, 1882-11-25
One way Of Intoxication.

since, leaning over LIS showcase iuI VI
cleaning tools. People have dis
covered that they are not only oi
great service in the alienation OF extreme
main. such as sciatica for instance, but
ths. they afford convenient sort OF re-
spectable in.o1icstion, or e1hilaration T.
speak more politely. Good young men
the kind OF young men who would look
With horror upon glass OF honest Whis-
kew. and would not for worlds be seen
entering a bar-roon-aTe very frequently
slaves to this insidiOus and deadly phase
Of the opium habit. And it seems prac-
ticably impossible 20 awaken to con
sciousnsss OF its inevitably ruinous conse-
ouauces. one who cnce becomes addicted 70
II. The drunkard and the opium eater or
laudanum drinker, ar much easier OF re-
formation than the person who gets N
the habit of throwing few drops of NOR
phia under the skin.
81 can tell those who are devotees OF
the habit when | meet them IN the street.
Only yesterday morning young man
rushed in here, excited. in great haste,
and trembling all over like leaf IN the
wind. | knew at once what he wanted
and had the case open even before he
could control his 9uiverlng jaws enough
to say, I've broken the needle Of my
hypodermic syringe ] want 1t fixed, and
won't you please lend me one quickly for
a few moments, and give me the use Of
your private room for minu'et l
handed one to him. He darted into the
back room and IN few minutes came
out again, calm, smiling and steady. He
had had his dose. Meanwhile | had re-
placed his broken needle with a sound
one, for which he paid, and, carefully
pocketing it, he strode ont wlthou: sign
Of the intense NERVOUSNESS from which he
was suffering when he entered.
'If you have never seen a morphine
victim Of this class IN the nervous agonIes
consequent upon temporary deprivation
Of the drug, you can have no idea al how
they suffer Many young men have told
ME that they We're In the habit Of taking
three, or four, or even five hyl"dermic
injections Of morphine every Gay, and
even had to take ;hem at HIlht TO ge.
sleep. OF c"Ursr, when h habit Is once
formed, the dose must he c nr.Laaliy III
creased, ur Ise made m"rc n q eut lot
the same results t. be al a'..d. Women
buy 4 great many Of theS~ in.;ruments.
Generally they get in5o the hahit Of using
them rhr ugh familIarlz,ii"n With the
treatment of physipiaDs for mitigation Of
pain. One lady | know of who had vIo-
lent attack Of sciatica which you may or
NAV not know, hurts verse than q thou
sand tootheches at once-a AID her family
physician gave her a hyrodermic mice,
ton Of morphine which affIrdrd instant
relief But it IL not = cure, simply an
alienation, and had 20 be repeated two
or three times every day. ic took the
doctor about two inmates and he charged
81 each time. After week OF so she go'
to be such a good, steady, Trustworthy
source Of revenue that he reduced his
rate 10 81. Even that, however, was
more than the husbands resources would
stand, So he came TO me for advice and
bought I syringe. | showed hun how tC
use Il. Now, although tiru ",Iron has
got wei Of the sciatica, she Keeps mp the
morphine practice, finds it necessity oi
her existence, and her legs, her husband
tells me are pitted all over with the marks
of the application. / don't suppose sh-
ever viii or can give it up. Yes the mark:
are ineradicablc.
To administer tie injection, you tak'
up bit Of skin between your finger anc
thumb, jab the needle in, and squiri
away. l. doesn't hurt at all. not as nucl
as poking a needle into skin not pincieC
in that way would, but Gale mus, he eHer
cised to throw the solution TO Just thC
proper depth or else ii is likely TO produce
hidious ulcers, difficult TO cure Well
each Of those jabs leaves little, hard
calloused-hke lump Ia rather, If | haC
a wife, that she should take to the coicgn,
bottle than to the hyp"dermic syringe fol
her eIhilaration.
| suppose sell, IN an average, at ieas
one Of those syringes every day, and SOM
days four or five. Then they are sold b,
| a number of other surgical ins'ruruen
dealers, and by all the first class dru.
stores Why, here is the best evidence
bi lile iilaS SiiifHuf VI t'iS P'I'.'"i NNH'o''''
for them-the various styles In whlci
they are gotten up Here Is o:e, an lr'
ported article, from France, thai costs Sl'
4 In silver plated case, with rely rnsd
syringe, an extra needle, WIS 10 kseI
/ H. the needles when r"; IN n'e, t" pTeven
their cicggiu", tiny h"t'le to hold IA
morphine, and all in f,rm c"sivrnlen
fer the pocket Here Is another, "f sim
pier construction and fewer appliances
but equally effective, that sells for 81 9o
! There are none cheaper than this latter
bat there are much more expensive one
than the former, gotten up IN gold an
finished like jewels. The manufacturer
make them of gold. silver bsser metal
hard rubber, ceiiuloid, and glass. In all
the principle is the same-a tiny syring
lube of glass, with = graduating scale @
minim. engraved on it, and hollow nee
dl. nozzle. And the result i, always tn
same-ruln
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