News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1883-11-15
TILE OPIUM HABIT.
BY DIR. II. Il. KANE.

taking. - and file like are mentioned. nj
once hold M their hands in horror. and
descaut with more or less votutiiity on
the dangers of such practices, few real
re how great an evil it Is, or how COM
mon a practice ii has become in these
DAYS of hurry, excitement, nervuUs
strain and tension. and life under HIGH
pressure. to steep both mind and body
in DANGEROUS narcotics, to still nervous
excitement. lulI pain. Woo sleep and
stimulate Hagging bmlies and exhausted
brains with neDenthes more dancar0us,
more decniFfIII. and by far more traach-
erCUs Than fine ass9ssin's knife.
MANY. indeed most persons and
herein lie, a great Ianrer-whiIe recag-
MIXING the Great evils of such practices.
invest the whole subject with 4 cloud ii
mystery. base their lducili lluowlgtg.
on De OuiuCcv's false but fasciuating
descriptions. differing with Oriental
magniticeuce, and come TO look upon an
opium eater OF q morphiEc-taker as q
curiosity. distiugUIshahlc by certain pe-
CuIiar marks. and rather Il 5uzu Gris.
They do not know that they are daily
surrounded bv such peoule. that thev
are constantly f0stIinc them III the street
being waited uDon by them at table and
in stores. meeting them in society.
study ing them in fdyuTIte authors or IN
the pages of their magazines, being
married. ductOrld. av, even buried Gv
them. And it Is SO. Addiction 10 rar-
cntIcS has become so common vice for
disease, if Won prefer the tcrm) that Cx-
amplcs of it are to be found on every
hand-from the keen, vet kind-hearte.I
physician who holds your life in his
hands. 10 the miserable wreck Who
shamblCs hastily and oZpectaEtlv for-
ward to open yoUr carriage door.
No vice Is so carefully concealed. so
jcalOuSlv guarded. ~ this. have known
wives 10 use mOrDhire h8hituaIIy for
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Fe''IS "lIHo'1' ''T " ''7''-'LlClN hlloN leJ-t'
so "l-o uuataLuH 10 IItu JutlA9'l' 6
mentally and financially through NOR
dluatc use OF cn!nru. without any one
hu5 the druggist being aware Of it. One
particular sad example of If comes tony
mind ut this moment. \ father had an
only son upon whom he had dotted fDY
years In the three years prior TO the
event I am about to relate the Young
mans health was noted to he gradually
failing. although no positive ailmout
COTli he discovered bv the physicians .
who were consulted uU0u his behalf. .
With weakness ana fecNIencsS of holy .
came also after tiuamcutaI alteration /
and many strange actions on his Tart /.
filled his fathers mind with both fear
and surprise. One moTGiHg the youth /
for he was hUt twenty-five years old, /
was found dead III his bed, and a search /
of his effects. as well as the soaring on
certain parts Of his body. told the sad .
story Of some years teady addiction
to the hypodormic Use of mcrphiue-a .
fact that had never for moment been
suspected. Many such deaths annually /
occur from ovcrdoses of morphine, chIuraI |
and chloroform, for habitual users after
:, llnle become both careless and reck-
AMONGST women es,eeI..ll.s. $500. l..
+I,o ,,7-,,.,1o,,oa Of ..uarvofIsnr-s ...<-
,,a,,Ltil,, ~ s.,.er1r,Iril and the Ike las
tba IaIituaI u,e Of narcotics a.t,a...,.
very common. It j. so easy IT, 1I=.I
into those letters. At first so siiEo- ..-.- .
pleasant, Int attcrWaTI SO calling and /
so thoroughly frightened by the hand Of
habit, that escape, sc.i-llberatiOn. j. im-
possible We're it more commonly known /
that the more "nCrvous" and exhausted
a person Is. the more apparent the neccs-
sity for and the more decided the relief
by the use Of narcotics, the
more danger there IS Of forming a lie
long habit. fewer persons would tamper
with these deadly drugs. Physicians
themselves. who so th0u.ht. ssIv admin
lister these powerful ucreutbas. sloHld
take warning hv the nunlbarless wrecks
that are stranded ON these shoals. and .
be more careful how they nlaca euch
dangerous foundations In their patient,' I
wav.