The Portland daily press., 1891-10-08
THE KELLEY CURE FOR DRUNK.
ENNESs.
Observations Of a Springfield tNna ass
Physician at Dwight.
[Springfeld Republican,

[Springfeld Republican,
DIR. A. r. Rice, a physician Of repute and
thirty years standing in this city,, went to
Dwight, ILL.,, last week Wednesday to inves-
tigate the Kelley cure for alcoholism. He
left Springfield very skeptical as to the mer-
its of the much-talked-of bichloride of gold
remedy, but he returned to his home Tues
day an enthusiastic believer In the efficacy of
the Dwight doctors treatment. DIR. Rice
is member of the Massachusetts medical
society. but he does not denounce DR.. Kelley
as charlatan because he has not made pub
lie the secret Of his remedy for the benefit of
the whole profession, as he ought to have
done long ago according to strict medical
ethics. The naked fact is that hundreds of
confirmed drunkards seem to be cured by
the Kelley treatment every month, accord
ing to tie facts told to Republican report
er by DR.. Rice.
DR.. Kelley twenty years ago was a physi-
clan at Dwight. ILL.,, and strong temper
ance man. He enunciated the doctrine that
alcoholism is disease that can be cured like
any othe- bodily ailment, and he went to
work to find remedy. His famous bichlo-
ride of gold was the result of his studies, and
about twelve years ago he called for patients
DR.. Kelley at first had to hire drunkards to
submit to his treatment, and because he
kept secret the composition of his remedy
the medical profession denounced him as an
tmp0stor. But for twelve years the Kelley
treatment has made its way until last Satur-
day DR.. Rice saw 500 men at Dwight stand
ing In line, their arms barred, to receive their
Shot" as the hypodermic. injection Of the
mixture is popularity called By the first of
January there will be 1000 patients treated
every month, says the treasurer Of the Kee-
ley company. and he is probably right.
). Men Men from 4n all ranks Of society are rushing
fol- ons 0xn drink to Ss lot sqasS IF New S of Ss
ers of high social position started the other
day. A prominent New England railroad
man left Dwight cured just as DIR. Rice
reached there A celebrated Italian tenor
and one Of the millionaire family of Crockers
from San Francisco have also spent profita-
bly, three weeks at Dwight this summer.
Another patient Of recent date halls from
Glasgow, Scot, and the other day a man
from San Francisco as they stood up to take
their treatment. Said DIR. Rice to q promi-
nent lawyer of western New York, as he
was leaving the Dwight institute: "What
has this thing done for you?" 1T enables
sober eyes for the first time in fifteen years."
Here Is case nearer home: Last April a
wellknown manufacturer Of the Connecti-
cut valley sent nephew out there. He
started from New York drunk, as he had
been most of the time for two or three years,
and he returned the first week in May per-
fectly sober man. This cured insbriate has
experienced not the slightest thirst for strong
drink since then, and today he is earning
turing concern. The uncle of this man is
said to have exclaimed: when 1 see that
bright, intelligent fellow as he appears to-
day, and contrast him with the miserable
sot of few months ago Isay, God bless DR..
ingly 10 favor of the Keel y treatment, says
DR.. Rice. The company at Dwight keep
track of every man who leaves their insti
tute, and their records show that Of those
who have been away one year 98 per cent re-
again. There are men all over the county
who are ready to swear that DR.. Keeley's
treatment has completely cured them of their
craving for alcoholic stimulants
DIR. Rice was granted every opportunity
for observation while at Dwight. When a
scribe his case. Then he is offered drink
of whisky II he Graves IL, for DR.. Kelley does
not require his patients to stop short an alb
normal habit Of many years standing. This
by asking for it, but as will presently appear
the thirst soon becomes q memory. Every
patient Is required to to take his place in line
four times day-at 5 a. M, IL M, and 8 and
7,3o .. m. Four doctors, all cured inebriates
stand ready. to make a hypodermic injec-
tion Of the bichloride of gold on the upper
arm. Once In every two hours between get
ting up and going to bed every patient must
swallow teasp00nful of drink consisting
Of some secret solution mixed in a quarter Of
is all there Is to the treatment, and it con-
tnues for three weeks, and rarely for four
weeks, when invariably the patient Is dis
charged cured. Inasmuch as the bichloride
of gold has somewhat depressing effect
upon the system, sign Of which is the dis
bottle of simple vegetable tonic is given
each man as he leaves the establishment,
The patient during his three weeks of treat
ment eats what he wants and Is under no re-
stricti0ns whatever as to his mode of life ex-
cept that he is asked to take two baths a
week.
How soon under this course OF dosing and
hypodermic injuctions does the patient lose
his thirst for whisky? Almost invariably,
says DR.. Rice. within As hours after the first
at Dwight during which the craving persist
ed was five days; but 80 out of every 100 can
not hold liquor on their stomachs after 48
hours OF treatment: DIR. Rice followed from
particular. This man, who went to Dwight
confirmed victim of alcoholism, whose de-
bauches had come once in every few weeks
as regularly as the day opens, tried to drink
glass OF whisky and lemonade after he had
been injected nine times land had taken 16
teasp00nfuls OF the internal mixture. He
swallowed the liquid but Immediately back
1t came and he vomited 1t a yard. "It's the
first time in 80 years." said this much sur
prised patient to DIR. Rice, shat whisky has
served me that way" Fifty other cases much
like this one came under DR.. Rice's personal
observation. From the moment the stomach
rejects the drink no patient while at Dwight
has been known Ito succeed In drinking a
drop of the ardent liquid, and furthermore
no one wants to try.
Another very curious phenomenon of the
three weeks treatment almost invariably
takes place in the case Of every patient about
the middle of the second week. Then there
is sudden rise of bodily temperature and
and purging ensues. This condi-
ton continues from "a to 26 hours during
which the patient can hold nothing on his
In the mean time the regular in
jections and doses are continued and no rem
edies for the illness are applied. The patient
regains his appetite and the fever
ishness subsidies and from that time on there
Is gradual improvement In his physical
condition. The sight of men suddenly paus-
Ing to vemit is common one on the streets
Of dwight, says DIR. Rice, and those who
witness it simply remark: There's man on
his second week." The scientific explana-
tion Of this episode Of the curative process
Is not vouchsafed by the doctors, and 1t Is |
probable that they could not explain 1t
If they would. AS little do they seem
to know concerning the chemical ac- |
tion of the bichloride OF gold in
lection upon the blood corpuscles and the |
nervous and muscular tissues. and If they