The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-12-01
THE COCAINE HABIT.
Tho Worst Slavery Known-New Revela-
lions of Power.
Cincinnati Times Star.


lions of Power.
Cincinnati Times Star.
When cocaine was discovered the medi-
cal world exclaimed "thank heavenW
But useful as it is, it is also dangerous,
especially when its use is perverted from
the deadening of pain for surgical opera
lions. to the stimulation and destruction OF
the human body. It's first effects are sooth-
ing and captivating, but the thralldom is
the most horrible slavery known to hui
manity.
L.'Stephens, NJ. D., of Lebanon, O.,
was interviewed by our reporter yester-
day at the Grand Hotel, and during the
conversation the doctor said: 1.-THE CO.
caine habit is a thousand times worse than
the morphine and opium habits, and you
would be astonished," he said, "if you
knew how frightfully the habit is increas-
ing.1un W.T. ,o g., .po.+.u,
ut is the worst constitution wrecker
ever known. 1t ruins the liver and kid
neys in half year, and when this work is
done, the strongest constitution soon Sue
cumbs"
"Do you know Of DR.. Underhill's case
here in Cincinnati4''
"That leading physician who became a
victim of the cocaine habit! Yes: His
case was very sad one, but the habit can
be cured. l have rescued many man
from q worse condition"
"What, worse than DR.. Underhill'sa"
"Indeed, sir, far so. Justin NJ. Hall, A.
NJ, NJ. d., president of the State Board OF
Health of Iowa, and a famed practitioner,
and Alexander Neil, M. d., professor of
surgery in the Columbus Medical College,
and president of the Academy of Medicine,
q man widely known, Rev. W. P Clancy,
of indianapolis, Ind, from personal ex-
perience in opium eating, etc, can tell you
of the kind Of success our form of treat
merly of Cincinnati, who is now asso-
| ciated with me-"
"Would you mind letting our readers
into the secret of your methods"
Well, young man, you surely have
good bit Of assurance to ask man to give
his business away to tue public; but l
won't wholly disappoint you. have
with many eminent physicians, /, for
years made close study Of the effects Of
the habits on the system and the organs
which they most severely attack. DR..
Hall, DR.. Neil and Mr.. Wilson, whom
have mentioned, and hundreds of others,
equally as expert, made many similar ex-
periments on their own behalf. We each
found that these drugs worked most de-
structively in the kidneys and liver; in
fact, finally destroyed them. It was then
apparent that no cure could be effected
| until those organs could be restored to
health. We recently exhausted the entire
range of medical science, experimenting
with all known remedies for these organs,
and as the result of these close investiga-
| tions we all substantially agreed, though
following different lines of inquiry, that
| ho 10 c0ianfifio rat i'm,
was Warmers safe cure. This was the sec
ond point in the discovery. The third was
our own private form of treatment which,
Of course, we do not divulge to the public.
Every case that we have treated first with
Warmers safe cure, then with our own
private treatment, and followed up again
with Warmers safe cure for a few weeks,
cured without using it, because the habit
is nourished and sustained in the liver and
kidneys. The habit can be kept up in mod.
| GRAFTON, however, il free use be also made,
at the same time, of that great remedy"
"Yes it is a world famed and justly eel.
ebrated specific! Like many other physi-
clans, I used to deride the claims made fol-
it, but know now for fact that it is the
worlds greatest blessing, having sovereign
power over hitherto incurable diseases OF
the kidneys and liver. and when have
said that, young man, / have said nearly
everything, for most diseases originate in,
or are aggravated by, depraved condi
ton of the kidneys"
"People do not realize this, because,
singular as it may SEEM the kidneys may
be in very advanced stage of decomposi
ton, and yet owing to the fact that there
are but few nerves of sensation in them
the subject will not experience much pain
therein. On this account thousands of PEG
pie die every year of kidney disease un
knowingly. They have so called disorders
of the head, of the heart and lungs aud stom
ach, and treat them in vain, for the rea
cause of their misery is deranged kidneys
and if they were restored to health the 9th
er disorders would soon disappear"
/ Dr. Stephens's experience, that can be
confirmed by many thousands whom he
has treated, adds only more emphasis te
the experience of many hundreds of thou.
sands all over the world, that the remedy
he refers to is without any doubt the mos
beneficent discovery ever given to hui
manity.