The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-06
THE METHODS USED IN A PRIVATE
HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN.
visit To . High-Ioned iasbriAt~ Asylum.
The Plan Of Treatment Adept~J-pan-
ger When There IL u Esaetion-Pecu-
Iiaritie< of Patients

''htltlhH al tUt i"slN, AkbHtt N tsli''h
AMI I.ope Who take II hatltually suffer from
cLroup: poisoning, Just a, the man dss who
works IN a white le,t factory Tor any length
of time Thu patients arr all wealthy here
AMI cont ,cntnlls thi, place !, nothing more
than high toned inebrlata asylum II
would never ,ln u call II -, as II wuuli ruin
the btsiut>> entirely
1t i a peculiar thing alort many ~ nur
patients, that Is, these who come willingly,
that il there were ANYTHING SAIL about this
lsins a r'trat for hr,mhar,l> they would
never come herr They are sensitive on this
point, although they Know What i the df
ilnlty With thm. The hospital Is always
full and. in far, patients have TO te turned
away every day an understand that places
similar 10 thu, have lnrn started further down
| town, 10 take care ut the incrrl~' in the busi
nN,, ] oan't say that drunkenness among
wealthy women is ca the increase, but thcc
Is no doubt that tlU number of people seeking
| treatment Is larger than II Was u year ago.
| Some Of the car'S are bad, AMI the women
| who have formed th. habit of taking NOR
| phIne To- quiet the nervous condition n'lucI
| by alcohol urr the worst. Some arr brought
! "l' Il ''f NlU"Nt lth'AN Nu'N VI N'ih i""
| trrmrr,, utter the treatment oi the family
| rl> tln IRl, ceased To- be of benefit
TUE PLAN OF TREATMENT
| "Arr tho patients cured That is hard %
tell Tn ohJct of the treatment Is to brrak
the habit Patients have been snnt home
ssmin. l., str,n, AMI all right, who after
time c,u' back worse than ever But little
m~li-;ur is given i'll the plan Of treatment,
AMI Il ,llr,titute for thu alcohol Medicine
D. ahraway the appetite for alcohol Is non
sens. tor by giving something for thls pur
pose another habit will usually bc formed
equally u, had Whatever tends To strengthen
thu lnly i, u,cl, AMI no patient Is safe Ia lis
charge until the inflammation Of the stomach
caused ly alcohol has l~,n removed Fresh
mir, baths. rNrrrl,r, lii;ht food AMI agreeable
mental occupation do the work If cure IL
! ps>hr There is IA class IT patients who do
not want tn stop drinking. They spend
few week, with rs, get patched Gp somewhat
anil pu back to their rXrcsS,S with the >lgor
" youthful indulgence All the patients arc
benefited hv treatment, unless there !, too
great an ~ lanlt arrangement of the kidneys
AMI liver know ot some absolute cures
but they are but a comparatively small pr-
cpntagr uf tlu~r treated
"thr truul, /, that when they leave hcrV,
a, soon Us there is Il reaction, however slight,
from thccr>,a,ion of tonnes, they feel depressed
and take Il little stlmulaut to drive AWAY tho
,nllncSS and c,aintcrut the low vitality.
When TIN, is dom once, 1t is only question
~ time WHEN ,ilnuIlnt' are taken IN large
quantities for every little ailment This sets
up an inflammation which is the callx' of the
craving for al 'ollol. ami the hnblt Is formed
have hal patients under my charge whOst
relative, would willingly pay any amount OF
money to- have the habit broken II Is not q
question of money at all Millions could moi
cure a Ierson who ,lil not have "A stronger tie
sire To stop drlnhn. than To drink. This /
the real secret of a radical cure.
pECulIAEltIES Of PATIENTS,
The patients cannot, ~ n rule, he trusted
They will lr about their condition, maxi
themselves appear To- BE- well AMI strong, only
that the restraint they are under may TIC ~
laxcl, 50 ,ha, thcy may have chance to gel
something 10 drink. Even when they ar
brought here physical wrecks, trembling
with shattered nerves, wild eyes and wander
ipu minds. they viii declare that they hav
: not drank m months, AMI claim That they ar
h.iny ,.rs cur ly their family or friends
There ar. man, sal r;ls,'1 where the habit u
driukIuy h:i, hru formed innTpntly AMI Ief
; hals under the alNic" ut u physiclan The
> there will usually ho an honest effort to brea
away from the grip that Is tighter than
band Of iron. and the mental torture induce
by the effort to keep attalSht nnh the Lack 9
, confidence in the ability tO do ~ Is sUlnethin
horrible at time, and can only he appreciate
by th,~' who have seen cases frequently 9
undergone the agony themselves.
There Is one striking pecuinrty about tt
alcoholic, ,ati.nt They will agree with ever
statement na,l,' concerning the injurious o
I feet, Of alcohol. AMI will acknowledge tht
l. drunkenness /, the worst habit that could !
- formed They will deliver temi"rnn'
q lecture, tu each other 10y the hour ami W"
n freely rs they recount their misery ami ~
Il terings Give the most earnest protcst'
r among them chance to get "A bottle Of vhlsk
|. and they will ,olzn II eagerly. TIL" thonE'
:, of whisky start, the ma hincry Of desire <
= Ing 50 strongly that nothing can resist n Al
, USUALLY untii patient, Stolnarh IS hraI'7i, u
n Will drink WHISKY If she ran get 1t until /
s,n.ihIhty Is proslurrl New York Trihun
/. steering by an Alarm Clock.