Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-07-18

nations Of Patient-a Physician IeIIs
Disease.
"Hr'S got mania potu. was the short dag
nosi, Of the Young doctor Put him in the
strong room"
1t wasn't 50 easily DONE however. He
fought like devil ncarnatr, and the tiends
which rose up around him nt every turn
seemed tn lend strength to resist his supposed
perSecUtnrs. In the awful struggle he re
leased one Of his handS and struck viCiOusly
at one of the men holding him. But he was
at last overU0wered. He would probably have
hil~l the attendants one by one. but they
were too many, and in fifteen minutes he was
strapped down to cot HOrrd reptiles
crawled over the helpless b"iy, which was
at their mercy. \ great poisonous snake
which had found its way int" the hospital
slowly creeping upon him tn end his
miserable existence. There was Il terrible,
dcSpairing cry, which was dcadcn"d within
thoS,' four pa,liei walls, and IN" exhausted
man fcll back painting, hreathcSs, and ap-
parpntiy dead He soon revived u new ami
more loaths"me Authorizations.
That hOrrii snake came back again rein
forced by an alligator, while "A tiger stuck his
hungry jaws within the little room and
grittel his teeth and opened his caparious
jaws in anticipation Of a palatablc feast on
the poor wretch tici to his bed All this, and
much morr. the madlrncd man saw IN his de
lrium The transition was rapid from one
horror to another, but there at last came
rest from the siCkcning spectacle.
QCIETING THE SHATTERED NERVES.
\ doctor entered with n potion of Chlornl
which the frantic patient was forCed TO swal
low. Presently the ctTcct beCame noticeable.
The sick man grew luSs violent, and the glar-
ing eyes, resembling two balls Of fire. grew
calm and closed rs if in Slumhcr. The Chloral
did its work well, and sustained its reputation
Us n soporitic specific. The raging lion IL trans
formed into u peaceful, sleeping lamb, and
immediate danger Is over. In the morning
the patient awoke comparatively refreshed.
but he feels an unConquerable thirst for
whisky He i almost crazy for drink, and
declares h. will have il or die. \ very httlr
is given him, which quiets the shattered nerves
for little while. BY slow stages he was
brought around all right, and i'll four or five
days he was discharged cured Of that attack,
but he is liable 10 20 through the same thing
again before long
1T is a strange disease, said a prominent
hospital physician, but modern science Is
able to control it better than formerly. The
proper name for what is vulgariy called the
'Jim-j jams is mania potU, or maincSs from
drink IL is produced by excessive use Of al
Coholic stimulants The nervous system he
comes Frustrated and there is an imperfect
circulation of the blood, which produces NOR.
or less congestion Of the brain. \ mans
ideas flow with the utmost profusion, but
there is no regulation or will power, and the
sufferer is affected bv illusions and halluci-
natiOns-fals. sensations Of n real object, or
intellectual Ierversion without any relation
TO a real object. In the former case the un
fortunate man would think II ball rolling on
the floor was a rat or a bat, or CruuChing
bear The man affected with halIucinRtion>
sees things which have no actual existence
around him.
IN PARuNYSHS OF TERROR
The great feature Of mania potu is the loss
Of voluntary or will power. 1t is always very
difficult to control dclirium trcmcnS patients
because they can not L., convinced by reason
and in former days they often died in
paroxysrnS of terror. They gain superhuman
strength, and men who, in their normal con
dition. could he easily handled by Il singl,
strong man are too much for three or fouI
trtff'ritfntT tn Tbs treatment Et fofHerll
chloral or bromide of potassium are the soycr
eign remedies. Very few men die of dcliriur
tremcns but they suffer ten thousand death
while in the horrors Of the delirium think
periodical drinkers are more liable TO mani..
potu than the steady toIers There are two
classes of cases Of the disease. In one tn
afflicted is possessed of high fever, hot skin.
and Is inclined TO violence. while in the Other
the skin is cool, sweaty and there is no mani
festation of violence. Old DR. ToIlivcr one,
had fight for his life with man who had
delirium tremens, and they are often ex
treIne!y dangerous 10 handle"
Many of the denizens of Vine street are fa
m!liar with the symptoms and terrors Of tn,
jim jams, and have been in the hospital fight
ing monsters which the eye Of n sane man ha, |
never yet beheld. The man who laughs Il,
ielirlum trcmens has never been through il |
An old topper shiverS every time he hears tn |
expression and the most CallouS wretch feels |
pity for fellow sufferer who has been tortur,-l
by the imaginary demons and reptiles whicl |
le himself has seen in his attacks Of alcohol
SIN, mild term for the most intense suffer
rs 10 which the human brain Gun be sub
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