The Russellville Democrat., 1884-01-31

ssThe habit must be continued wfth
tho utmost regularly. Some take y
but once day. others aeyeral times =
day, but the habit must be continued,
as 1t has been begun. The patient af-
ter taking the drug has an hour Or 50 Of
stupor, and the rest of the day is mis-
cry. II the customary dose Is omitted
the victim suffers terribly. y
ssCan the habit be cured, and howP''
asked the reporter.
Its cure is possible. The patient
must express desire for cure and
then be placed under restraint and un-
der social influences favorable to refor-
nation. In the case Of intemperance l
shut down Immediately on the use Of
stimulants. / endeavor by the use OF
tonics and medicine to supply their
place and build up the system till at
last the craving for drink no longer ex-
lists. Then / hope to send them away
with moral stamina sufficient to keep
them from indulging in the use Of slim
ulants."
I'm the case Of the opium habit,
sometimes continue to give them the
drug after taking the patients in. But
/ daily decrease the doses, till gradu-
ally suspend them altogether Then
supply the place Of the opium with
other drugs of like nature, such as Can
nabis indica; coca leaves, and some-
times strychnine. After while I sus-
pend these also, and then by restoring
her general health the patient gradually
loses her desire for the drug.
A well-known physician, with large
West Side practice, said that the list Of
his patients includes many we'll
known actress and the wives of many
prominent citizens. The wife of q
prominent clergyman is known to have
been under his treatment to effect q
cure of her appetite for drink. After
some solicitation this physician con-
sented to give the particulars Of a re-
cent case which has terminated fatally:
.'She was the wife Of wealthy En-
glishman who died several years ago.
Several of her children are grown up
and settled in life in prosperous circum-
stances. About sixteen years ago her
physician administered chloridine,
which he introduced into her system by
hypodermic injections. Experiencing
Inc TeileI IrOlH pain anu the piedSuIdUlo
sensations which followed its use, she
asked the physician what he was giving
her, and unfortunately he told her.
when she came to me, or rather
was brought by her children, she was a
mental and physical wreck. She could
not articulate coherent sentence. She
had lost nearly all command over her.
self. She looked and acted like, and to
all intents and purposes was, an idiot.
''She grew better, and in the course
of several weeks became rational and
the image OF her former self.
after she had been in my house
nearly three months, and her mind and
health had regained much of its former
strength, some one in the house, or
perhaps visitor, showed her bottle
OF cologne and tempted her to drink it.
She did so. 1t made her furious. In her
frenzy she attacked a servant and
wrought herself up into a terrible pas
sion. Sone one q should like to learn
who the fiend was) then put some NOR
phine within her reach. This put her
into stupor out Of which she did not
rally. She was woman of many ac-
complishments and had clearly been ac-
customod to the best society.-M Y
Letter, in Chicago Iribane.