Telegram-herald., 1889-06-07
OPIUM AND ANTiPYRlN.
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Ihe coamoaest wee ia this regard : tie
or IN h4e.L Size numoer q Victims -
: hao.t - f4r -p ia TIE thousands. Sems
Usy ths er41s euEa, All eal lr as regularity
- they lac Lasir day meals. Others Gay
l.ld4aant, ana draz 81 ia quarter Q14oes
h.lI .3gace al eEta uuuce portions, ao~oIo-
luE - tls extent 70 witch tbsy sre con-
trClled - Use nArooue osl4s, who have
keen pslates al1 header stouaces, can r9t
kSse l4atau4Ll. ana Use luste41 pare sorlc.
Tals aue.e1J u.dwife f-V0r.le h. s-4ply
sweet PREPARATION of osAm H.
Kurod chiefly NTtn aulseseea aud
tastes somewhat Ahe TIE aalsette OF
klnmei used IA French aud German res
t~ur2ats. S-ll others of the same sort use
tae Iaf4uts soe-hHug sirlps, walch Quacks
plt : gsn tae market tor tbs apparent beuo-
nt bat Ihe eyeatL.1 ruia ~ t@oes aud
" hlca are - heavily spieed and favored
ss - suggts BIZ FRENCH mixed candies rather
than aay meaicine Outside II these are
tire people s.A0 Use Dover's powders eni
nloTlare pills B4ta of these, and es-
pecia.fy tbe latter. at rapidly tad are very
popular Mlth opium fie--ds who wake upil
the early morning with large ana paiatul
he.sds- Al of these olslm heuds are CD
jerts az ply. TIE habit seems more
q ,easc than vice. As j progresses, their
whole nature. physical, mental aud mora,
seems 20 UNDERGO "a complete revolution.
C the tir,t They slowly lose Their appentcs,
ami theu the eyes become preteruaturaly
bright Soon tue resh begins - fal away.
ami the spa>a around the eyes becomes
dark from beng surcharged with blood.
Next tie skin loses ~ normal color aud
changes 20 "a sodden gray, blotched brown
or an unhealthy yellow. After this come
the straagcst symptoms imaginable. Ia
The colacst day the victim perspires copi-
ous.y and shiverS AZ the same time On the
other hand he complains Of being frozen IN
mid August, whom the thermometer Is ia
the nincties. Without the slightest cause
he suddenly weeps and betrays all the
emotions Of intense distress. When this
stage IS rcached he or she is a 'hcud.'
Another NhDlt. CcuIL-tu Ut. ffFN,
"which comes under the druggists eyes Is
the bromide habit, which includes the ex-
cessiye use OF bromide OF potassium, bro
uli,fe OF ammonium and bromide Of hthium.
'Thc bromide fiend gradually develops an
abnormal condition of the nerves, under
which sleep, or even comfort, - impossible
without constant use Of the anOdyne salts.
Muscular and Intellectual exertion grow
more and more difficult, until the habitue
gets into n semi-sleepy state, IN whicn she
simply moves and vegetates rather than
lives.
"The new coal-tar product. antipyrin, has
ALREADY started a vice Of its own. This
singular compound was discovered by a
German chemist, and on account of its re
markable qualities, is now used the world
over. It has the power Of reducing the
temperature Of the body by several de
grees, and so is of vast utility il treating
fevers and feverish STAGES OF many
diseases. 1t does it's work by depressing
the action of the heart, and generally when
employed by physicians it is accompanied
with digNalis to neutraIZe its influence in the
latter regard. Women use II partly because
it is sedative and partly because it makes
the complexion beautifully clear and pale
by keeping the blood away from the surface
OF the body. The habit, Ike all others,
grows upon the person who practices it.
1t does harm, however, from the first.
With women who are weak, it increases
their weakness; with those having a pre-.
disposition toward heart disease OF any
sort, il increases the tendency TO a terrible
extent. Besides these results, antipyrln
exerts peculiar influence upon the blood,
which is not thoroughly understood by the
faculty Ii seems to undergo some dec0Inpo-
stion or breaking down when absorbed by
the system, developing unknown com
pounds which either attack the blood itself
or else powerfully influence the nerves and
gangia which control the vital functions
1.-TWO other habits" SAID Dr. Perry, "are
much more common than Is generally be-
licyed, the use Of chlOral and cf cocaine prep
arations. Both are terrific vices, whilo
the latter means physical and mcutal
ruin. Choral acts in peculiar way. f.
decomposes in the blood and changes 10
ch.oroform, which in turn acts as an csthctic
within the body just the same when in
hailed. The 'chloral fiend' can be detected
at glance. Her face assumes a velowish
or grccnish hue that is unnIst4kab.c; the
eyes become satire or bloodsLUt; the orbits
grow discolored; the breath assumes nor
rlblc flavor; the appetite Vaulshcs and tue
nerves become disOrdered 10 the worst de-
gree. The cocaine fend is beyond redemp-
ton. She lives in a world of dreams that
are shattered only when health departs and
reason vanlshes. She is irresponsible and
deaf and biud to conscience and even de-
/ cency.
There is one thing more which ought 70
| be said. and that is a protest against the
scuselcss outcry Of how physicians start
these habits by careless prescriptions. Out
I Il one hundred alleged cases which | have
examined every one arose from the curios-
| Ity, folly or intrinsic vlciousness Of the VIC
/ TIM. and not one from a habit contracted
| while under medical treatment. The out
/ cry probably results from the fact that the
/ fiends obtain supplies Of their fav0rite
| drugs upon physicians orders. To get these
recipes they adopt every expediency They
/ pretend 20 have neuralgia or insomnia aud
I deceive the ablest doctors; they borrow pre-
scrpfions which contain their particular
! poison and make dozens Of copies; they con
/ sult chemists aud obtain orders upon whole
F sale druggists In fact. thcv exhaust hu-
+ man DO genu.ty in panderiug TO their deprav-
FEMALE UFF-DlPPERS.
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