Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1875-11-25
The Mysteries Of a Pop
ular Drug.
A Reporters Glimpse
Of Heaven.
Fiction Stranger Than
Truth.
Rays from Alladin's Magic
Lamp.

As the use of chloral-hydrate by
the medical fraternity has been a
fruitful source of controversy by
nearly all the Pacific Coast news
papers, and also, by tue different
physicians in our midst, the TIMES,
always willing to cater to the curl
osity and scientific investigations of
its numerous subscribers, has seen
fit to employ special reporter to
immediate himself upon the altar of
practical investigation and from
weeks of personal experience. pre-
sents to the subscribers of the
TIMES truthful account of the
drug. Like all bugbears set up by
those theorists who are totally igno-
rant of the principles of materfo
medica, there are people who pro-
nounce any new idea promulgated
by the medical faculty as the pro-
duction of quacks. and spare no
pains to condemn it as but another
subtlety to gull the people. Among
the class to which we refer may be
found many physicians of the old
school, who, ignorant themselves,
meet with bitter hatred any innova-
ton upon the ethics laid down by
their long established practice.
Two hundred years ago Gilileo said
THE WORLD MOVED,
And that there were mountains and
cavities in the moon and spots on
the sun, and not only was deemed
crazy, but, persisting in theory
taught by q common sense more
progressive than his day. was ac-
cused of heresy, brought before an
unjust inquisitorial tribunal, and
condemned to abjure his progress
sive and enlightening doctrines or
suffer the circulating torture of
the rack. He abjured them; but as
the old student, full of enthusiasm
for his discovery and with rever-
ence for recreated nature tina tfear
of life could not quench, stepped,
again free man, from betwixt those
inquisition doors, his great heart
spake through his lips the words,
81 abjure my doctrine, but THE
WORLD STILL MOVES y and died.
The immortalled clay of the great
thinker moulders in the ashes of
earth, the intelligent soul took up
ward flight to its God, but the grand
principle delved, dug and brought
from the caverns of great thought
lived after him an ever monument
to
THE DEPARTED PHILOSOPHER.
Nearly four hundred years ago, a
poor Geonese peasant, inspired by
the same spirit of intelligence and
investigation that inspired the
philosophic soul of the martyred
Gilileo, saw from his poor peasants
cottage a new and fair land, yet I'M
discovered, stretching ont before
his prophetic Imagination. He was
poor and unknown, but Hope, the
anchor of life, had pointed her
finger seward, placed the crown of
her glory beyond the western hori-
zon and babe the youthful philoso-
pher follow the one and gain the
other. Valor, genius, and the
promptings of a heart and soul of
iron, overcame the obstacles placed
in his way by poverty, low rank.
and the unbelief of that ignorant
age, and the peasant sailed on his
voyage of discovery beset by the
scorns and jibes of unlettered skep-
ticism and the opposition of royal
jealousy. Hope had whispered
fattering tale" but the index
finger of her FURNISHED hand told
no lie. Christopher Columbus dis
covered America, and builded the
foundation of q new and glorious
world. The crumbling earth leaves
to memory NO mark of those who
opposed him, while monument
more pure and lasting than Parian
marble has risen above ages and
ignorance over the achievement Of
THE pEAsENT BOY OF GENOA.
"The pharmacutist who discov-
cred the uses OF the drug combina-
ton called chloral-hydrate, no less
than Gilileo and Columbus, contri-
buted new idea to the world.
While the great philosopher of the
stars placed in the pathway of
science guiding post to the astron-
omer, and the youthful Spanish
Uoydgeur new becon light telling
OF the dwelling place of a hither to
unknown race, the progressive ply
sician contributed boon to medical
science. 1t is a harmless drug,
chloroform decsyed-and, by dilu.
ton, rendered pleasant draught,
inducive to quiet sleep and peaceful
dreams, - shilling the throbbing
pulse to natural beat, soothing the
nerves to relaxation and the tired
body to a recuperative repose.
"THE FIRST DOSE"