
Otto and confused.
As his appetite grows, and his system
begins TO feel the strength, food given, his
muscles will strengthen, his will become
elastic in his movements, and strength
come to him as by miracle
There can be nothing in earth's warfare
that can give that sublime consciousness
OF vell-dOing, which is so intensely felt
after those days of terrible suffering.
lie IS respected; his uLterances are re-
I garded with their due consideration his
friends and those who understand through
what a Valley Of the Shadow of Death I"
he has passed, respect him; and even his
former boon companions appreciate q
courage and fortitude which they have
not the faith il themselves to initiate.
In his daily duties. be they professional,
artistic, or business, he will find that be is
gifted with new vigOr and judgment His
aaiHaiiOn is stimulated far beyond the
power of alcohol, because it is natural
now, and part of "the Divinity within"
And finally, the generalization of the
soul, that always follows, and forever de.
bases the habitual inebriate, is gone for
ever. His ideas Of right, justice, and
virtue have ceased TO be perverted.
Deeds which he would have performed,
and scenes in which ne would willingly
have acted part, but few short weeks
ago, he now looks upon with scorn and
abhOlreRce. And in rectitude of inten-
ton and act, and the supremest effort
of his intellectual and physical capacity,
he may now save bis life-J' yes, If
If he do not go back.
There will be no need of it.
He will have no craving for liquor.
for himself an absolute hatred and de-
testatiOn of it.
1t is not this against which he must
guard himself.
1t is, first, against the efforts of drink
ers, who may endeayor to induce him
to join them. Second, against giving
pointments, and seeking TO drown
care
Third, against o0ermork.
Let hin remember that the years of
| dissipation, IN which his system i,as been
/ going through condition of partial de-
struction of tAe nerve fibre and the iis
sues and the brain matter, must require
years in which to recupcrate.
He must not O7eTwork himself He
cen low 90 more work in two hours
than he Gid before in eight, so let him
not work SIX
/ Let him deal with life, and especially
his own lie, philosophIcally, and having
done q fair amount Of work, accept the
needed boon OF rest.
And should ne find head or brain failing
him at any moment, let him cease work
altogether, and take relaxation in the
open air, in music, or in the society of
\ friends