Western Kansas world., 1885-04-11
SHY OF POISON.
How People Instinetuvsly Shrink from
Drugs Containing xorphia and
opium-A Reporters
Researches.

For many years physicians have been
much exercised over the use of drugs ano
medicines containing opiates or p0isons.
Opium smoking by the Chinese and the
introduction of the habit in America is
an evil which has been sought to be
remedied, and the police of Philadelphia
have recently made successful raids on
opium "ioints" and arrested the proprie-
tors. A more insidious form of poison
than this, however, and one which large
ly affects not only the health but the
lives of children, is that which comes in
the form of popular medicines. Nine out
of Ten of these, it is known. contain GER
tain 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 a prompt cure. That such q dis
covery had been made was announced
recently, and DR.. O. Grothe, chemist to
the Brooklyn Board of Health, and 3
graduate of the University of Kiel, Ger
many, publicly certified that he had
analyzed the remedy and found it free
tallic oxides, and harmless and happy
effective. Hearing that DR.. Samuel K.
Cox, a graduate of Yale, and expert
analytical chemist of this city, had also
analyzed the remedy in question and
given public testimony as to its purity
and efficacy, reporter of the Post was
told by him that ne had given such a
certificate, and that he believed the
remedy marked new stage in the treat
ment Of throat and lung diseases. He
knew also that many public men in
Washington had given the remedy
trial, and felt confident if they were
called upon that they would cheerfully
indorse it. One of them was Hon. J. G.
8. Black kburn, Senator-elect from Ken
lucky. Mr.. Black burn, on being ap-
preached, said he had used the remedy
with marked effect and found great bene-
fit, especially during his occupancy 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-
gressmen J. H. Bagley, Jr.. of New York;
VIM. Mutchler, of Pennsylvania; J. H.
Brewer, of New Jersey; Hart B. Holton,
of Maryland, and J. P. Leedom, Esq, OF
Ohio, Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of
Representatives., were emphatic In their
of the remedy. Messrs Ed.
A. Clark, Architect of Public Buildings;
E A. Carman, Acting commissioner OF
the Agricultural Department; Thomas s.
Miller, chief clerk in the Surgeon Gener-
ais Department; II. E. Weaver, ex-Con-
from Mississippi, and now
chief of the collecting division in the
General Port fl, Q; J. H. Gravenstire,
head OF the labor division in the came
and F. B. Conger, City Post
and son of Senator Conger of
Michigan, all pronounced it valuable
and had found its effects not
only soothing. but lasting. The remedy
in question is Red Star Cough Cure. 1t
is free from opiates or poisons and is
purely vegetable.
A physician who stands in close rela.
ton to the Board Of Health Of the Dis
trict of Columbia said that there are two
things which seriously affect the health
of the people,-impure water and i'm
pure drugs, and therefore the benefits of
q discovery like Red Star Cough Cure
cannot be over estimated. Thousands of
children die annually from the use OF
cough and soothing syrups containing
opia,es or poisons. and even adults are
exposed to danger of blood-poisoning
from such cause In view of these facts
members of Boards Of Health in various
cities; public men of Maryland, from the
Governor down, and leading practicing
physicians throughout tnat State have
their own signatures testified that Red
Star Cough Cure cannot fail to be boon
to the suffering and afflicted. The report
er's investigations were thorough and
and the testimony obtain
ed, Judging from its character, cannot be