The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1879-07-25
Extraordinary Cures of IDtemperance.

In the last few months, SAYS the Aber- |
deem Erenipg Express, a course of treat /
ment, having for its object the cure of /
intemperance, has been carried on in /
Aberdeen with apparently most success
full results. Some of our readers may !
remember that about the beginning OF !
the present year a paragraph appeared in |
our columns narrating the extraordinary !
success which attended the efforts of a !
Chicago physician to cure drunkardS OF
their craving foe, spurious liquors, by the
use of a medicine prepared from the req
Peruvian bark. Among the persons
whose attention was attracted by the
story were several gentlemen OF lnflu-
ence in Aberdeen, to whom 1t occurred
to give the supposed remedy practlcal
trial These gentlemen brought the
matter under the notice of DIR. Stewart,
of the Heathcot Hydropathic Establish
ment. at the same time making the pro-
/ posal which had suggested itself to their
minds-namely, that patient Such as
| would make the case, so to speak, test
one. should be put through a course OF
I treatment at Heathcot. They were
gratified to find DR.. Stewart quite as
much interested in the matter as they
I themselves were, and ready to bear
| share in the expense of the experiment,
for such it was. Without loss of time
. The WO1h Was AANNAN
difficulty was experienced in finding a
suitable patient to operate upon. A
man possessed of no mean share OF ac-
complishments, and yet in the prime OF
life who for years had been the slave OF
habits that were surely dragging him TO
ruin. who. indeed, four months ago pre-
sented the appearance of physical ana
mental wreck, was, if any could be, a
fitting subject; in point of fact, 1t was
specially with a view to the reformation
of one whose deplorable condition made
him a subject of pity to all who saw nim
wandering about the streets, that the
proposaI first took form. The inebriate
was conveyed to Heathcot about four
months ago. and at once put under the
treatment which may be here described.
The remedy is said to have been dlscoV-
cred bv DIR. D'Unner, of Chicago, ana
the sole ingredient used in its prepara-
tion is the red Peruvian bark (Cuachond
R1,Jrd), known among druggists as
''duiI bark from the fact that 1t IS
obtained from twiCs about the size of
quill. The bark is reduced to powder,
and soaked in diluted alcohol, after which
its bulk is lessened by one-half, being
strained or evapOrated off. On the first
and second days the medicine, which. IN
its prepared state, bears the technical
name of Ertrdctlga CiRchOnB Rubrd La
01sid1tlll. is administered to the patient IN
the proportion of a teaSpOOnful every
three hours, the tongue being OCCASION
ally moistened in the interval between
the doses. On the third day the dose is
reduced to tablespoonful, quarter
spoonful. and subsequently to fifteen,
ten. and five drops. The treatment is
continued, on an average, for eight days
in extreme cases for thirty days. Like
the well known preparation derived from
: the same SOurce-qulnlne-the Extract
lult CincbOnd is a powerful tonic, but 1t
possesses the quality which quinine lacks,
of inspiring those that partake OF 1T with
a thorough, and for time, uncOnquera-
BILE aversion to spurious liquors. At
HeathcOt the treatment was, in effect.
as we have indicated, and almost from
its commencement it developed the most
extraordinary results. After the first
few doses the intense craving for drink
became less and gradually disappeared ;
while in the place of it there was mani
tested no less marked aversion to the
alcohol, which shortly grew into perfect
disgust. The treatment was continued
for three months, after the lapse OF
which period the patient returned tC
Aberdeen. with a color in his cheeks
that for years had been absent, and such
health and vigor in his movements as
could not fail to carry conviction regard
ing the result of the work. The once
decrepit and maudlin drunkard has beer
furnished with employment. Physically
the man has been retrieved from error
EmbOldened by the success which at
tended their efforts in this instance, DIR
Stewart and his friends had another pa
tient subjected to the effects of the med
icine at HeathcOt In this case it was
commercial man, whose deplOrable desir,
for spirituOuS liquors was fast running
him and destroying the happiness of hi
family. The case was not so hOpeleSSl.
bad as the previous one, yet, it called
for remedy. if ever one did. The MAJ
was brought to Heathcot one day deao
drunk. and when the first fierce cravin;
had passed the aversion to spirits as wa
displayed in the other case resulted
His wife, in a letter, while expressing il
the most earnest manner the nope tina
the efforts for her husbands reformation
would be rewarded with success. de
SPARED of the result. knowing from eX
perience, as she said, that the unhappy
man would find some means of furnish
ing himself with stimulants of som
shape. whether whiskey, chlOTal, opium
or chlOrOfOrm. In month, however
the patient was allowed to visit the cit
daily for the purpose of attending to hi
4. duties, returning to HeathcOt at night
L.
ing for strong drink, and hates the yer
sight of it. Yet another case. \ yOun
man, whose habits threatened to involv
him in the moral and physical destruc
ton which i'll the preceding cases was al
but reached, was sent up to Deeside, AM
after undergoing fortnight s treatmen
at the hands of DR. Stewart, returned t
the town freed from the incubus whic
= had been running him. These are tn
instances which up to the present tim
have been noted by DR.. Stewart and, il
- all, 1T Will be observed, the result ha
been success, complete and unmistakabl
success. 1t would be rash, however, t
view the cures as complete yet Tim
Will have to show whether the effects O
the medicine are lasting, and meanwhil
the cases must he regarded as evidencin
only a temporary cure. Viewed in tn
latter light, however, the results are
we think, sufficiently interesting to wal
rant orr giving publicity to them.
addition to the experiments cOnducte
at HeathcOt, we are informed by MI
Eddie, chemist, bv whom the bark wa
prepared for DIR. Stewart, that quantitie
of the extract have been obtained froI
him for other persons, and that, so ia
as he can learn, the results are the same
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