The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1888-08-30
What Chicago Doctors say About $50.

What Chicago Doctors say About $50.
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Is;there one course better than another
for a man to adopt in endeayoring to
break himself Of the drinking habit9
The Aaa has sought 50 obtain from
those who should be best informed a
practical answer to the above question.
a number Of leading physicians have
been visited aud given set of questions
put to each. The result Of these inter-
views is here presented:
"Ah,o said DR.. Charles Gilman Smith.
"They never. DO tapsf oil. They can't.
The way to break off drinking is to stop,
and stop short. In stopping shcrt don't
use bromides unless the reforming drink.
er can't sleep. Use the auid extract Of
cocoe. leaves, That's sort of stimulant,
net 90: dangerous as alcohol, perhaps, al.
though its continued use impairs the heart.
It is hard to lay down general course
of medication, since every care Is differ
ent. a physician fntiat prescribe for q
patient what he particularly needs. As
to diet, il should be generous and rich,
not fatty or greasy, but strengthening. It
the patient can't sleep let him take a
brisk ualk before bedtime, and got him.
self tired out. Regular exercise in q
gymnasium you can rarely get drunkard
to take. The man who leaves off drink.
ing had better stop smoking, tee. B.
bacco has relaxing effect Oh the system.
Stop both together. twill pay"
aWills q man recover his old physical
and mental tone? Well, il he leaves of
altogether he will practically be as good
a man as he was before he began to
drink.
J. Adams Allsia, president Of Rush
Medical College, said blufly eff a mans
going to stop he's got to stop, and there's
an end. of it. Dun'tlet him try. TO taper
Eof. All nonsense. But he ought never
TO try 70. quit without consulting ply.
sician, because steady drinker is sure
TO have some organic trouble Of tho livet
or kidneys which Hhisky spurs DIP to
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action, and which becomes torpid when
lit is left. BE don't want tonics and
other stimulants to stay him up. Agood
dose Of ealomel to sethis liver going right
lis5worth more than them all. Yes, leave
I;of tobacco, too. It's harder to break of
than liquor drinking"
Dr. IN. B. Delamater, the specialist in
nervous diseases, took a decidedly differ:
ent view Of the propositions. he said
Whether the would be reformed drunk.
ardi shall taper OFF with light wines and
short rations Of drinks depends entirely
on; tho Individual. he who is anxious to
quit and Is a man ofstEong will aid III
the habit Of controlling himself in other
ways, and ia able to Withstand the pain
and suffering, can do either way. There
is less suffering taperiDg off than stopping
suddenly. A man who is not accustomed
to controlling himself would either have
to be put under restraint OF be obliged to
taper Of.
Ordinarily the iiian will begin to feel
better In three weeks time. The moral
tone ought to be restored in a couple o.
months unless some organic disease hal
been developed. Some n1eh can fegair
everything they have lost. Others can't
It depends on The man and fiit depends
on the amount Of drinking he has in.
dulged in. Those men of q finer quality
Of nervous temperament are those whc
are most bound by liquor and TO whom
the damage salmost permanent. Coarse
brutal nature are not much affected
They recover as much as they ever lost y
ssAll habits Of life are hard to break
of, y said br: E.H. Pratt. IA man who
wants to stop drinking must realize that
the thing can only complished BY 9
strong effort of the mind, and as long al
he weakens his body BY keeping up-the
1 irritation with even diminished doses ot
alcohol, 80 long will he be a slave to the
liquor habit. IF he wants to quit, why
quit. It lies #ith the t1ah himself than
1 with che drugs. You can't reform man
unless it is a thorough reform, therefore,
in such cases / do not attempt to drive
out one bad habit with q worse. I give
q weak solution Of cayenne pepper to re-,
lieye the burning sensation, and i give
|.him lots OF milk. Milk is, Of all things;
the most necessary.
s.The great thing in breaking off 9
habitofthis kind is keeping busy. Push
the mind and body to the utmost activity
to divert attbntIon ffoih The hankeringe
of the old habit. Concentrate the
thought Of some hobby and ride it at full
speed. Formercy's sake don't think Of
trying to stop. Don'tte anybody how
long it has been since you tasted a drop
Don't congratulate yourself that you
have gone without liquor for six weeks
or six months. Dismiss the subject from
your mind as completely as if-you had
never heard of such a thing as whisky,
and had no curiosity to learn about it
If man asked you how long it has been
since you stopped drinking change the
subject of conversation without answer.
ing. The mind has the greatest part oi
the task at first. shuold certainly say
that man who wants to quit drinking
should stop smoking, too.
"How long it will be before he begins
to feel as good as he did before he stopped
drinking depends on how badly besotted
he is. The most rapid gain will be in the
case of the man who has made up hia
mind in dead sincerity that he has taken