The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-03-26
ANorHrR yIcrIM coNrEssEs.
What Followed the Death ofn Beloved Wife
Advice TO Opium Eaters.


To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. Read
Ing In The sun the experience Of Western
medical gentleman, an opium eater. who re-
lieved himself OF the deadly vice, l Wish 10 tes-
tif, to the fact that his idea Of permanent
cure Is correct. II must be a rad al cure. So me
eiSht years since was nfll cted by the death Of
a loved wife. Ny mind WAS 50 disturbed that
for six days and nights could neither eat nor
sleep. My physician prescribed tho usual dose
one grain Of opium. 1t had It's effect AS con-
tinued It's use l was Obliged to increase tAe
dose, till AZ the end Of eight years 1 was using
daily twenty grains sul2hate Of morphtl, or 100
grains Of opium.
had tried many times to discontinue It's use
and ex,rcate myself from the coils OF the scr
pent that was slowly, but surely, crushing me,
but to no purpose; and may here say that
deem It impossible for the person confirmed In
this habit to &c ise its use with his own Will
power. IL can Ouly b. done by cOnnuing per
son IN room and refusing. under any cir. uin-
stances. to allow an anodyne to he given. was
confined in q room, with no drug given me. For
some days verged on insanity, and at times
WAS entirely insane. My plteous appeals for
opium were UNDECIDED.
can testify 10 !ne truth OF the 't a,Iai
repeated chis following prolonged abstinence
from the use Of the drug ere the most cruel Sou
saNous that poor mortal ever eAperlenced. MY
intense suffering lasted some ten days, and the
recovery to usual strength and will power dld
not il-SFil itstll ltll lNp 4AhAL1 Hdh tlaiaSAs
10 BOW six months since | ceased It's use. aud
am now perfectly healthy ana have no desire for
the damning drug. | wrto hoping thai the
/ Thousands in our country who are addic ed t.
Its use may be Induced TO pursue the radical
cure for IL II the only safe one. There Is no such
thing rs undertaking the dose Tor u permanent
cure.
think phv.iclans mike u mist Ike in prescrib-
Ing OPIUM, informing tho patient Of the remedy,
as In my opinion II causes many good people 10
be led into the confirmed habit. lncOriatiOn in
its worst form cannot lie compared with this
vice as to results. II DESTROYS the will power,
dethrOues reason, de ldcns ambition, eats like "A
cauter AT the hearts core, AMI brings ruin ind
death upon thousands. IL H. estimated that hero
this habit, and IL Is SAID that not one person in a
thousand ceases us use after two years habit.
! WAS muru amused A snort time since IA lis
teuing TO an address by IA clergyman, who gave
the experience OF an ollum eater IN California
who consumed dallN sufficient 10 XII eighty per
SONS. lie came to the altar, made hunwn ms
! vice, aud by q DIS grace WAS instantly cured
| grace i good, but when such "A statement Is
| IN tue m the hearing Of a man OF sound judy
/ mrnt n must be rejected.
Let me say for tue benefit Of those nd itcted
to the habit, that although Dante could not pur-
tray the suffering ! endured lu cea,tug It's use,
| Is TINS htiei suffering compared with the con-
! slant mental agony Of the counrned opium
| eaterf There are more women than men
! Of wealth who are victims OF TINS dreld hahit.
! Let them use the only pr per remedy, tai
abstinence. ANA the cure VIII he permanent.
| | thank God and his minlsterlug angels Tor M
! TescIe, aui pri, him To guide many others IN
! tAe slf.. pltu OF reform.
Yours truly, HOPR.
HAk.fo.tD March Is