Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-09-03
Treatment for TOpers.

treatment Tor IOperS.
You likely number among your friends
or acquaintance some hearty old chap
who has ''taken drink of good whisky
before breakfast for forty seven years,
and couldn't eat without it." Now, at
the risk of having this worthy but preju-
diced person laugh himself into state
of apoplectic facedness, let me sug-
gest that as old as he is he may yet find
a substitute-not only cheaper one, but
one that will never coax him to take
more than is good for him. Take any
man who is in the habit of looking in
the bottom of the glass for "pure socia-
bilityn at intervals from noon until mid
night, and for stomach comfort before
he breaks his fast in the morning, and
let him, after he has arisen and dressed
repair to drug store instead of to bar
room. He has no appetite. He does
not feel as though he were "all there"
Instead of cocktail let him ask the
druggist to prepare mixture of these
ingredients and quantities, which. when
mixed together, shall constitute single
dose:
Chloroform, five drops; tincture gin
ger, half teaspoonful; compound tine
ture caidamon, two teaspoonfuls; water,
one wineglassful.
Swallow that slowly-take five min
utes to do it. You will be surprised to
find that in about fifteen minutes the ''all
gone" feeling will have disappeared. A
gentle, pleasant warmth is felt in place
of the gnawing sensation, and in a very
little while there are decided symptoms
of being hungry. A repetition of the
dose inside of an hour, in case the attack
the night before was very severe, will
do no harm. A cup of black coffee
twenty minutes after the first dose is au
excellent thing to follow with, provided
the patient is not of a particularly nerv-
Gus temperament.
You will find some men whose nerves
become unstrung upon very slight alco-
holic provocation, and such men are
prone to try the similia similibus curan-
tur racket. The best thing for case Of
that kind is the drug store again. Here
is the dose:
Bromide of potassium, thirty grains
celerina, two teaspoonfuls; elixir vale
riante ammonia, two teaspoonfuls.
I'll guarantee that you will never resort
to whisky again after you have tried
whichever of these doses that may suit
your particular case. AS soon as you fee
able to eat, make your breakfast of oat
meal principally for two or three days
On the day after taking the first dose
invest in two Havana oranges and sub
stitute the juice for the pick -me-up tonic
If the stomach rejects the oranges as toe
sweet, throw them away and try TIT
tonic again, and eventually return to thu
fruit.
This treatment will begin to show it,
effect in few days. Instead of that I'm
easy, uncomfortable feeling there viii
come vigor and natural exhilaratiol
that will brighten the eye and quicker
the step. A brisk walk around thu
block, if you live in the brick and NOR
tar section, will not come amss. IwoulC
even go so far as to advise a five minutes
exercise with half-pound dumb bells
Grasp them firmly, and strike out a
though you intended humping some
body. All that is needed is faith and
little perseverance, especially persever
ance. Three weeks will bring the faith
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