, 1879-02-09

CINCH0NA RUBRA.

A1NLAVN<1 n AVoO Ae1As
Dr. D'Uugcr's euro for Drunkenness.
rThe editor Of the Temperance paper called
the Citizeas' League has been quietly lnvestleat-
ing Dr.. D'Uneer's remedy for the alcoholic ap-
petite, and publishes the following article IN nlS
last issue concerning it.:
Ctfiz<ns' League. Feb. s.
Dp. D,uSGEn's CURE FOR DRuSKESSEss,
The Le1ous refrained from expressing Ill opin-
ion upon DR.. D'Unger's remedy durlne the
violent attacks that We're made upon him. =
prcat deal of passion aud prejudice were maui
tested hy the persons opposing the Doctor. anu,
now thar there is pause the Leaqne may prop
cr1v declare its views on tile subject.
If Cinchoua Rubra possesses the power to cure
drunkcnness, it is an inestlnablc boon, and the
aiscoycrer is entitled to The gratitude OIL every
lover OF the race.
tueu,crc u1etum OF those who are preiudiced
will not settle the question whether Clnchona
H,,hra will ur will not cure drunkenness. There
is tou much involved in tls matter to permit
it's being passed over without close lnvcst1ga-
tion.
The League has no interest in Dolstering DR..
D,IIurer: but it has deep and abiding interest
in whatever will cure mans appetite for
alcohol. This is theQuestion' the League desires
To have understood, and it Is question IN
which humanity is very deeply Interested. be.
1icyinr that TIT. Lsag1ae'is serving Tie cause OF
reference to this wonderful remedial agent.
What is C:nchona! Tile highest medical
authorities state that it is the best Of tonics;
that it is i safe cumulative medicine, anu the
only reliable auti-pcriodlc- The cumulative
quality MEANS that it creates no demand; that,
Unlike opium, it does not feed upon itself.
Alcohol. like opium, is not cumulative; It cre-
a1es constant una Increasing demand. Cln.hona
cannot be substitute, ne'iller does It create q
loathng for LIQUOR, but restores Tile system u
its normal condition.
In tic last and best edition QS716) Of the United
States D:spcnsatory, it is stated That Cinchona
is entitled 10 place among the ton1cS. anu is
ranked ut tile head OF this class OF medicines;
but, besides the mere cxcitation OF the ordinary
functions Ut health it produces other effects upon
the system which must be considered peculiar
and independent OF its mere tonic operations
The power BY which, when administered in the
intervals between the paroxysHs ot disorders,
it interrupts the progress OF Clsease Is some
thing more thau what Is usually understood Or
the tonic property; for no other substance be-
longing to the class, however powerful or per-
maucnt may be the excitement which it pro-
uures, exercises control at all comparable TO
Ci,chona. As 1t is probable that, in the inter-
vafs Of an intermittent complaint, train OF
morbid actions is goiEg on, out Of our sight,
within the recesses OF the nervous system so it
Is also probable that the bark produces In the
same system an action equally mysterious, which
tupersedes that Of the malady, and thus accom-
ptishcs the restoration Of the patient.
r. has hren generally supposed by physicians
+1.. 4Ia oiEn}oids found in Cn,hona contain ali
80. ar;1a nrnriTIcs hnt it is not absolutely ter-
to;,, hat ihrv a1on are The only active iugre-
Gan+s. hut tvpn s,,nnosinr them to be SO, it is
so,,,1, ,1r certa;n whether thev nav not be
soucwhP modified in their properties even by
.haronauticol,y inert nriuriules with which 1hey
arr. sss.;utcd- In fact. there is the highest au-
,horitv ft,r saving 1l,a1 The fu]l powers Of lie
hor;- hora bonn roneatp1Ir known In cura inter-
,',itsen1s 81 ,rheu thr alkaloids failed.
:rha -aritics If the C,uchona tree are num-
hered nv the hundreds (see iBrtannica." !" article
uI tsrinct.,naI nTcr eirhiv of them being snuken
of IN ,i,, n,crican Disneusatory besides an
;n,r,norab,r uumhrr Of false and Spurious barks
which lie ttDismnsatory u SAYS have ut various
t;n,ea hren introduced into the market ami sold
ee cInse}x resembling or identical with the felr,-
fnee nf Perm. WHICH experience has proved to
differ frnn it maternity. both in chemical COM
,,os;,io,, au,i medicinal virtues. These barls are
| tnn,yn as n.1e. yelloy. and red.
The bark used by Dr.. D'Gn~cr is species ot
| the ns|e-ret spokcn OF by Dr. Percira ;r his
i uat<r;a urdcu.n published in 1853. rs the
| or;1ina, or r,1d Ioxa Grown bark. DR.. 2. de-
e.r,i,cs tn;s harL- and sngs it derives its name
fron, tho. circumstance 1ta1 particles OF 1t were
| fnnnd m hoaru a captured Spanish vessel re-
turnjnr IRON South America, put up with peuul-
| i.r rore. and marked as for tic Koya1 family
+ was }n slender ouills, thirteen inches long,
| fen nm in bundles about three inches iu diane.
ter. Similar bunlIcs were afterwards imported,
and stiW occus;o7,aYY come il scroons Of commcr
| ciol f,rou,n hark Ih;s bark is believed TO have
| hern derived from Ciachon1 Co,u7au,i,lca, yari-
| ctv ,rra of Weddcl: but Us the tree is nea,in ar
! IGuxffj little is obtained from it at present, and
| ,yhar is commonly called Loxa or Crown barl
! IL derived from other varieties of Ciuchona Cun
| Iom;vr7. nr other speces,-
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