National Republican., 1886-08-01

~ II oiSie'' PSi hNhNNs
It was u beautiful Sabbath morning. As
| strolled along Broadway thought OF
friend of mine, very eminent minister,
and | determined to call on him found
his residence, sent in my card, was ushered
into the parlor, and soon my friend APP
peared. As he held no service that morn
ing, we felt at liberty to discuss matters pro
and con. We spoke about religion, mem
toned politics, and wound up on temper
ancc. When | first went in servant
handed me II New York JVorid to glance
over until my friend appeared. My eye
was caught by the picture of an alchemist,
and underneath it was an advertisement OF
Duify's Pure Malt Whisky.
| read the advertisement very closely and
formed my own opinion, and being physi-
clan made up my mind that In the future
would try some of this famous whisky in my
practice.
The question of temperance, however,
came up, and discussing it | called the at
tention of my ministerial friend to the ad-
vertisement and asked him what he thought
about whisky for medical purposes His
ideas were of a conservative nature. He
expressed himself in n very favorable way
While he abhorrcd the use of whisky as a
beverage, and claimed that It was the cause
of great deal of injury to the human race,
yet If used in u iudicious manner would
equally be of as much benefit. He said to
me, "The great difficulty with the human
race is, and always has been, that they will
invariably dccry the faults, and never speak
OF the merits. In my opinion" said he,
"whisiy in II pure form has saved thou
sands of lives. Go where you will, and
visit any hospital that you please, and you
will find whisky. In my travels through
Europe | found every nook and corner,
every hamlet had its wine, though used In
n sensible manner as n beverage, as much
as the Americans used their coffee or their
tea. The benefits that they derive from it
were because they were simply temperate
in using the stimnant hense n stimulant
properly used proves to be beneficial"
"Rut," said to him, doctor, the advo-
Gates of temperance to-day claim that this
character Of stimulant can be dispensed
with, and tlat the medical world can find
something as II substitute; hence there Is
no necessity to Use that which might incul-
cate a habit which might prove rulnous to
the patient. His reply was to me as fol-
lows:
''The world has alwaTs had, and always
will have its follcs. l.! NE days Of Rome's
splendOr, when Mt its height, slavery was
its passion new nations took it up, and 1t
became the passions of others, and to-day
1t Is in existence Just as much as it was in
the days of old. 1t seems that 1t was in
tended that there were some people born to
be servants, and Others were destined to rule
The Bacchanalian feast of the Grecians, the
peculiar fantasy of the French, the sturdy,
yet ever-cOnstant habit of the English, the
German who never fails, yet all participate,
all drink, and have drunk for centuries and
centuries. And when new centuries come,
and could we mingle with the world hum
dred years hence, we could step into Ger
many and find our glass of beer; we could
go to France and drink our wine run over
to England and find John Bull-the same
John Bull, and his national greeting would
be "A glass of ale y Human nature may
change habits and customs, but the eating
and the drinking remain about the same"
| listened attentively, and what the Doc
tor said seemed so impressive that 1t re-
moved a great deal OF prejudice that had
been in existence in my mind relative to
the use OF whisky. A few days after had
a very peculiar case where stimulants were
required, so | ordered some of Duffy's
Whisky; but, before administering 1t, sent
some to n chemist. that it might be analyZed
to see II it was pure. | was agreeably sur
prised at the result. l found his analysis
agreed with the advertisement, and that in
1t there was no fusile oil. Since then /
have had occasion to use it under very
many circumstances in hospitals, cases of
consumption and hemorrhages, dyspepsia
and Indigestion, and in every instance, |
am glad to say, it has been means OF ben
etlting them. Hence, when my brother
physicians say to me, "Nhy, you are pre-
scribng whisky" eyes" Is my answer
~ prescribe whisky that i know to be
pure" "Why, how do you know tins to
be pure?" they say. My answer to them
Is that have visited in person the Duffy
Malt Whisky Company, Baltimore, Md,
and that | have submitted their whisky to
the best chemists for analysis, and that in
every instance the analysis proved it to be
pure; hence had no reluctance whatever
In prescribing it, and did Use it, irrespect-
i've of any public or medical opinion, and
realized every day by actual contact with
my patients that they were benefited, and
that they grew in strength, and that cures
were perfected that would not have been
had not used Dully's Pure Malt Whisky.