The Dickinson press., 1885-03-28
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How People 1~nstinoavely Shrink from
Drugs Containing Morphia and Opium
AReporter's Researches.
From the Washington Daily Post
For many years physicians have been
much exercised over the use of drugs
and medicines containing opiates or poi
o Opium smoking by the Chinese
and the introduction of the habit into
America is an evil which has been sought
to be remedied, and the police of Phila-
aelphia have recently made successful
raids on opium "joints" and arrestedthe
proprietors. A more insidious form of
poison than this however, and one which
largely affects not only the health butthe
lives Of children, is that which comes in
the form of popular medicines. Nine
out of ten of these, it is known, contain
narcotics or deadly metallic oxides. The
difficulty, however, has been to find q
substitute for such things which would
be purely vegetable, and at the same
time effect q prompt cure. That such
a discovery had been made was an
nounced recently, and DR.. o. Grothe,
chemist to the Brooklyn Board of
Health, and q graduate of the UniNer-
sity of kiel, Germany, publicly certi-
fed that he had analysed the remedy
and found it free from narcotics, Cpl
ates Or injurious metallic oxides, and a
harmless and approximation, which
will prove highly effective. Hearing
that DIR. Samuel X. Cox, a graduate OF
Yale, and expert analytical chemist of
this city had also analysed the
dy in question and given public testi-
mony as to its purity and efficacy, q re-
porter of The Post was told by him that
he had given such q certificate, and
that he believed the remedy marked q
new stage in the treatment of throat aud
lung diseases. He knew also that many
public men in Washington had given
the remedy a trial, and felt confident if
they were called upon that they would
cheerfully ipdorse it. One of them was
Hon. J. G. S. Blackburn, S~enator-elect
from Kentucky. Mr.. Blackburn, on
being approached, said he had used the
remedy with marked effect and found
great benefit, especially during his oc-
cupancy of the Speakers chair. 1t had
removed all irritation from his throat
and relieved cough which had troubled
him much.
Senator German, of Maryland, said
that he firmly believed in the remedy
which he had personally tested. Con-
gresham J: H. Bagley, Jr., Of New
York; VIM. Mutchler, of Pennsylvania
]. H. Brewer, of New Jersey; Hart B.
Holton, of Maryland, andJ j. P. Leedom,
Esq, of Ohio, S~ergeant-at. Arms of the
House of Representatives, were emphat-
ic in their endorsement of the remedy.
Messrs. Ed. A. Clark, Architect Of
Public Buildings; E. A. Carman.
Acting Commissioner of the Ag-
ricultural Department; Thomas s.
Miller, chief clerk in the Surgeon
Generals Department: H. d. Weaver,
ex-C Congressman from Mississippi, anC
now chief of the collecting division il
the General Postoffice; J. H. Craven.
slime, head of the labor division in til,
same department, and f. B. Conger
City Postmaster, and son of Senate:
} Conger Of Michigan, all pronounced l
a valuable discovery, and had found it
effects not only soothing, but lasting
The remedy in question is Red Sta
| Cough Cure. It is free from opiates o
!, poisons and is purely vegetable.
Aphysician who stands in close rela
ton to the Board OF Health of the Dis
trict of Columbia said that there ar
: two things which seriously affect til
: health ofthe people,-impure water IN
impure drugs, and therefore the bene
fits of a discovery like Red Star Coug
: Cure cannot be over-estimated. Thou
l sands of children die annually from tn
use of cough and soothing syrups con
. tanning opiates or poisons, and eve
,, adults are exposed to the DANCE
of blood-poisoning from such
+, cause. In view of these facts men
:, bers of Boards Of Health in variou
!, cities; public men of Maryland. fror
the Governor down, and leading prae
ticing physicians throughout that Stat
a have over their own signatures t~estitie
that Red Star Cough Cure cannot ia
to be boon to the suffering and aflict
q ed. The reporters investigation
v were thorough and unprejudiced, an
!. the testimony obtained, Judging frol
q its character, connot be gainsayed.