Mohave County miner., 1888-12-29
TAKING ANESTHETICS.
TERRIBLE HOLD or THE HABIT
ON NERVOUS AMERICANS.
What Chicago. Physicians Hsvo Observed
In tho Course ef Their Prsctice--Pccu-
liar Temperament sf tho American
"eopIe--AppAIling State OF Things.

"eopIe Appalling state OF Things.
DR.. D. q. Arnuiphy, the heart and lung
specialist, was the first physician appealed
10 Tor Information on tie subject He said:
MY practice in America only extends back
two and half years. but In that time
have, | think, scen sufficient Of tho use OF
anasthetics 10 enable me to speak intelIi-
gently ] have practieed extensively In
Russia and France, and In the latter country
society women, as a class arc somewhat do.
voted 20 the morphine and chloral habit
Ret 80 far es have been able 10 observe,
there IA more resortinS TO ana,sthctics In this
eeantry than In any country kaye resided
tn II nisy be due TO this peculiar sensitive
nezs and orcitabiiity Of people inhabfting
th.s part Of the world rhn yeopso hers are
morn susceptible 10 emotions of pain AID
pleasure than those of ether landa The sys.
ten of the average educated American Is
wrought MP 10 IA pitch Of nervousness which
have observed nowhere else, and this cray.
irg FOR relief from, pain and sieeplessneas,
yLifb IN ia turn produces tis desire for an
anesthet!c, is the direct outcome of this ncr.
voisDess Of temperament
Ay observations teach mo that MORPHINE
~ the drug most commonly uSei by these
nervous irefi aiid women, and the extent TO
which .t is used ir enornious There are.
however, some new sEsnts that have lately
cone into practice which are claimed TO pro
dnee the effects Of morphine and partake Of
noae OF its dsngers."
And Whist are the symptoms that show
ETciTsan 70 be slave Of anGsthctics, and that
sloy her she Is breaking d0wnr
There arc hardly any symptoms at FIRST
Perhaps there may be a little heayiness Of the
head, a bitter tssts In the mouth and an ab.
seHce OF appetite. Later on, OF conrsa, the
nervous system Scts moro excitab!c, az larger
aoscs ars required Those who have been IN
t.c fab:t OF USING injections for any length
o' time sooa grow habtuaily restless and un-
ecsy, and only able to fnd relief a good while
after taking the iajectioil. During what
physicians call the first period" Of morphine
taxing the injection viii be followed by in.
tsant relief from pain er sleeplcssBcss; but
tclorc long tho relief is not to be had except
~ increasing the dose considerably, and
after having acted as an anusthetic, tho
drug at leagth ats as a stinluiant. know
people now who have gone so far that they
arc unable to accomplish airy ordinary task
read, write, or work wit,oIt their injection
of morphine. 1t raises the tone of their in.
tellect; they would be wrecks except under
the influence Of ssinulan..
"a young physician whom met not long
ago had attained stage when he could hardly
10 aroused from sound sleep except by an
Injection OF morphine Having thereby
achieved the fallness Of his faculties, he could
drive out and see his patients. But he would
come home tired, worn out. and straightway
Tell into sound sleep, from which he could,
OF course, only be aroused by repetition OF
the injection. He, Of course, Is doomed
man
SIT Is a well known fact that English
women, particularly in London, during the
fashionable season there, Gro great consumers
OF ether They simply drink 1t, az you would
q cocktail. i. creates In thcn kind Of
bringing a flush OF red to the
cheeks and sparkle to the eyes--which
alone Is sufficien. to make o woman use Il.
have not observed any indication Of ether
consumption In Americans; IL seems TO be-
!ong exclusively to English society women
"Dr. J. Adams AlIcp'srenar!s, divested Of
serms and phrases peculiar to tho medical
profession, may be epitornized ns follows:
''The rage just now among the women OF
Paris Is for anti-pyrin and anti-febrin, two
that ere analogous and manu-
facturcd from various chemicals. They are
claimed to DO the best known cure for bead.
ache, ard are used in large quantities by
women In society. The latest production,
which Is used here, ard which viii therefore
interest you more, Is 'salphonal,' O new
agent, claimed TO be a perfect substitute for
morphine and also cl2med TO be absolutely
without injury to The system. Sulphonal,
to my observation, Is used very
People carry anti-pyrin and sui
pbonal around with them COW es they did |
sther when IL was lfs. introduced. IL Ia q
peculiar fact that whenever anything new
IN the way Of an auasstbctlc Is introduced, the |
lain Is advanced ior IL that it Il entirely |
harmless. II wGs this why with cllloroforni,
cocaine, choral, c.c. and now II il true Of |
init pyrin and 'salphohaI'
''Od, conservative doctors who have |
watched the Introduction aud ttse Of these |
agents say Wait ard scc.' Time IL sure to |
prove the accuracy OF t4eir Judgment Every |
agent that is capable Of producing a power |
ul effect on the system is capable Of doing /
injury IL improperly administered. The |
chemists are now making q host OF COM /
POUNDS, Ia behalf Of which tho no danger |
.iaim Is advanced. These compounds are
dangerous in just the proportion that they |
contain these powerful ingredients That /
hey are sold TO nnd consumed by somebody |
n Chicago stands 10 reason, or city chemists,
would not produces them. Thcee ara dozen !
ubssitutcs for chlcroform and ether that 20 |
~ different names. Il young friend Of mine,
! doctor, and an excellent fellow, killed him
elf with a Whit Of chloroform. He was in
he habit Of coming home tired out, and
.reating himself In this way TO op-oduce sleep.
Hc took too powerful q dose one day and
vas sent for. But IL was too late then; he
vas dying. gsE. ,.g..
.tIn a woman, the habitual use Of anRsthet-
ca makes itself manifest in interference
With tire subjects digestion, nclralgic pains,
and 80 on The continuous use
II choral i'm order 20 procure sleep, necessi-
ates continued increase in the dimensions
Il tho dose In order TO procure the desired
fleet. Cntinucd adherence TO the practice
PRODUCES gradual paralysis Of the heart
sonc women grow TAT, and others emaciated,
M Gnasshetics Women who take morphine
md choral do it TO obtain sleep. When they
wish to arouse dropping spirits and energies
n order TO fort.fy themselves for possibly
.rdnous engagement, they take bromide. l
layo met women repeatedly in the course OF
NY practice, who are In the habit OF drinking
,ologne, but who would think IL disgrace
o have . bottle Of ordinary spirits In the
louse There are many chemical substances
hat produce substance like chloroform,
md there are many perfumes that, IL taken
u sufficient quantities, viii act as anasthet-
es. But many ladies who are unsuspected
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