The Mineral argus. [volume] (Maiden, Mont.) 1883-1886, 1885-04-02

How People Instinotivsly Shrink from
Drugs Uontainiug lgorphia and OPIUM
I 4 1sporssr'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
sons. 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-
delphia have recently made successful
raids on opium "joints" and arrested the
proprietors. A more insidious form of
poison than this however, and ono which
largely affects not only tho 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
narcotics or deadly metallic oxides. Tho
difficulty, however, has been to find .
substitute for such things which would
be purely vegetable, and at the Same
time effect a prompt cure. That such
discovery had been made was an
nounced recently. and DIR. o. Grothe,.
chemist to the Brooklyn Board Of
Health, and q graduate Of the Uniser-
sity of Kiel, Germany, publicly certi-
fled that he had analysed the remedy
and found il free from narcotics, OPP
ates or injurious metallic oxides, and
harmless and happy combination, which
that DIR. Samuel h. Cox, q graduate Of
Yale, and expert analytical chemist of
this city had also analysed the reme-
dy in question and given public testi-
mony as to its purity and eflicacy,a re-
porter of The Post WAS told by him that
he had given such a certificate, and
that he believed the remedy marked .
new stage in the treatment Of throat and
lung diseases. He knew also that many
public men in Washington had given
the remedy trial, and felt confident il
they were called upon that they would
cheerfully iDdorse it. One Of them was
Hon. j. G. $. Blackburn, Senator elect
from Kentucky. MIR. Blackburn, on
being approached. said he had used the
remedy with marked effect and found
great benefit, especially during his &C.
cupancy of the Speakers chair. II had
removed all irritation from his throat
and relieved q 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. II. Bagley, Jr., Of New
York; VIM. Mutchler. of Pennsylvania;
Holton, of Maryland, andJ Z. Leedom,
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House of Representatives, were emphat-
ic in their endorsement Of the remedy.
Messrs. Ed. A. Clark, Architect Of
Public Buildings; Il. A. Carman.
Acting Commissioner Of the Ag-
ricultural Department; Thomas 5.
Miller, chief clerk in the Surgeon
Generals Department: II. +. Weaver.
ex Congressman from Mississippi, and
now chief Of the collecting division in
the General Postoffice; J. II. Craven
slime, head of the labor division in the
same department, and +. b. Conger,
City Postmaster, and son of Senator
Congcr of Michigan, all pronounced 1t
o valuable discovery, and had found its
effects not only soothing, but lasting.
The remedy in question is Red Star
Cough Cure. II is free from opiates or
poisons and is purely vegetable.
A physician who stands in close rela-
ton to the Board of Health of tho Dis
trict of Columbia said that there arc
two things which seriously affect the
health ofthe people, water and
impure drugs, and therefore the benc-
fits of n discovery like Red Star Cough
Cure cannot I've over estimated. Thou
sands of children die annually from the
use of cough and soothing syrups con-
tanning opiates or poisons, and even
adults are exposed to the danger
of blood poisoning from such
cause. In view of these facts men,
bers of Boards of Health in various
cities; public men of Maryland. from
the Governor down, and leading prac-
ticing physicians throughout that State
have over their own signatures testified
that Red Star Cough Cure cannot fail
to be boon to the suffering and afilict-
ed. The reporters Investigations
were thorough and unprecedented, and
the testimony obtained, judging from
its character. connot be gainsayed.