Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1886-11-05
traction of the liver. Now ii is said
to be atrophy Of the liver 4 $5 d
'' How did the habit finally affect

you
s. !. Howl Why, it almost killed me. !
Twas hardly conscious. / used to be-
alarge, muscular man, but seven or
eight years Of the opium ha bit cut me-
down to less than a hundred pouuds 81
Now comes the strange part Of this;
remark BILE case. The opium habit
has been written about from the time
OF De Quincy to the present day, and
It has, always been asserted that it..
was incurable. But the gentleman
whose narrative / have sketched is
to-day attending to business in the
town in which he was raised, and
he appears to be and says he is
perfectly cured. It has been many.
9 month since he stopped the
habit, and he says he no longer feels
the need Of the drug, nor has any de-
sire for it. He uses nothing in it's
place; he does not drink, he smokes
only cigar or two day, he sleeps
we'll, eats well and enjoys life. -,
How was he cured? -; .... j.. III
+ All, that's the question, and I will
DO my best to answer it. Some of his
friends heard of doctor in little
country town who had mastered the
science of curing the opium habit.
The doctors pooh-poohed the idea!
Still. as the man was dying, any pos
sibility was better than absolute
death. So his friends took him, more
dead than alive, to this country doc.
tor. The patients own physician
went with him, but doubling all the
time. / will let the patient tell the
rest.
II hardly knew what was going on.
The journey, although not long, occu-
pied the best part OF a day. We ar
rived at the little town and sought
out the wonderful doctor. He lives in
the most modest manner, and is prob.
ably poor. There were merely ON
forts in his house-no elaboration, no
expensive furniture, small, quiet
house, with the simplest accommoda.
tlons for two or three patients. He
first examined me and patiently cues
toned my friends and physician. He
would not promise a cure, fearing I
had some organic disease. However,it
was decided that my reclamation
should be attempted. During my
Journey J. was constantly under the
influence OF morphine. The new
doctor gave me no medicine for. two
days, but continued the opium and
watched it's effect. Then he stopped
it suddenly and began to give me n.y.
podern'ics OF something else, some
powerful poison, l suspect. but OF
course the secret is closely kept by
him. He regulated my diet, and was
with me constantly night and day
He stayed in the same room with me
and watched me like hawk. I ex-
perienced very little inconvenience
and no sutfering-except that was
pretty nervous for day or two. He
began by administering his remedy
every three or four hours, but as !
gained strength his treatment grew
more severe. l was there just twenty
days. The doctor says he usually
cures in ten. Ny diet was nothing
but beef tea and dry toast"
"How did the doctor discover the
remedy he Employed"
"He had been an opium taker him.
self for twelve years. His father, also
doctor, had been an opium eater,
too, and had cured himself. Then he
cured his son and before he died he
gave him the secret. The place is very
little known, yet there were two ladies
there when arrived and both went
home cured before left. There also
came to the house, before l went away,
a noted doctor who was seriously al.
flicted."
asked my friend what his cure cost
him, if he had no objection to telling
me.
"None whatever" he said. 'Tha
doctors fee was 500 and 81 a day
for board. My travelling expenses and
everything including fee and hoard
was about 5000 all told"
There, dear reader, you have the
whole story. II cure has been DIS
covered for the opium habit a wonder
has been accomplished-a greater dis
covery than the uninformed can I'M
agine. would like some expert to
tell me the PERCENTAGE OF inmates in
our insane asy lums, sent there by OPT
UNI, religion, women and whisky.
III. J. r.