The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1880-01-09


hol. Then 1 strain il and eyaporate il
down to half pint-so il is pound to a
half pint Any one can prepare i"
elbow do you give this medicine ?"
81 give the drunken man q tcaspoonful
every three hours, and occasionally moisten
his tongue between the doses the first and
second days. 1t acts like quiniae. The
patient can tell by headache if he is get
ting too much. The third daY generally
reduce the dose to half spoolsS then to
quarter spoonful, then down to fifseeh, ten
and five drops"
''How long do you continue the medi-
cine 2"
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 medicinc-why it cures .irunknness,
and how you happened to make the discov-
ery?"
"Well, first you must understand that
intemperaucc, first habit, finally becomes
disease. 1t becomes a disease of the
nerve cells, or, if talking to physician,
should say it becomes disease of the SEN
sorial gangalia. found by dissecting the
brain of u man who had died of delirium
tremens that the cells Of the quadrigcminal
Lody, or the cells that send the nerves to
the eyes, were in an unnatural state on the
outside, while within the nerves themselves
| discovered yellow, yeasty- y-looking deposit.
| Now, L asked myself what is this yellow
deposit and what causes this abnormal look
of tho cell 1t is caused, l learned after
much research, by the ethereal part of the
nlppbpl Oh fn IL, g,
cells. Now, if drink milk" continued
the Doctor, "or eat food, it will take it four
hours to pass through the digestive organs,
be taken up in the blood, and be passed
to the nerve cells, from which the brain
is fed while if | drink alcohol it will 90
straight to the nerve cells in three minutes
This shows that alcohol is not digestcd.-
1t is not food. 1t is n poisonous fluid cleo
tricity, which goes over che sensitive nerves
as electricity goes over wire, straight to
the outside Of the nerve cells, which it slim
ulates artiGcially, when they should be
stimulated naturally through the blood
eff the spirit part Of ALCOHOL continued
the doctor, ''wcrc digested like some, the
kidneys and liver would extract from it its
poisonous properties as they extract the in
furious salts from our food, and this poison
would never reach the brain. Once stim-
ulatcd unnaturally, by Il poisonous substance
like whisky, the nerve cells call for larger
and larger doses, till by and by man can
drink two quarts of whiskey or eat seventy
grains Of morphine day. Cinchona ruJyu
stops the call for alcohol"
"Docs not red Peruvian bark and alcohol
stimulate the nerve cells Then why can
one cure the other ?" asked.
"Wcll, alcohol is fcrmentcd, distilled
stimulant, with poison in it, while my me-
dlcinc is natural stimulant, containing no
poison SO my medicine stimulates the
nerves, aud, nos being poisonous, alays iu-
Illumination, that is, it holds, the cells open
until the morbid deposit is forced out, and
the cells accustom themselves to receive
their stimulus naturally through the arteries
1t stops all craving for alcohol-1-.-
"Pease explain tho passage of food and
poisoned alcohol to the brain again, [ said.
"Well when man drinks alcohol it goes,
like electricity, straight to the nerve cells;
thence to the eye, through the optic nerve;
then to the brain, making Il man talk lively
then to the spinal centre, limbering the
back then to the muscular system, and,
when it finally gets to the stomach, he vom.
its. Food goes just the opposite direction.
Food goes to the stomach first, then into
the blood, then to the heart; and, fiualy,
through the arteries, to the brain"
Then red Peruvian bark stimulates and
builds up the nerve cells until they begin
to receive nutrition from the blood 2"
Yes, that's it. The only credit claim
is making this discovery and discovering
the location Of The disease known as dip.
somania."
How did you discover that red cinchona
bark would cure drunkenness 2"
"Wcll, | first discovered it down in Mary
land twelve years ago. Ar account was
published in the San at that time. | had
case Of Il druukard-Bill Stevens-who
also had intermittent fever 1t was a hard
case Of fever, and so | tried red Peruvian
bark instead Of quininc. TO my surprise,
it not only cured his fever, but he never
wanted to drink whiskcy attcrward When
he went into saloon and the boys asked
him to drink, Bill said:
IL can't boys. That doggonc rcd bark
the doctor gave me not only killed my fever.
but it spoiled all the whskcy in Maryland
for me-"
"What conspicuous cures in Chicago can
you refer to, doctor ?'
"Wcil, DR.. $ b. Noble He had the
alcoholic disease. His nerve cells were
poisoned. He was once President Of the
Illinois Dental Association. He got to be
hard drinkcr. His mind began TO be af-
fcctcd, though scholar and a gentleman
beloved by every body. lie tried red Pc.
ruvian bark three weeks ago. He's well