, 1879-07-20
DIR. D'UNGER.
Success Of the Cinchona Rubra
Liquor Cure in Scotland.
Confederation Of tho Truth ef his Tktsry--Re-
Markable Results Met With.

The Glasgow (Scotland) Htrad of last month
has an Interesting article on the use Of cinchona
ruba for the cure OF the taste for liquor. It ap-
pears that public attention having been called to
Dr.. D'Ungcr's remarkable discovery and the
cures wrought by It, 1t has been tried In Scot
land with signal success. Whether the medi-
cine used was that prepared by himself or was
made by the Scotch physician re-
fcrred to is unknown. DR.. D'Upgcr has
shipped some Of his preparation to Scotlund, but
is unable to state whether it was that which was
used In this particular case. But, hcWeve.
that may be, this result OF the Scotch experiment
is OF great value, and ought to shut the mouths
OF those perBons who, either through medical
rivalry or because their peculiar patents for do
ing temperance work were interfered with, have
been loudly proclaiming that there was nothing
in cinchona rubra, and intmating that the cures
which had taken place in this city, although per-
1ectly we'll authenticated, were not to be relied
upon. The following is the article from the
Herald:
During the last few months. says the Aberdeen
Eutning Express. = course OF treatment having
for its object the cure OF intemperancc. has been
carried on in Aberdeen with apparently most Buc-
cessful results. Some OF our readers may rcuem
Der that about the beginning Of the present year
paragraph appeared in our columns narrating the
extraordinary success which attended the efforts OF
q Chicago physician to cure drunkards o! their
craving for spintuous liquors. by the use Of q
medicine prepared from the. red Peruvian bark.
Among the persons whose attention attracted
by the story were several gentlemen Of influence In
Aberdeen to whom it occurred to give the supposed
remedy practical trial. These gentlemen brought
the matter under the notice Of Dr.. Stewart, Of the
Hcathcot Hpdropathic Establishment, at the same
time making the proposal which lad suggested itself
to their mlnds-na1nely. that patient such as
wnu1d make kha to ADe8E. tE9t
should be put through course Of treatment at
Heathcot- They we're grntifed to find Or. Stewart
themselves were, and ready to bear share In the
expense Of the experiment. for such it was With
out loss Of time the work was commenced, and
little difficulty was experienced in finding suitable
patient to operate upon. 4 man possessed OF no
mean share of accomplishments. and yer in the
prime OF life, who for wears had been the slave
who. indeed, four months ago presented tho ap-
pea1ance OF physical and mental wreck. was, II
any could be. lifting subject; in point Of fact, it
was specially with view to the reformation OF one
whose dep1ora6!e condition made him subject of
pity to all that him wandering about our
thst the r. nat ee iG5m The
n,ent et'' w6ich a'G may BE- here ere described. The
By b. DGneer e Of cSeago' and ssde the soe
ingredient nsed in its preparation is the rcd Peru
vim bark tcincaona Ru1ra}. known among drug
famed from twigs nuout the size Of quill. The
bark is reduced to powder, and soaked in diluted
alcohol after which its bulk is essencd BY one
half being strained OF evapOrated of. On the first
and second days the medicine. which in its prepared
state, bears the technical name OF EIfrac;un Gin
cAon9 Rudra Liq"it!u" ~ adn,inis1eFed to tbe pa
hours. the tongue being occasionally molstened In
the intervals between the doses. On the third daT
the dose is reduced TO ha'l-spoeanfnl, quarter
five drops. The treatment is continued IN
an average. for eight .days.--in extreme cases
for thirty days. Like IT. the we'lknown pfepara
the Ertracfu,n Cinchon@ is powerful tonic, but
il possesses the quality which quinine lacks OF in
spring those that partake OF twin thorough,
spirituous 1iqnors. At Heathcot the treatment
was. in effect, as we have indicated. and al
most extraordinary reeuluts. After the first few
doses the intense craving for drink became less,
aud gradually disappeared; white in place Of it
the the alcohol which shortly grew into perfect dis
gust The treatment was continued for three
months after the lapse OF which period the patient
returned to Aberdeen, with color in hia cheeks
that for years had been absent ami such health |
and vigor in his movements a. could not fail to
carry conviction regarding the result OF the work
The once dccrcpit and mandlin tlrnnEard has been
furnished with employment; physically the man
has been retrieved from, utter ruin.
Ebolaened by the 4peeess m which attended r.; ther
had another patient subjected to the effects of the
medicine ut Ieathcot In this case it was COM
NerctRl man. whose QcpIosao!e Qe8@e tof 6pIfltu-
ous liquors was fast running him and destroying |
the happiness Of his family. The case was not |
70 bope|es.1y bad the previous one. yet it |
called for remedy it ever one did. The man WIS |
brourhi to llcatbcot one day dead drunk !
and when the first derce craving lad passed. the |
eame aversion to spirits an was displayed In |
the other case resulted. His wife. In letter, |
while expressing in the most earnest manner the
hppe that the efforts for her husbands reforma-
tion would be rewarded with SUCCESS, despatTed /
OF the result knowing from experience, as
she said. that the unhappy man wonld find |
some means Of furnishing himself with stimu!ants
OF some shape whether whisky. chloral, Opium.
or chloroform In Il month. however. the patient |
was allowed to visit the city daily for the purpose
Of attending to his dutiee returning to Hcathcot
at night. He il now an altered man, has no long
ing for strong arnk aud hates the very sight OF u.
Yet another case. A young man. whose habits
threatened to involve him in tho moral and pnysi-
cal destruction which, in the preceding cases. was
all but reached. was sent up Dees1de. and. after
undergoing foEtnight'a treatment NJ the hands OF
Dr Stewart, returned to the town freed from the
incubus which had been running him. These are
the instances whica, mp to the present time. have
been upted by DR.. Stewart, nnd in all, II will be
obacryed the result has been SUCCESS, ~ complete
md uumigtnkable success.
"Who Is This Napoleon?"
L,rdau Truth