Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1879-01-09
Misfellaneous. q
A New Temperance Worker.

\ Chicago correspondent Of the New
York San has written an article that may
prove Invaluable to people outside OF that
benighied city.
The physicians aud temperance men OF
Chicago are very much excited over a new
remedy discovered by Dr. Robert D'Unger.
which not only cures intemperancc, but
leaves the drunkard with an absolute aver
sion To spirituous liquors. Mr.. Joseph
Medill. the editor OF the Chicago Tribune.
i one OF the strongest cudor,ers OF the new
remedy. Mr Medili has had many scieu-
tiic articles In the Tribune about il, ard
has often devoted editorial space to make
known to the drunksrd that there is a sim
pie remedy which can save him.
Yesterday | hsd long talk with Mr.
Nedill about thi. wonderful discovery. dur
ing which he said:
This i one OF the most wonderful Dis
coveries OF the age Dr. D'Unger has act
ually cug II > 500 gases OF the worst forms
OF intemperance tie takes men debAuched
by liquor for yeArs-takes a uscd.up. de-
mented. lpathsome sot. aud Ia ten days
makes well man OF him, with positive
aversion 10 liquor
You have seen the medicine tried. Mr..
Medill:'
itr' ItftAkfbtf W ny one OF our Ur-l
citizens became common druukard few
years ago. lie fell TO the lowest depths.
lie groNelltd iu the dust. His wife, a love
ly woman, got Il divorce from him But
at the Last moment. wien ready To die, tbs
mans friends tried this wonderful remedy
In four days his appetite came back, and
in week he gained the use OF his tongue
hands, aud brain. Then color came To his
checks, aud iu two weeks he was "A cured
man. He had no longing for liquor H.,
positively hates the sight OF IL. HIS wife
aud children are delighted. and to- -morruw
this reformed aud cured drunkard l. TO be
married again to the loving wife who had
to leave him year ago"
is This medicine a secret"
No, not nj all. DR.. D'Unger is a reg
ular practitioner. He tells the secret to
every one, and many of our physicians are
using his discovery. will give you note
10 him and he will tell you about IL -
Armed with Mr.. MedlI's note. | called
on DR.. D'Unger at the Palmer House.
You are Just In time" said the doctor
I'm just going 10 call on patient now
who, though a rich man. has been de-
baGched drunkard for three yeats, and 4
steady drinker for fifteen years. For six
weeks he has been In bed a. helpless as a
child. His memory was even gone. He
has been taking my medicine for four
days
.Is Mr. in bedi" asked the Doctor,
as we gave our hats TO the servants.
''Oh, no, he's in the parlor reading
walk in
And there was this drunkard. still weak,
but mentally cured. When the doctor ask
ed him II he had any longing for liquor he
said
NO, none whatever. | have eaten the
best meal this morning that l have eaten
In fifteen years l am not mentally depress-
ed. am strong, and wouldn't take q
drink of liquor for the world. and
''Oh, doctor" interrupted his wife, as
she took both his hands, you have saved
George, and we are so happy" and then
her eyes filed with tears of joy.
"Will that man ever drink again:'
asked the doctor.
mo. I've never had patient, cured by
cinchona rubra. return TO drink again
They hate the sight OF liquor
Now, Doctor" l said, what did you
give this patient? or, in other words, tell
lie In plain English what your medicine is.
how you prepare il, and how any one may
give it so as to cure an habitual drunkard
i mean drunkard with inflamed eyes,
trembling hands, bloated body. and intel
lect shattered by habitual drink"
MY medicine" said the Doctor, 'can
be bought at ATTY first-class drugstore. Ii
is red Peruvian bark (cinchOnd rubra. }
Quinine is from the yellow bark (cdlisaya)
Now, there are eighty varieties OF this barA.
use the bark from the small limbs Of the
red variety. Druggists calf it the quill
bark. because 1t comes from twigs about
the size oil a quill"
How do you mix it,
al tale rpnpH off h.. kal
red Peruvian bark (cinchOaa ru5rd,) pow
der it and soak ii in pint of diluted alco-
hol. Then strain it aud evapOrate il down
TO half pnt-so it is a pound to a half
pint. Any one can prepare it..
How do you give this medicine?'
II give the drunken man a teaspoonful
every three hours, and occasionally moist
Ell his tongue betw,e EN- the doses the first
and second days. Ii acts like quinne. The
patient can tell by a headache if lie Is get
ting too much. The third day | generally
reduce the dose to half spoonful, then to
aquarter spoonful. then down to fifteen,
ten. aud five drops"
"How long do you continue the medi-
cine:'
"From five to fifteen days. and in ex-
treme cases to thirty days. Seven is about
the average
Now, please tell ME the philosophy of
this medicine-why il cures drunkenness.
and how you happened to make the discov-
cry"
We'll, first you must understand that
intemperance, first habit, finally becomes
disease. Ii becomes q disease of the
nerve cells, or if talking to a physiciau. 1
should say it becomes a disease of the sen
sorial ganglia. l found by dissectiDg the
brain OF a man who had died of delirium
tremens that the cells OF the qusdi igemi-
nal body. or the cells that send the nerves
TO the eye, were in an unnatural state on
the outside, while within the nerve cells
themselves | discovered yellow, yeasty-
looking deposit.
Now, asked myself what is this yell
low deposit. and what causes this abnor-
NAL look OF the cells? Ii is caused,
learned after much research, by the ethe-
real part of the alcohol gOiog straight to
the outside of these cells. Nov. II
drink milk" continued the doctor, ''or eat
food IL will take iC foar hours In mas