Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25

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Guilty Of TIN Cure.
From tho Pittshnrg Dispateh.
Cant You do something 4, 4.
said q tall lank Irishman yestoya.s
he entered a Connellytown ~.
dressing his appeal TO a numbay !,
patrons who were STANDING ,,a,n,ss = :
had my arm amputated in the bo....
after having it crushed in acoaI Il.
can't work" His request vas ,,..,
responded 10 by those present as,H
noticing that the alms asker WAS ~
bling from head to foot as il VIII 4.
ague, one Of the gentlemen, WIN. 49,
greater interest than the rest. mana,
the cause of the afiictiOn. After ~;
tating a short time, with an absent 80
in his bsoodshot eyes, the man replials
a trembling voice, being frequsotl,
interrupted by a spasmodie tre,oo.
passing over his whole BODY, and
pecially noticeable about the stup,, $
his amputated limb: "Weli. I'M &,
you. When / was lying in the hOspa.,
! was kept under the influence ofm.
ates so long that / can't get along WI
out them now. I took q dose. eack =
which lasts four hours, this morninc J.
So'clock, and have been in this
condition ever since noon. / nms.
and get another, and l shall be 4 H.
ent person altogether. Yes, / must~is
mustl" and he slowly walked out al Al.
place, stopping now and then untiko ~
of the nervous chills had passed AN
A reporter, who had been a wifnesssa
the scene, followed him at a distsn.I
and seeing him enter a drug store Al M
next corner, hurried there To see INV
the victim of the opium habit wopld
proceed. When he entered She drps
shop he heard the cripple beseechius
the gentleman in charge TO give INN :
morphine bill, and ON, being refused i
account of his not havinga preseriptiar
his evident anguish was painful to M.
uess Take pity on me" he cried. 3,
I'll die. l feel it coming" But All NJ
sufferings could not persuade the dfns
slerk to break the law, and he was final.
~ compelled to depart disconso!st4y'
After he had gone the druggist tai
the reporter Of a similar case out a
Lawrenceville, the victim in this essp
being q young girl. She was ands,
treatment for a painfnl ailment for some
time and to alleviate her sufTerings oil
ates were used. When she became bet.
ter she had contracted a strong taste
for laudanum, and, according TO the in.
formant, the habit had gained suehp DOW,
er owe her thatfrom last Saturday morn.
ing until yesterday afternoon She had
used eight ounces; that is, half a uini
of the drug.
A prominent physician in the Law,
~rHnceyille district wa seen, and when
questioned on the subject said
ut is a fact that frequently patients
acquire the opium habit from the use
Of opiates during their illness. Tbess
drugs are used to alleviate pain. and.
are very efficient for that purpose; Sd ei
iicient, in fact. that a prominent med
cal authority Of New York calls NOR.
phine the divine medicine But As
the examples you relate go TO show,
the divine medicine may have some d.
abolical effects. The drug is also used
against insomnia, and while persons
are under its influence, they ara SUI
premely happy. When the Influence
dies on them, as they say, tho eIscsh
about the same as the big hea1 afters
long debanch, only in a higher degree.
Some of the victims of the habit inject
morphine hypodermically, while Others
take il in the shape Of pills. There's
an old lady patient of mine, who is at.
iicted with an incurable disease, and
takes a grain every day, lNonld l1s
try to break her OF the habit because
she will die anyway, and while she i
under the influence SHE is without pain,
which she otherwise wouid not be. In
ineurable eases j think morphine ga
boon, but in other cases a curse, and
the victims dis a slow and horrible
death. On account OF this way Of ae-
luiring it, it is a sad fact that the habr
Is strongly on the increase.
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