The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1886-08-08
MADNESS FROM pElNh.
A WRETCH IN The AGONlES or o.
llRlUa TREMENS.
Shaking scene at a Hospitai-iiaiinei-
nation, at a Fatient-a Physician ieis
About the Causs and Treatment Oh inc

III, got mania Iotu, was THE short dlii-s-
nosi, If tIi. yang d.'tar. nut hiih IN tlo
strDas rom
1t wasn't % easily done, however, Is
fought lik,. a ,l.y!l ln,arrats', ami the ih'lFS
whih r.~.. ul artalni HIM AT every turn
SEEMED 10 kltt strensth o. resist hi SUPPOSED
Prosecutors In th. awful >trl--h' lie ~
li>.,l an.. III hi, haipiS AMI strn'k Nelously
at or.e 1T th. men h'il'in, him Btt he "iS
al Last nvtrl.,a.r,ei H.. waubl Ir,tlatly have
killed. the attendants one by on', tdt tlh's
wtr' ton Ylany, ami III flitsrn minutes h' Was
strall.si down Ia a al. ttorrht reptiles
rrawk,l over tho h'lph,, hniy, nhrh MAS
at their merry. \ lnfnt I"'t~'t''It' snake
which hal found its way into thu hospital
waS slowly creeping ul"ai hln I" "iht hl'
mi>r.I.l. ,xi,t-s,' 1hrr was II trrrili'',
,,~lSiirin@ cay. whi'h wa, 'ht'hil' Il within
thN.. four I.uht,,i wal-, AMI the exhausted
Kan I'll lark painting, hr'ithhN-, aI1i al'-
parentlv ,i,a,l liz sam revived u ii''" AMI
more bath -.llb. h,llu'matlIlS
That l.utl.i ,lltk cams back again rim
f.'rr,d t.y an ALI atAIg, whih' tl-'f stuck his
hungry jaw. nltilih thu liitI" f'"in ami
grittri hi, t.,rh AMI olNhrt his ralast"ti>
jaws in anticipated II n la!tt.i'h feast on
the l4s,r wrt,h tad I" h> bad All this, AMI
much NOR. the rnipthn,d ngin saw IN HI, b.
lrhm In" transition was rapid from oli"
horror Ia another, hat tirrr at last came IA
rest from tin ,h'k"nlng spectacle.
QriErNU rHE SHATTERED NERVES.
\ i~'tor entered With II potion at choral,
which ia. FRANTIC patient was forced I" >wal
low. Presently ti. effect iataile ntitai'lr.
The sick man srW l,Ns violent, ami ia" gEtr'
ing eyes, resembling two l,alh Ut tire, grew
calm ami elt>,,l a> II in slulhltr The rhloril
dill il, work We'll, and su talr't II, reputation
rs II sopnriiir ,pciiic The ragtn- lion !, trans
formed into peaceful, sleeping Enl'. AMI
immediate danger i, over, Ia thu morning
the patient awoke comparatively refreshed,
but hr feel, an unconluerablr thirst for
whisky III, l. alnnSt crazy for II drunk, ari
declares h. viii has. II ar die \ very ll'tl,
l, given him, whth quiet, the shattered nrrveN
for littir whlk' l;y slow stages hc wat
brought around all right, AMI IN tour or live
days h. was dis, har I'D cured 1T that attack,
hut he /, Liable tn - through tlc same thin;
again stur' hong.
ut i, a strange disease" said prominent
hospital physician, bat nHlcn science !,
able t. control IT lnttcr than formerly The
proper ninn for what Is vulsatly called tho
'Jiil- pans !, mania Iotu, or madness from
drink II l. prasiu,st by excessive use of al
cuholir stinulant> The nervou, system Ia
comes Frustrated, ami there Is an hnIsrfr,t
circulation "t thu bl"Nl, which produces mnr'
~ less congestion 1T the brain \ man ,
ideas How with the utmost pruf,eion, but
there Is no regulation 81 will power AMI the
sufferer Is affected by illusions AMI halliti.
nations fil-.' SENSATIONS III u real object, ~
intellectual l"rvor~inn without any relation
To- n real object IN the former ease thu I'M
fortunate man wolill think "a ball rolling ull
the il'"r was Il rat or II bat Of ou,hing
bear The man affected with Authorization.
sHcs things which have ne actual cXi>trnr,
around him
! ~ rARuXYsM~ 90 TERROR
THE great feature If mania lotu is the lo>
| vt voluntary OF viii power II i alway, yer,
difficult To- control d,lIrium trrIicns patients
bcalis, they can not la ron> inecd hy reason
ami IN former days they often died IL
| parpxy,m> 1T terror. They gain surihumal
strength, and men who, IN their normal con
dition, rnuhl ho easily handled by singh
strong man ARE too nn,h for three or TOM
| powerful attendants The treatment formerly
was 10 exhaust the patient hy onctns. Now
ehloral "a bromide at potassium are tn" sovrr
elm remedies Very few men die Of ,l,lillun
trnlrlls, bat they suffer ten thousand death
| while IN the horrors If the ,lpllrlum thml
periodical drinkers ur. more liable a. mani,
pntu than the steady tn.ls There are tw,
| CLASSES oi east, Ut tine disease la uu, tiu
afflicted t. I'rss ~,yd nt n high fever, hot skin
AMI i inclined to- violence, while in th uth,.
| the skin i Good. sWtatv AMI thrrc Is no mani
ftstatlun 1T Violence, bhl br ToliIvor once
hal II ii ltt fer HI, life with man who la,
dclirlum tr,nrn,. AMI they me- often ~
trrmnly dangerous 10 ilndla.'
MANY ut the Il nIlrn~ IT me street ar,, ia
mliur with tho symptoms and terror. of tia
jim Jams, AMI have been IN Shr hospital liz lit
ing monsters which the ,,cut sane man Ia,
never YET bi"i llr man who lau.h, Il
dclrrm trrulatt~ Ia, never been, through If
An uld tuI"r ,hlNcl~ every time h. hears tlt
tNrr,N ION AMI the most ralluns wretch feel
pity tur fellow sufferer Whoh,~ ls,,nturturr
by the imaginary ,'u"lls AMI reptiles WIit
he himself has ~,tn IN hi, attacks of alcohol
ism, II mild tenn for the most INTENSE ,uil,r
In to Win Ii the human brain can br sui
jrted Cincinnati Enquirer