, 1879-05-10
DIR. D'UNGER.
How He Stumbled on His Cure for
Drunkenness.
Cinthpna Rusra, and What II lIas Accomplished
for Drinkers.
Brief Statements Of Few Out Of Many
Notable Cures Wrought.


titled "DIpso.nnnia." Il treats Ut continuous
aud periodical drunkenness, uni Cnrtlona lsubra,
what It Is, how It was folnl, md what 1t has
done. It hcgils with rc9e. enc0 10 tile early
birth ntl pcrpcLuity Of drunkenness. "Nuhf
piantcd vineyard, md he drank Ut tic wfnt,
and was drunkenness. Tlerc wcro two kinds Of
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. asd pcrolea!,-antl
each ono was disease. Persons afflicted With
II could not be restrained. They needed no
prayers, no entreatics. They coult not resist
tho craving for strong drink. file principal
,predisposlsg cause OF drunkenness was sun
uuiuo tcmpcrarGnt,- strong, cxcitable, ncry-
otis system. Persons afflicted With headache
after drinking rarely, became drunknr,ls,
A dlsortlercd state Of the nerve centres was
one OF the main causes wl.y men drink. Soma
persons attributed 1t to Neutrality-suspicious. to
eociabiiitY. Froui whatever condition 1t origin
ated Il had now, mid always had, All existence
In nil lands.
Botanical research had established the fact
thu. tnany species OF Cinclona tree existed. Ac-
counts OF several hundred lad been published.
The genuine tree, howaver, wttcnce CinchonA
Rubra was obtained grow only In tho rruvincc
OF Lo1a, though IN many portions Of South
America similar trees possessing sone of thu
wonderful properties Ind beon discovered. DR..
rcrern, the snoat eminent writer on 1naterla
nrei eaies sors. w e4r " % safk asfsosnG9 n.y.
Or OH Loxa Bark. was believed, to
bu derived from CInchona conda,n!nea,
variety vera Of Wendell. As the tree
Of TINT variety vas ncaf'y sxaust;a bnt vH1 iitle
Is commonly called Loxa. or crown bArk, WIS
derived from varieties at Cnvt.oua condantnea,
Or fron utl.er species. The great author hau
also dcscrihed four other kintis Of Lo1a bark:
f1ur II hnr
The Aally Crown bark, nl,st the Wry Grown bark.
To them no particular attention 'sas attachrd,
because they wcte III many cases destitute ol
medicinal virtue. In addition to tic l.oxa barks
there were innumerabia tatEo anl spurious barks
on the market, which differed from tho gululne
icbrlfuge OF Peru iu chemical composition aud
mcdletual VIRTUE.
c1NcnoNA
stood at tho heaI Of all tonlcs. When taken
into the stomach It excited warmth! which ds-
fused Itself over this whole body. Tile pnise
tiuickenr4l and thu whole systcm hecatnc benz
tfcially ntrectcd. That power By which, wien
administered In the Intervals between the purox-
ysnls of uiscnsc, 1t tntErrupts the progress Ut
llil1rr8totM by the t0slc pEopcrty. For no
ether substance, huweycr powerful ind rcrmu.
ncnt tho excitement It produced. cxercletd
control nrcr periodical affections nt oil eonmr-
allc to Cncltona. III NIL ncrtoical diseases, such
sls ''sprcrngn and ngae, there were Intervals ot
rest aud freedom fronl t1e effects Ut the train
of morbid actions EoinE on n the recrsscs t'f
the nervous system. nn'l hut one remedy
that intcsulssion to prevent. tho returning
Of the condition experienced prior to Its
administration. That remedy was Cinct!ona
Kubra. Various allsa1ofds Or sntts, tlad been
sh .s. ~ ~ tn",,, ,.,,,1; m1,a.nssoh ~ ~"
full properties Of tho bark. Clncllona acted
upon the nerve centres. That Waa shown br
IMPLYING nil ointment containing Its suits to my
part Of the skin on b!lslcrci surface: The
iu. its introduction intu Ills stomach.
@ 10 ,,,,,.,,.v avs.
cncl,ona. US pfeparea by iao, l'osseS'es three
distinct rtopesties rr.s. tne tonic 1ropssy; Sec
anIatlvo , i've property by Which latter term nsas 10
understood that Wien tte syafem 9tlcs becomes
saIsss e 4, ts aoses can ~ dssslea.e
much stimulation AS sixty dtd when ss ada!n!alra-
tIon begun.
nay ald, IN conclusion: h.. that the dtng stofes
spurious barks, aud that i. il because oi this physi
e!ans GENERALLY haya failed y % elIest With ,aslr
doing daily. yiz.: curing trnnkunuc.s. In mr.
preparation asc only parc Loxa bark. the oftri-
bundles *s moM s. ,.s e:oss'sss nscov.ssp sus: IT,
r. IL, v,,r I.a5 -. whan .hou. ~ ,a..,, l., ~. =,
~ ;e%s%Sat .:assn S!;fs'' o;a + ks:s s,ssy
Mna tDoichesiet Goni!1. =" 9sa aef!.ca iflenu
A9f'eEn NY - -! ~. ~ p"ts ~ ~! ~ ~ etV'1 -
nuant1ty OF isesh seI Icsms'an marx. Fol. eaid
10 Yen w ce ocsas"nay % bage t cnys4 ~, o. asefi.
perodie anu @ =. tncsnFS .!
ttao sru hasx w! enanie 5oM J." "nMase .lncM' 1
nsied "non th'1 aay,cn wme1 m a., maKan9 M M a7 nns.
s na ~ 5 al no hH @
oyer, 10 asn ths oasS nn'i. Scpt. ~ aSo7. when
!ls nppofluhMy psesensr tsnn ~ aeue paient
aui NJ nunr W nv rnr. It'll III e.
r,, ,astiy.u.cnayea tnctare Of ths red bark
tIun
some wtcks ago. willis In a hfltard-ssloon
watching somewhat interesting Eamo, my wl.,lonl
patient dropped into ths roou1. ant! with n!m wcrc
aoMs ts'rns 1e " wns aasca f. TO- tako rimk: but
declined. Which, nen1 lhiso al s annsua struM-
1'n'9 a Sstsers caea n, ak a"eimS si i |t o ' hui
nna o hs IND stnetu waa rarIy is;,s.; yst
III lie crowd. Finally On bring pressed ~ 10 Why
he rosnsed to tn,bIbo he na lo cou1d rivo no ren-
WI Whatever; oSeepa tnas wH9h no Tas II D.
WHICH not ' ouly carod tin Of If. cht1Is. nut Of
tirinktur whisky also, "Fos !" suld he. Nsincs
the Doctor noscA mt sgh u, feel perfectly lnaif
fcEent to all kinds 1f drink" overheard ths.
utsl, leaving thc hnll. askca h!H 10 60 with mo TO
DjllCG. }u AtQ not como With thNn, h1N.