Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1883-01-25
The Use of Narcotics.

sald ne, "some startling transformations
IN the countenances, general appearance
and conduct of those who have con-
tracted those miserable drug habits.''
what especial changes? asked the
reporter.
''You can see the changes yourself
when tell you the history of one woman
who have seen very frequently. Some
nve years ago there came to this city
from Madison, Ind, young girl, prob
ably seventeen years of age. Her APP
pearance on the street never attracted
any very great attention, because she
was always dressed modestly and had
umld look. Ihad called to see her about
three months after she came to the city,
and found that she had contracted cold
Which terminated in a severe case OF
pneumonia. She was very i'll for weeks,
but was finally entirely restored to
health. l had not seen her for perhaps
two years until she visited my store and
called for sulphate of mOrphia. The
clerk called me to wait on her, when L
recognized her as the girl whom l at
tended. OF course / asked her what she
wanted with it, and she told me that she
was unable to sleep and she took it reg
ular to bring her rest and repose. saw
then that she had changed wonderfully.
Her face was sallow, and there was a
sort OF wild expression about her which
told me the habit was being formed at q
great COST her health. She uses sixty
grains every day.
kinP, q
cat least four or FIVE"
''What is her name?n
Maggie Williams
chow long has she been taking sixty
grainsP''
"For year and half. I saw her 90
after the customary dose last night. She
is complete wreck now. 1t would be
impossible for her to break oft the
habit
''Thus it is the habit lays hold of
person, and tenaciously demands life and
happiness" continued the doctor after a
moment.
1.-The use of these narcotics is common
among business and professional men of
high social standing. Some will admit
that without the use of these drugs they
can do nothing; it is their staff of life,
their encouragement in business, and
the prOmulgatOr of their best energies.
There are many different kinds of mar
cotics which bring about results that are
injurious to the whole nervous system"
''Bromidium potassium" said the
druggist, sis very much used. 1t pro-
duces sleep, and is used by professional
men and students who study late at
nights and bring on nervousness. twill
cause a tranquility of the nervous sys-
tenn. BUTT has its evils, as has all other
such stimulants. Partial paralysis of the
spinal column, and softening or indura-
ton of the brain are the fruits of the use
of the 'bromide.'
GLOW about chloral?''
''Hydrate of choral is used great
deal by men who have acquired habits of
intoXication and who desire to practice
total abstinence. 1t is also used by the
same class that uses bromide. OF the
two evils alcoholic drinks are preferable
to choral"
;. GLOW does choral affect person.
ga small dose will bring on intoXica-
ton similar to that produced by drink,
but an accidental overdose, as is fire.
quently the case, will produce almost
instant death by paralyzing the action
of the heart. There is no doubt but that
many people are credited with Suiciding
with choral when the overdose was taken
us a mere accident"
"What do the women most frequently
useP''
"Belladona and arsenic are used as q
general thing by ladies in high positions,
where a great deal of entertainment is
necessary. The belladona brightens the
eye and gives a decidedly vivacious eX-
preston to the countenance. Now the
drug is a deadly poison, and should be
used only in a case of urgency, backed
by a prescription from regular ply
stefan. 1t will eventually cause death if
used otherwise"
l. n toll Of rot do
gerous experiment."
cit is. When it is first begun only
such quantity as will adhere to the
point of damp cambria needle is taken,
yet its use makes the habit in all cases,
and when begun, whether it is continued
or not, the patient will finally die"
"What drug is most in useP'
''Opium, l suppose, is used more than
any other narcotic. The habit grows
greater every year The inebriate uses
it to drive away the taste for alcohol; the
writer, for freer use of language and a
better arrangement of ideas; the society
people, for an increase of conversational
ability; the invalid, to relieve pain, and
everybody else for his or her own little
hobby. Among the preparations of OPT
UNI are 'McMun's elixir 'Fowler's So
luton of sulphate of morphia' and
which is sometimes called 'paregoric.
This last is the weakest and Fowler S
solution is the strongest, All are taken
by the mouth but Fowler's, which is adj
ministered hypOdermically. In the pow
dered or solid form there is sulphate OF
morphia and clear gum opium. BY
the way, knew lady in a little
country town not a thousand miles
from here who cultivated the
opium habit after her husband
death. She used the gum opium. have
seen her in her widow garments fit
lightly along the streets; looking most
beautiful, but totally oblivious to her
surroundings. She moved from the
town, however, and L never knew to
to what extreme, if any, the habit bad
. carried her."
- 4. Is this habit ever inheritedP''
cit surely must be-, for ! have seen
whole families addicted to it. In the
town of N lived a family who were
at one time well-to-do. The children