, 1879-01-12
in the portals Of the Home but from one to two
weeks, and some cycn less -

| weeks. and some even less,
| Or. Earle stated that there is now o number
o1 tcpesIefs," Dut that tney we're not nearly
SO numerous us they were once on account oj
the management being more strict. Supt, VII
Alns reports that there are nov but fourteen in
! mates who may In any sense of the word be
styted "repeaters," aud there is reasonable
excuse Tor every one OF these.
VARIOUS CAUSES ARE ASSIGNED FOR nprvEx
| ENNEss
by the Physician OF the Home. basipr his i,1f}e.
ment upon cases which have come under his oh.
| servatlon, aud upon conversations held with the
| men VINO nave applied for treatment The first
causes rank rs follows: Associations with drink.
lug companions, 40 per cent; sociabity, 10 per
cent; trouble OF various kinds, either in busi.
ness or in family, 10 per cent; tho custom of
drinking N families, 2per cent; and the other
causes which 70 to make up the remainder are
different kinds Of business which bring person
in contact with alcohol, such Us liquor traffic,
hotel business, etc, mental depression and
active brain work, army and navy associations,
and other REASONS.
cent; dissolule and wicked companions and dis
appointment, % per cent; sociability, 10 per
cent: bodily suffering and chronic diseases, Is
per cent; nlght-work, II per cent; the absolute
love 1or alcoholics is stated to be cause of few
rclapses.
1t will be seen that the Washingtontan Home
has received for its running expenses during its
organ'zatlOu, up to Que yeur ago, a grand total
Oh over s2s5669; it has had within its doors for
treatment several thousand inebriates. aud yet
the officers and physicians have managed to cure
not over one-thlrd, or one-haf st the outside. OF
the number, or permanently benefit them.
Some Of the officers remarked to the writer
that
1T WAS BIG THING IF EVEN Is PER CENT
OF the unfortunates were sayed.'' So it is pro-
vloed greater number cannot be permanently
cured; but it By any modern discovery or invcn-
tton, If BY any human ingenuity or scientlilc
research, results may be obtained which will
s1'atch more Of our fe1ow-beings from drunk
aru5 grave, they, from the standpoint Of the
Washington.ans and the Temperance workers
generally, ought to be fayoraby considered, and
ought not the experiment to be accorded lair
trial BY the officers III charge! What is such an
Institution for If not to employ every
means that Ia presented to work out
the results that it claims as its sole
object,-to reform iucbr1ates. No doubt
the officers haze all worked faithfully in thc
course OF treatment which they have honestly
believed to be Tor the best interests OF the Home
and the unfortuuatcs whom it protects; but il
any responsible individual comes along with
remedy which lie warrants will get ut the very
roots Of the disease, and instead OF conqlering
the enemy by wlli-power alone destroys the ap
petite Or desire for Intoxicating liquors. is it not
right and fair to give him j trial. provided. Of
course, that the individual comes indorscd by
proper persons. and q guarantee is obtained that
be will effect no injury to the patlcnts that he
treats! 1t would cost very little to try an ex-
pertinent, aud, if it failed, there could be very
little harm done before it would be- discovered
and arrested; but, On the coutrary,i If the remedy
would do all that its inventor claims
that it will do, then it is truly the greatest dis
coyery Of the age, aud there would he no more
fitting place to make Il trial than at the Wash
ingtonian Homo, where no person ever pretcnis
to go until be is sunk SO low in the degradation
OF inebration that it is the only chance Tor his
salvation.
THE NAME OF DIR. D'UNGER
IS we'll known throughout the country, from the
fact that the newspapers have been filled Of
late with mention of his las he clams) famous
remedy for drunkenness,-c rubra,-and
with assaults on him by rival practicing physi-
clans. 1t is well-known fact that there is moth
physician unless it is that Of au army Off
ccr, and he will contrive more ways
to bring discomdt upon his adversary
than one would naturally SUPPOSE human in-
gcnuity could conjure up. Aud oil the time he
will look as wise as Solon, aud an unsophis7
ticated person would not for an instant sup
pose that butter would melt in his mouth,
Regular practicing physicians all over the city
are ready to announce tnat they nave tried this
Peruvian bark, or raw quinine, Or wllntever the
substance is composed of, and report that it is
a dead failure. They say that Dir. D'Uuger
prepares simple concocton OF cheap bark and
sells itat about S15 pint Or some such fabulous
price, and that 1t does not permanently benefit
the luE sTIaIE. 1uaL, uQNcfET. Is U0L 1uE ease.
II he guarantees to effect cure, why not give
him IN opportunity to try MS experiment, and
satisfy himself and the general public, provided,
us stated before, no evil effects will arise
from its
From several Interviews held With pyomt-
writer became convinced that all the opposition
of the management
LAT WITH THE PHYSICIANS
connected with it.
Z
of the Directors Of the Home Individually, the
reporter visited several. oi the gentlemen at
their Offices, and interviewed them regarding
their willingness or unwillingnc5s to allow d..
D'Unger to try bis experiment in the Washing
tonian Home, the Board to make m appropria-
lon to cover the net cost Of tile medicine. and
DR.. D'Unger to administer it as each individual
case seemed to require II lie succeeded and
cleared the Home OF all its inmates, it would be
big thing for the institution, and an unques-
tlonable advertisement for the Doctor.
MR. II. c. MoREY
said the Home got the very hardest cases there
were to be found. and ones which are next 70
lncurable. no man ever thought Of going there
until there was nothing left for him to d. But
he thought there we're some bright instances of
good having been wrought with the present
means. He cited the case OF n man that was
taken from the Bruewell and placed in the
Home. After awhile he got fixed up, and
answered an advertisement for bookkeeper
He went to work at $50 month. and was now
receiving $1,000 year from the same firm, had
married, and was in possession OF 4 family and
house and lot worth s., 600. Mr.. Morcv had
not the slightest objections to Dr. D'Unger
However, he had been told BY the Home
Physicians, Drs Earle and Fitch that tllcy had
gotten some Of the cinchona from DR.. D'Uneer
and Ind tried it on some of the patients, with
out producing the desired effect.
Mr.. Morey thought that he would like to
know OF any remedy which NOu(t3 nttsy1fr