New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-06-24
RIVAL TO THE OPIUM HABIT
EFFECTS OF INV ABUSE or cmoRAL.


Everybody is familiar with the abuse of
opiun in its various FORMS from the Fashionable victim
who Is slave the hypodermic needle 20 the degrnded
outcast seeking forgctfunoss In the Chinese opium
Joint" OF hnshcesh, or Indian hemp, little Is heard
the victims OF this drug being comparatively few IN this
country though It, l. common enough In Inda ana
the East generally. But there Is another drug for some
time after discovery, fifteen years ago. consid-
cred comparatively harmless and which Is just begin
ming to receive the attention ITS balcfu effects merit
This is hydfate 81 choraL well known physician ~
thl. CITY, I'm speaking this subject ~ilh tribune
reporter said Chlor hydrate stands FIRST IN the list Of
and to pure and simple secule-snes
Is withp put rival When nrst came into use much
WAS expected which experience has failed Ia verify. IL
is not 10 any extent anoyue Il Is simply the best
hypnotic known ana most deadly lne opium habit
il ea,uy ncquirci indeed TO Compartments rs
cautious medicinal use j. pcrl0us from the readiness
with which The drug ortcd 90 BOO every thng Hines.
and the fatal habit formed. Bat % ncels no bitter sea-
sou al pain and suffering Ia become hnhtua'ed 10 The
u.e II chora So softly, gently 20 gradually does rs
subtle fatal chain bind it, victim tna he only realizes
IL power when to5 late break the bonds which bind
him Chloal Is r0-orted 10 for an ordinary attack oi
in.,uiui, and uerlap, small doses taken Tor cW
DAYS tine result being sound refreshing sleep with none
Of the cyu results common % other narcotics Inc
period or sccp,e,ics past which NAV be tho result oI
oycrwors business anxiety nervous prostitution the
mr. later ce-ness returns chlor IL rcsorted 20, kept
nm for longer time aud taken 10 Brgcr doses II
asain abandoned for Tine only Go resume lls sway ana
"a suyyiy and surely the habit is formed that renders
sleep impossible without choral, which, Ike all mar
COLES, mut be increased In quantity as tic - stem De-
comes hahtuated TO it, poisonous effects.
The iarsrr cnA, victims Of the choral M lt are
men WBo lead scdcutlry lives md wnO from tcupcrd-
uent and the nature OF their work peculiarly liable
q suffer from secplesncs. ono OF the most notable
cxauplr4 oi the baucu effect, p the Ci!or habit MAS
Dante Gabriel Ro-sctt, who durng the latter years OF
h lie was accustomed TO take enormous doses reach
ing total OF nearly $50 grains daily For many years
he took choral regularly, at nr-t In small quantities. but
gradually increased the dose until his power OF resist
guee was gone. His he darhencd by power nc
fought ggainst IN vain. Ills latter days were spent IN
solitude. lie became rccluse and hypOrhOndriac,
filled with grouUdles fears for himself, cnerishng un-
fonnded s.spOns against bis best friends and admir-
ers DIR Maudsley, the great English Hiienis stignat-
es choral ms chrystalized hell and condemns a USE
even In disease except To tide over ONE pressing cer
gcncy; and there Is certainly an increasing reluctance
on the part OF physicians to prescribe choral except III
exceptional cases. -, ,..,
eGe,,tA no reaction following the use OF chOral. II
simply produces perfect sleep. the best possible ni
ration Of drcamess rest with no headache sickness as
reminder that the slumbcr has been purchased and the
dcbt must be paid for IL Is paid Dcr and the inter-
est demand0 is health hope and often life Itself"