The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-08-18

lance Is placed upon the following SANITARY
and hygeanic measurcs.-"ketircment
from business and the busy scenes OF
everyday life, quiet, reading, writing,
pure air, well.ventilated rooms, good
I,noufishing diet, regular hours for meals
and for rising and retiring; proper phys
ical exercise, such as outdoor games,
walking, and such mechanical employ
ment rs taste and inclination may dictate
and opportunity afford" These meas.
ures, no one can gainsay, arc highly con-
ductiVe 10 health Of mind and body, and
materially contribute to breaking up old
and pernIcious habits; and patients are.
soon convinced, by their improved and
altered feelings, that alcoholic ,stimulants
are not only useless but absolutely ipjuri'
Gus.
DR.. Dodge very candidly admits that
he has no specific with which 10 eradicate
the craving for intoxicating liquors,
whether acquired by the voluntary act Of
the patient, or handed down as an heredi.
tary disease or curse. No medication will
do This. "Thcre Is one remedy" however,
he Gays, land one only, that will remove
tho habit, and make recovery as com.
plete and permanent as II Is possible for
science or ingenuity 10 devise. It IL a
physiological fact, that when habit has
been formed or contracted, an absolute re-
moval Of the agent that produced the
habit is necessary In order that q new
state Of things may become possible"
This means that total abstinence from
all that intoxicates Is indispensable to'a
cure, and here we have the whole thing
In D nutshell. The man who has tho will
and forms the intlexible purpose Il, alb.
STAN from all formS, Of alcoholic stimula-
ton for all time to come has no business
heie, and will be better and happier at
home, surrounded by his family and
friends, and immersed las all live men
ought9o b0 ID the cSfeg Of his ealllAg]
or probes ion But IL dis WIN " weak,
and HE system greatly enervated by.
drink, or he has plenty Of money and leis.
ure, this Is the place for him. He nced
not come, however, expecting to get 1T
lie rum now and Fthen3 even soI hisI
stomach's sakep Recognizing alcohol as
an irritant.narcotic poison, and as apron.
inent and leading poison In that class In
toxicology, the frat thing donehere, as 9
rule is tostSpthe poison and henextiSI
to countetsotIits 6fects'by the means az
ready mentioned. They take the dogs
tail of here Immediately back Of the ears,
and that It Is the true plan hundreds and
thousands can attest by their experience.
The widespread impression that there isR
"tapering of" process employed in the
treatment Lot !patientS lat this and other
similar institutions is entirely erroneous.
Save in thee Of an occasional old topper
who has been daily imbibing for years
from one 10 three pints Of whisky or handy
no spirits are given, and then in diminish.
ed quantity and only fora few days, when
they are enlitelY Discontinued. Or, in
cases Of extreme and alarming pr0stra-
tion they, are sometimes given, but only
10 sustain; the pulse until sleep and putri-
tion enable the patient to rally. So much
as to the means Of cure. Now as to the
results.
1t was in evidence before the committee
OF the British House OF Commons, by Su-
perintondents Of reiormatories for inebrl'
aIes in both Great Britain and the United
States, that the average number Of cures
is from 33 to 40 per cent Of the admissions.
DR.. Parrish reported last year that he had
treated 279 patients at his Sanitarium at
Media since opening 1t, Of whom 90 we're
cured, and 1870 improved. The "cured"
have been variously occupied in business
during periods varying from five years 10
comparatively recent dates, without in.
toxication. Dr.. Dodge thinks so per cent
a 10 hay hnnn OnnnNlU
cured, He bases this estimate on actual
information in the premises. Trace is
kept Of the inmates after they are dis
charged, and correspondence concerning
their habits maintained. The average
time in which a cure Is effected is four
months. If tho patient Is willing and
anxious 10 secure his own restoration,
and co-operates heartily In the means
and appliances placed within his reach;
he can soon 70 forth into the world and
assert his manhood, redeemed, regener-
atcd and Disseminated" He Is not only
"cured," butin his family replaces sorrow,
tears, poverty and despair with Joy,
peace, energy and prosperity. he has
HtrOdden back, step by step, the only sure
path to manhood" He has suffered,
fought snd conquered. 7-
At this asylum there are and have been
great many interesting cases. Ono old
man oil sixty.fVe had been drinking Q
quart Of whisky q day for five years when
he came here. Another, amani Of forty.
Eve, had been drinking pint and half
Of whisky or brandy day for six years.
Others have drank even larger quantities,
Some have been here who were two.
Quarls-a.day men, and some who have
only had their semi.annual debauChe8.
Some have come here after thre.months
spree, and some alter an uproarouB drunk
OF some two or three days continuance.
There have been drunkards here Of two
or three years standing, and others have
been sots for thirty years. Tho mania for
alcohol Is no resp6cter Of persons. Clcr.
gymen Of various denominations have
been, here, and one was even sent here by
his parishioners, who loved him, and ul-
timately brought him back 10 sobrlety
and usefulness. He Is dead now, but he
died true TO his pledge and In the tn.
umphs oi Christian faith. Men Of seven
~ have been here and boys Of sixteen.
Tho learned professors are especially well
represented. Lawyers, judges and jour
nalists invoke the aid here extended to
break from their thralldom, and they do
not invoke It In vain. IA tho health i'm
proves ambition reVives, the native deli.
cacy Of tho soul reappears, the mans bet
ter nature reassertS itSelI, and he becomes
polite, kind and agreeable, who, on en-.
teriug, seemed coarse, stupid, obstinate
and TnAliOnH