St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1889-05-18
DRUGS FOR THE NERVES.

What . BFook1yo AposhecaFy SayS Ne.
garaiag Their Use.
An elegantly dressed woman Of mid
die age. whose face bore traces OF
great beauty. entered one OF the
largest drug stores in Brooklyn one
evening last week. and walking quick
" to the rear OF the store. whore one
of the proprietors was busy mixing
prescriptions. handed him . slip Of
paper. Before she had reached him
the proprietor had seen her coming
and. stopping his work. had reached
almost mechanically for q large bottle
which stood on shelf behind him and
which was filed with some white sub
stance. A he took the slip Of paper.
which was evidently . prescription. he
simply glanced at 1t and proceeded to
weigh out q certain portion Of the con-
tents Of the bottle. which he wrapped
up and handed to the lady. When che
was gone . rsportsr. who had been
standing b.. asked the proprietor
what IL was he had given her.
Bromide -efpoeaaeiom" was ~
'laconic reply.
..whas i IL ussa SDrf" was then
asked.
..Nerves." replied the proprietoe.
"You have NO idea young man." he
continued. .'how much We sell OF that
and kindred hypn"tics every day. 1t
Is simply awful No ono outside Of
this business and the medical profess
sion has any idea Of the number Of
educated. well-to-do people who use bro.
mide Of potassium. bromide Of sodium
and chloral every night TO induce
sleep. Morphine and opium are per-
haps not used a. much a. they were.
for the Law Is that none shall be cold
by druggists unless on prescription.
We have regular customers. though.
for opium. who obtain prescrip ions
for the deadly drug in some way. One
man comes here every second day for
his regular allowance He Is a poor
man. too. and asked him the other
night what he would do II he should
finally find himself in position where
he had no money to buy what to him
is the staff Of life. Do he exclaimed.
with . look Of despair. God only
knows what should do. Kill myself.
l suppose"
..How did that man get into the
habitp"
He was severely injured and taken
to the hospital. While there his severe
paroxysms Of pain were relieved by
morphinr. When he was discharged
as couvalescent At intervals he had re-
curing spells Of this pain. and natu-
rally he turned to tho same drug for
relief. II is quite impossible for him
to break of the habit. for he can not
work unless he has his usual dose. and
he is dependent upon his traLe for
livelihood"
..What is the latest fad In hypnot-
ics3''
'.Solfonal. . product Of petroleum.
Before solfonal. antipyrine was all tho
rage. the latter also coming from Pc
troleum. There is . peculiar fact
about people who use nerve quieting
0fOR0 0UO t08b 10 to0 uuOmcOt = now
ono 10 discovered. although it may
have scarcely become known 70 ply.
sicians, there il . call for it imme-
diately. suppose that such persons
are constantly on the outlook for
something. and whom one discovers .
new drug he tells the rest Now this
solfoual 10 . very recent discovery.
Even physicians do not fully UNDER
stand its effects and use IL with great
caution. yet people will send for and
take large doses OF il 1t is known
th 4 I've grains will quicken the action
Of the heart and still I have customers
who In their ignorance think nothing
OF taking fifteen grains. It's . won
der that some Of them don't kill them
solves. but perhaps they do. for all
know"
What are the after effects Of this
new discovery"
Nov. 20 far q can Be dseermiped.
unlike opium IL has apparently NO de-
leterious reactionary effect upon the