The morning call., 1890-07-14
EFFECTS OF LIQUOR.
Curable and Incurab!e Drunken.
ness Defined.
Sometimes an Inherited Disease and Often a
Habit-Wtmen are Hardest to Cure.
The Hearts Action.

Owing to the fact that DR.. Orpheus Eyerts,
in charge of a great Cincinnati sanitarium,
recently announced that alcoholism cannot
be cured, a CALL reporter called yesterday
to see Dr. j. Grey Jewell, who is now in
charge of one of the most successful homes
for inebriates in the country, and who has
handled probably 10000 cases of alcohol
ism. Dr. Jewell was in cheerful frame
of mind and readily consented to answer any
question asked.
"How many cases do you usually have
here, doctor?"
" We average 100 month"
"Can drunkenness be cured?"
Eyes and no. That depends largely On
the drunkard himself. II is greatly mat
ter of will-power. Men have more will
power than women and are more readily
brought under the effect of medicines. 1t
is very rarely indeed that we can get a
permanent, good effect on women"
Strangely enough, just as Doctor Jewell
made this statement the door-bell rang, and
when the servant opened it a handsome
young woman, hopelessly drunk, reeed
into the reception-rOom. Dr. Jewell intro
duced THE CALL reporter as doctor.
SHE LIKED DOCTORS.
The young woman, who bore evidences of
culture, shook hands with the reporter and
avowed that she, always did like doctors.
Her manner was nervous and her mind
wandered. While she was looking at pic
ture DR.. Jewell said
"She is confirmed drunkard and has
been here before. Now watch her lie.
Drunken women are the greatest liars out
of hades."
"Then suddenly he said, maggie, how
long since you drank any liquorY"
80 help me God -0-c-dO-c-t-d-o-c-t-o-r,
f7ever've tasted any in my life"
And that woman swore by the nine gods
of TarQuin that she never drank anything
stronger than milk in her life.
Doctor, is drunkenness inherited?"
Positively, yes. That is the greatest
drawback in curing it. 1t may come from
the third or fourth generation, but when
Inherited it is disease, and | may say.
trine years ago, and the worlds now COM
ing TO recognize the truth Of it. | can cite
cases of eminent men here, however, who
have been cured
AN INHERITED faint.
Can a man stop without medicine?"
"If ne has inherited no faint and his
drinking is mere matter of habit, he can
either Inherited the disease or else they are
little off their balance sons way"
How do you cure a drunkardY'
"Out of 1900 cases have found no two
alike. A dose that acts like a charm with
one man would kill another. We give no
alcohol at all. If man has inherited
alcoholism it is as positive a disease as
cancer or consumption. Our great remedy
is strychnine. That is the celebrated Rus
sian cure. which they rely upon as posi-
lively as they count on quinne in feyers;
but we do not find it quite that good. We
of ofsara md in
ject ten drops under the skin. 1t builds
them up wonderfully and gives them an in
ordinate appetite"
EFFECTS OF WHISKY.
SIS whisky 4 good appetizer"
NO. All drunkards have dyspepsia.
Some DO not eat anything 10 speak OF.
When / strip them here they are often liY-
ing skeletons. One man had not tasted
solid food for six weeks. His system fed
on itself"
What is the effect of getting drunk, so
far as circulation of the blood goes?"
at permanently enlarges the arteries.
In a normal state the heart beats from
seventy to eighty times minute. Liquor
to excess often brings it up to 100 OF no
and 1t does double duty. a mans life is
thus cut short. Drinking often leads TO
yalvular disease of the heart and muscular
weakness Of the same organ. 1t increases
mania and is the reason Tor so much insau-
ity IN California"
DR.. Jewell says he can tell by mans
pulse after he gets sober whether it was his
first spree. If he has been addicted to the
excessive use of liquor his arteries are
gorged little and bis pulsation accelerated.
UNFORTUNATE WOMEN.
"Do many women get drunk out here ?"
More than any place l ever saw. A
great deal Of it results from the reYeraes of
fortune of their husbands. Stock dealing
by men has much to do with the drunken
ness Of their wives, who go to ruin when
their husbands lose their fortunes. III a
woman gets going once it is farewell"
Doctor Jewell says that alcoholism does
not prevail much in wine countries, and
that when wine is used more in California
whisky will be dropped largely and alco-
h0ism will diminish. He says that whisky
drinking is the sum of all villalnies, and
that many men VINO drink are somewhere
defective. They lack mentality, character
and resources. They have no self-reliance.
A well-baanced man knows how to stop.
He says that tobacco has an injurious eff
feet. 1t is stimulating to a harmful ex-
tent, and nicotine is depressing after it per-
meates the system. 1t is bad on the respir-
atory organs While announcing these
things the doctor is not wholly teetotaer.
He can drink wine or let it alone. and when
in India he says be once drank freely. He
says that actors furnish him the worst cases.
Nearly every Eastern company leaves him
from one to half a dozen wrecks,