The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-01-12
Cur. far Drunk enness.

Medical research has got so far, in these
,lays. as to recognize drunkenness, or the rag
inr appetite for liquor, as disease, and to pre-
scribe remedies for it. The remedies are gen
erally simple, relating mainly to regimen and
diet. and involve no special pain or suffering
vet if diligently pursued are always effective
in relieving the sufferer from a malady less
terrible only because less speedily though no
less certainly and horribly fatal than hydro
pLobia. The drunkard is thus without excuse
FOR continuing the slave OF MS appetite DC
cause he has his liberation in his own hands.
The main trouble with most drunkards Is, that
they enjoy the hcllish delnum of the disease
and prefer the fanced enjoyments OF Their deg'
radiation to restoration to manhood. There
are, however, victims of the alcoholic disease
who sincerely deplorc their condition ana are
anxious TO retrieve themselves and such will
rejoice to learn that sure and painless remedy
is within their reach by pursuing the course
of treatment indicated below;
The question is frequently asked, not only
of DR.. Reynolds, but of others, what course a
drunken man should pursue to rid himself OF
the craving appetite for liquor. None but one
who has been there knows how terrible is that
appetite, and how difficult it is to resist its de
mands The desire for just one more drink
besets every man who has ever fallen victim
20 the curse, and the cries to fill up thc void
without return to the intoxicating cup are
heard everywhere. 1t is pleasure to an
Aounce that such substitute docs exist. a
drinking man can supply himself with the
remedies used at nearly all of the inebriatc asy-
lums and be his physician at his own house,
without the necessity, expense and publicity on
visiting the Washingtonan Home or any other
reformatory institution.
His laboratory need contain only a small
quantity of cayenne pepper, pot of concen-
trated extract of beef and few grains OF bro
mide of potassium. When the desire for drink
occurs make a tea from the cayenne pepper, AS
strong as can be taken with any degree of com
fort, swceten it with milk and sugar, and drink.
The tea will supply the same place that
a glass of liquor would fill, and will leave no
Injurious effects behind. Repeated daily, or as
often as the appetite returns, it Will be but a.
few DAYS before the sufferer will have becomeI
disguised with the taste of pepper, and with
The appearance of this disgust disappears the
love of liquor The fact is proven every day.
The extract of beef is to be made into beef tea,
according to the directions on the pot in guam
iues as may be needed for the time being, and
furnishes a cheap, easily digcstibe and beauti.
full nutriment, it beng made to stay on the
stomach" when heavier articles Of food would
be rejected The bromide of potassium is to
be used carefully and only in cases of extreme
nervousness the dose being from 20 to 30
grains, dissolved in water. This is public
exhibit of the method of treatment adopted at
inebriatc asylums In addition thereto, the
drinking man should surround himself with
Influences which tend to make him forget the
degrading associations of the bar-room, and
lift him upward. He should endeayor, so far
as his business avocations will permit, to sleep,
battle and eat regularly, and to obey carefully
the ordinary laws of health. by the adoption
of this course encrgeically and sincerely mol
man who has the will TO reform can fail to do
so. Hundreds and thousands can attest the
ruth of these statements 1'rdrcler.