Weekly independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 1887-1914, 1889-04-14
Y OF MoRpnlnE.

to the use Of the drug a number Of O.
marketable Instances Of It's abuse HaA
u r One Of its most degrading
effects is the complete obliteration Of
all moral responsibility. DIR. James
u Wilson relates an Incident OF u
patient under his caro-, u womiin devout
and refined In all other matters save
The n subject OF morphine, eminently
trustworthy. When about 10 undergo
treatment she dcnied having taken or
then having in her possession amy OF
the drug. II call upon God to wit
ness" sho cried, 'that l neither now
have nor have had since | begun TO be
treated any preparation OF morphine
whatever" Within ten minutes sixty
quarter-grain morphine pills wero
found concealed under her pillow.
II was not long since that n man vol
UNFAIRLY went to Kirkbridc's to be
treated for the habit. and concealed in
tho sleeve OF his co,t II few days aiter-
ward were found sixty grains Of tho
drug That he hud struggled into the In
3titution.
Surveyor OF the Port Campbell tells
Of a wcll-known politician Of his ward
who died some time ago from the
affects Of liquor and opium. whose
body, when no was examined after
death, did not contain a space IN inch
square hat wns not filled with the
needle pu%nctures OF tho hypodermic
syringe. There is ono man at kirk
BRIDES TO- who is accustomed to jab
The needle straight down into his leg
At the risk OF striking II vein, artery or
nervc.
a pale, young man walked
into IN Eighth-stree. barber-shop not
long ago and sat down on IL chnir TO bo
shaved. The barber had hardly lath-
cred his face beforl he was seized with
a fit OF terrible trembling. so that the
shaving could not DO continued. With
great difficulty no managed to get u
hypodermic syringe from his pocket
and squirt soma morphine into his
Arm, aud In n half minute he WINS
calm and collected and ordered tho
barber to continue. He told the Curl
ous tonsorial artist that he was Just
recovering from u prolonged debauch.
- iouJ " liz "FIlST LIl0 CtlS0
of n young victim OF the habit confined
in n convent to be cured. 1t could not
be discovered how she continued to
Keep herself under tho influence Of tho
morphine until one day it was found
that the inlsstand on the writing table
was filed with the solution. and what
was supposed TO be n pen was no other
| Than "a yDnlnrrpi 20 c,,;,-o
Some months ago n gentleman con-
rected with the Press was going south
IN the Virginia Midland railroad. At
Pope's Head RuE, Prince William Coun-
~. Va, the train was wrecked and the
engineer was crushed under his en-
ginc. He was frightfuiiy mangled. hut
remained conscious, and. while efforts
were being made to release him,
screamed and prayed TO be killed, to
DO put out oil his agony. While strong
mon turned AWAY in horror, q pretty
young woman ran back to q rear car
and presently returned with her hand
bag. From it she produced a hypodcr-
mic syringe and injected a good dose OF
morphine into tho suffering engineer,
exhibiting mn amount OF nerve that ns-
founded tho witnesses. Tho first injec-
ton did not bring relief and she gave
another, cxhaustfng her supply Of tho
drug. When the engineer was re-
leased hc was dead, but his suffering
had been greatly soothed. The pretty
young woman was n morphine lend
and sho endured untold agony until
she got 10 a town where her supply
could be removed.
One OF the drug clerks interviewed
told this story: There is a man who
comes here who uses thirty grains OF
morphine n day. One day last fall he
was about to start or u fishing trip,
and before doing 80 came hero, got
his fifteen grains dose aud bought u
quantity to take with him. When ho
reached tho fishing-ground a friend
who know OF his failing asked him il
he had como we'll supplied. He looked
for his morphine and found to his
CONSERVATION that he had lost it. Al
though no had taken enough TO last
him for eight or ten hours. he i'm
m~cdiatcly became like Il wild man.
His companions could not control him,
and no rode twelve miles nver the
country on horseback mt IL breakneck
speed to the nearest drug store. where
his loss was made good to his greut
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