Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-01-20

tastes somewhat like the anlsette or
kummel used IN French and German
still others of the same
sort use the infants soothing-syrups,
which quscks put upon the market Tor
the apparent beueht. but the eventual
ruin Of babies, and which are 30 heavily
spcel and favored as 10 suggest French
mixed candies rather than any medicine
Outside of these are the people who use
Dover's powders and morphine pills
Both Of these. and especially the latter
act rapidly AMI sre very popular with
opium feuds, who wake up IN the early
morning with large and painful heads,
TIE USUAL sYMpTo"a
"kll OF these opium fends are objects
Of pity. lue haut seems more disease
than vice. Is 1t progresses their whole
nature, physical. mental, end moral
seems 20 undergo complete revolt
ton. st the Grst they slowly lose their
appctites. AMI .hen tho eyes become
DR. tcrnsturAlly bright Soon the flesh
begins 10 iall away, and tie space
around the eyes becomes dark from
lciug surchargcd with blood. Next
the SKIN loses Its normal color
and changes 10 a sodden cray. n
blotched brown. or Rn unhealthy yellow.
After this come the strsnEest symptoms
imaginable. In The colbert day the VIC
tim pelsrires copiousIy and shiyers at The
same time. On the otaer hand he CONF
plars OF being frozen IN mld-hugust
when the Thermometer - IN the nlnetes.
Without the slightest cause De suddenly
wceps and betrays al. the emotions Of IN
tense distress. Whom THIS stage is reach
ed be or Size is 'iiend. thereafter
there is hut little hope of cure. They
must have the drug and TO get 1t they
will leave no stone unturnet.
THEIR DESPERATION.
ain one case that came under my pro-
fessioual notice tho victim belonged 20 q
Grst-clsa Philadelphia family, aud had
every wish supplied hy her brother a
wealthy -outh American merchant She
contracted the habit from the liberal use
OF morphine prescribed by her phy'ican
when She WIS sick. As the wee grew
urou her, she was not satisfied with the
allowance he gave her, but sold or
ravned her levcirv AID wearing az
parel 20 buy further quantities Of
the narcotic. When her brother
finally found out her disgrace he
made careful investigation and as
cehl.ned that nearly everything eho
hal in tie world had teen hy-
po.hocAt4l in til manner. N her
trunk. which was empty, he found four
huRdred pawn tickets that ran all tho
way fron 30 cents up to go and SlOl.
lie consulted the best physicians, but
al that they could do was 10 put Der IN
the GREAT asylum Al Norrs:oWn, n. J,
whore, after few months 81 aOstenton
from to GruH size died IN terrible
agony.
IUL BROMIDE HABIT.
"Auoih>r habit" continued Dr.
Perry. (which comes under tho drug
eists ewes Is the bromide habit, which
includes tie excessive use OF bromide OF
potasnum. bromide oi ammonium, and
bromide Of htlium.
TIE bromide fienl or duallv de-
yelops an abnormal condition N the
nerves, under which sloep or even COM
fort is impossible without q constant
use of the anoiyne salts muscular and
intellectual excrtion grow moro and
more difficult until the haji'vc gets
into a selni-seepy state, in which she
simply moves and vegetables rather than
lives. q Ae bromiies exercise Int little
influence al first upon the vital
orqzus IS tho babitcontinucs they more
and more depress their action their
hual action Is 10 50 impair all tue bodily
functions "a to produce strange and At
times incurab'e forms Of disease. While
tie opium habit can scarcely lie cured,
the bromide habit is cured with but littlo
difficulty. Another odd thing is that
while there 1re more male than female
opium tends, there are at least three
times IS many women asmeu addicted TO
tho bromide lsblt
THE NEW ASrIPTRIN VICE.
"The new coal-tar product antipvrin
he's already started vice of its own.
This similar compound was discovered
Nv German chemist. md on account
Of its re- arsable qualities is now used
the world over. il has the power Of re-
duciug the temperature OF the body by
several degrees. and so is OF vast utility
in treating fevers and feverish stages Of
many diseases. IL does its work by de-
urcssin, the action Of the heart. and
',.r.araliv when employed by physicians
il IS accompantd with digitalis to neu-
tralize It's influence IN the latter regard.
Women use it partly because 1t IS s
sedeuye aud partly because it makes
the complexion beautifully clear and
ns,e by keeping the blood away from
Inc surface OF the body. The habit like
all others grows upon the person who
practices it, ii does harm, however,
from the first. With women who are
weak il Increases their weakness with
those having a predlsposiliOn toward
heart disease Of sDy sort. 1t increases
the tendency 10 n terrible extent. Be-
SIDES these results, autipyTiu exerts a
peculiar influence upon the blood, which
IS not yet thoroughly understood by the
faculty. 1t seems 10 undergo some de-
composition or breaking down when alb
sorbed by the system, developing I'M
known compounds, which either sttsck
the blood itself or else powerfully in
fueuce the nerves and gang!ia, which
control the vital functions.
USE or CHORAL AND COCAINE
1.-TWO other habits" said DR.. Perry,
care much more common than is gene
rally belieyei-the use Of chlorAl and II
cocaine preparations Both are terrific
vices, while the latter means physical
and mental ruin. Chloral acts in 4 pc
culiar way. 1t decomposes in the blood
and changes to chloroform, which IN
turn acts IS an aResthstic within the
body Just the same as when Inhaled.
The 'chloral fend eau be detected
al glance. her face assumes a
yelowish or greenish hue that is unmis-
taxable; the eyes become sapphire or
bloodshot the orbits grow discolored I;
the breath assumes q horrible favor /;
the appetite vanishes, and the nerves
become disordered to the worst degree.
The cocsine lead is beyond redemp-
ton. She lives IN world Of dreams