Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1870-08-12

thO pOhhb. Auu 0OW nc Snail bnOW Oh
what stuff he is made. ... ... ....- b..
For there is no sterner, as there Is
no nobler, battle waged than this con-
flict of the sick man with himself and
with the devil who has gotten posses.
sion of him. H..3 u.. I,II =
/ At first the system, surprised bv this
novel condition of things, waits, patient
ly enough, for It's usual morning cor.
rective; but, at length, grown weary of
waiting, and becoming even impa-
tient-as the best.regulated systems, not
to speak of i'll. ll.regulated ones, sometimes
WILT begins to make itself heard.
Now 1t 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 crucifed and stifled
and subjected to the vilest slavery of
earth, acM 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. s|,T ..LN
There is gnawing at the pit of the
stomach; cold sweats crawl up and
down tho body; the skin is clammy; I;
the head swims around and about the
muscles become completely relaxed I;
the nervous system is entirely unstrung |;
strange dreams perplex" the doing
brain; he slumbers for an instant, and
is awakened by spasm; cramps assai
his limbs, and he kicks them out if a
pin drops it has the reverberation of a
ten-pin; spots, black and white, dance
before his eyes, open or closed hideous
faces glare at him, and change and
change like the patterns of kaleido
scope; out of the pocket of his coat,
hanging over yonder, there comes a
wheel, which increases itself, and whirls
spirally in the air toward him, till it
vanishes under his very eyes, and still,
behind all this phantssmagoria, he hears
a soft musical voice saying: "Be not
afraid You shall win the fightp
And by.and-by the sedative which he
has taken, and which has irsidiously
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. Hs...
But he wakes again to find the conflict
going on harder than ever, and the crav-
ing stronger: and he takes a second DOW
der, say three hours after the first, and a
third at night-fall; and so the day passes
The second day is worse than the first.
The fanoies are intensified; the system is
coming out from under the alcoholic in.
fuence; and the reaction is the more ter
rible. But there must be no flinching
nowl Keeping continually before the
mind, as 1t becomes clearer, the determina-
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 and in
creases his ability to continue the conflict
successfully. ---.r. -.. .-
Food should not be taken, unless ur-
gently desired, and then it should be of
the most nutritious character. "a
Broths of fowl or beef; steak, and such
other meats as are best calculated to pre-
serve the tone of the stomach, are to be
preferred. r .-. ....,..-.
4. Let the patient satisfy himself through
all that, by this treatment, he must sue
ceeo. Ii his paroxysms become stronger
than he seems able to bear, the dose of
Bromide may be increased to thirty or
even forty grains; or, be taken more fire..
quently IN the original prescription.
AFTER The third day, there will be mark
ed improvement, the skin will assume
natural hue and sensation, he will be able
10 eat with some appetite, to sit up, and
10 move about, firmly though feebly ! but
the great change will be in his brain.
There will come to him new thoughts
with a vividness and force that will
cause him to laugh aloud with delight.
His ideas will arrange themselves clear
ly and logically, where before all was cha
otic and confused. "a
AS his appetite grows, and his system
begins to feel the strength, food -ei ven, his
muscles will strengthen, his win 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 Wel[doing, which is SO intensely felt
after those days of terrible suffering.
he is respected; his utterances are re-
garded with their due consideration his
friends and those who understand through
what a Valley of the Shadow of Death"
he has passed, respect him; and even his
former boon companions appreciate a
and fortitude which they have
not the faith in themselves to initiate.
In his daily duties, be they professional,
artistic, or business, he will find that he is
glfEed with new Vigor and judgment. His
is stimulated far beyond the
now, and part of "the Divinity within"
And finally, the generalization ofJthe
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,
O a in ht,1, 1,
have acted part, but q few short weeks
ago, he now looks upon with scorn and
And in rectitude of inten.
tion and act, and the supremest effort
of his intellectual and physical capacity,
he may now save his life-if? yes, If
If he do hot 90 bach, e.
There will be no need Of it.
He will have no craving for LIQUOR
On the contrary, he will have formed
for himself an absolute hatred and de-
of it. ~ - ~ aA,lg
1t is not this against which he must
guard himself.
1t is, first, against the efforts of drink
ers, who may endeavor to induce him.
to join them. Second, against giving
way to petty annoyances and disap.
and seeking to drown
care. + .G1 II II
Third, against ooerw0rk.
Let him remember that the years of
in which his system has been
going through condition of partial de
struction Of the nervefibfe and the tis-
sues and the brain matter, must require
years in which to recuperate. =
He must not oVerwork himself, He
can now do more work in two hours
than he did before in eight, so let him
not work six ncEy GJ 19fEIgT IH3i1