Daily Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1882-1893, 1889-03-16

almost Mechanically Tor a large bot
tie which stood ON shelf behind him
and which was filled with some white
substance. AS he took the slip of
paper, which was evidently prescrip-
ton, he simply glanced at it and pro-
eeeded TO weigh out a certain portion
of the contents of the bottle, which he
wrapped up and handed TO the lady.
When she was gone an Eagle reporter,
who had been standing by, asked the
proprietor what it was he had given
her
Bromide of potassium" was the
laconic reply.
''What is it used fort" was then
asked.
Nerves." replied the proprietor.
"You have no idea, young man, he
continued, 'how much we see of that
and kindred hypnotics every day. II
is simply awful. No one outside Of
this business and the medical profess
sion has any idea of the number Of
educated, well to do people who use
bromide of potassium, bromide of So
dunn and chloral every night to in
duce sleep. Morphine and opium are
perhaps not used as much as they
were, for the law is that none shall be
sold by druggists unless on prescrip-
ton. We have regular customers,
though, for opium, who obtain pre-
scriptions for the deadly drug in some
way. One man comes here every
second day for his regular allowance.
He is poor man, too, and / asked him
the other night what he would do If
he should finally find himself in a po-
sition where he had no money TO buy
what TO him is the staff of life. DO,
he exclaimed, with a look Of despair,
God only knows what ] should do.
Kill myself, suppose.
''How did that man get into the
habit7"
HE was severely injured and taken
to the hospital. While there his Sc
we're paroxysms Of pain were relieved
by morphine. When he was dis
charged as convalescent at intervals
he had recurring spells of this pain,
and naturally he turned to the same
drug for relief. II is quite impossible
for him TO break off the habit, for be
cannot work unless he has his usual
dose, and he is dependent upon his
trade for livelihood"
"What is the latest fad in hyp-
hottest"
'Solfonal, a product of petroleum.
Before solfonal, antipyrine was all the
rage, the latter also coming from pc
troleum. There is a peculiar fact
about people who use nerve quieting
drugs, and that is, the moment a new
one is discovered, although it may
have scarcely become known to ply
sicians, there is a call for il immedi-
ately. ] Isuppose that such people are
constantly on the outlook for some
thing and when one discovers a new
drug he tells the rest Now this
solfonal is a very recent dis
covery. Even physicians do not
fully understand its effects and use it
with great caution, yet people will
send for and take large doses Of 1t. Il
is known that five grains will quicken
the action of the heart, and still
have customers who in their igno-
rance think nothing of taking fifteen
grains. It's a wonder that some Of
them don't kill themselves, but per
haps they do. for all ! know"
"What are the after effects of this
new discovery"
'Now, 50 far as can be determined,
unlike opium, it has apparently no
deleterious reactionary effect upon the
nerves, but it is almost too early 70
Judge Of the properties of solfonal, it
is Of such recent birth. brooklyn
Earle.