Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1890-08-23
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An eleg gantly dressed woman Of mid
die age, whose face bore traces OF great
beauty. entered one of the largest drug
stores in Brooklyn, and walking
quickly ID the rear of the store where
one of tht proprietors was busy mix.
ing prescriptions, handed him IA slip Of
paper. ltofore she had reached him
the proprietor had seen her coming
and. stopping his work. had reached
almost mechanically for large bot
tie which stood on a shelf behind him
and which was filed with some white
substanck Az he took the slip Of
paper, " hich was evidently preScrip-
ton. he simply glanced at il and pro
eeeded ID weigh out a certain portion
of the contents of the bottle, which be
wrapped up and handed to the lady
When SHE was gone an Eagle reporter,
who had been standing by, asked the
proprietd pr what it was he had given
her.
Bromide of potassium, was the
laconic reply.
What is il used fort" was then
asked
"Nerv ves." replied the proprietor
"You have no idea, young man, he
continsed, chow much we see of that
and kindred hypnotics every day. |.
/ il simply awful No one outside Of
Y this business and the medical profcs-
/ sion has any idea of the number of
/ educated, well TO do people who use
I bromide of potassium, bromide Of so
dunn and chloral everv night 10 in
duce sld Yep 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, fot opium, who obtain pre-
scriptio ns 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 il
he should finally find himself in po-
sition where he had no money To buy
what I'd him is the staff Of life Do,
he exclaimed, with look of despair,
God only knows what / should do.
Kill myself suppose
'HoW did that man get into the
habit3"
He was severely injured and TAX
to the hospital. While there his Sc
we're paroxyslns of pain were relieved
by morphine. When he was dis.
charged as convalescent at interval.
he had recurring spells of this pain
and naturally he turned 10 the same
drug pr relief II is quite impossible
for him 10 break of the habit, for ht
cannot work unless he has his usua
dose, ind he is dependent upon hii
trade for livelihood"
What is the latest fad in hyp
noticsf
''Solfonal, a product OF petroleum
Before solfonal, antipyrine was all tn,
rage, the latter also coming from pc
troiculn. There is a peculiar fac
about people who use nerve quietin.
drugs, and that is, the moment new
one il discovered. although il ma
have s scarcely become known TO phy
sicians, there is call for il immedi
ately. suppose that such people ar
, constantly on the outlook for some
thing and when one discovers new
drug he tells the rest. Now thi
solfonhl is very recent dis
covery, Even physicians do no
. fully understand its effects and use
with great caution, yet people vii
, send for aud take large doses of it,
: is kno own that 1--WE grains will quicker
the action of the heart, and still
have customers who in their igno
rance think nothing of taking liftecI
grains It's wonder that some Q
them don't kill themselves, but pei
haps they do, for all know"
"WIh are the after effects Of thi
new discovery"
! "Nd Nv, SO far as can be determined
, unlike opium, it has apparently n
deleterious reactionary effect upon I'll
nerves, but it is almost too early I
judge of the properties Of solfonal,
i is OF such recent birth: -Brookly