The morning call., 1891-10-20
ANTIDUTE FOR DRINK.
The Latest Remedy for Chronic
Drunkenness.
Can Man Be Reformed Against His Will 7
Opinions Of Local Physicians on the
Best Cure for Alcoholism

II medical science continues to discover
new remedies for di2sOmania with the same
rapidity as during the past few years it will
not be long before the most hardened jag
gist will be deprived of the excuse that lie is
unable to reform.
Recent cures apparently establish the fact
that drunkard can be made to acquire a
permanent dstaste for liquor, even against
his will.
DR.. Kelley of Dwight, little town sixty
miles from Chicago, is the discoverer of the
latest remedy, the chief agent employed be-
Ing called bi-chlOride of gold. This is ad-
minstered hypodermically and at the same
time a secret medicine is given, the latter
being known simply as the 'Keeey mix
ture." Chronic drunkards under treatment
are given all the liquor they desire, each
drink accompanied by an injection of BIZ
chloride OF gold and dose of the mixture.
In four weeks they are discharged as cured,
and Dr. Kelley says that thereafter whisky
will possess no further charm for these ex-
patients.
"PERMANKNTLY CURED"
A few weeks ago young man from Bos-
ton, returning homeward, after a trip
himself of his alcoholic Affections. met
some old college friends in this city, and
after an introduction to the clfe of q pom
inent club, proceeded to drink himself blind
in the seclusiOn of his room.
He maintained this condition for so many
days that his mind began to be affected
ana his alarmed friends secured his re-
moval to private asylum few miles from
the city. Liberal doses of the Kelley REM
edy, procured through an agency estab-
lshed here by the Chicago physician, were
given with copious draughts of brandy.
The patient punished quart the first
day, and on the next the quantity WAS re-
duced one-halt. After four days treat
ment he loathed brandy, and on Friday last
was restored to his friends, labeled ''perma-
nently cured" He cannot be induced now
to touch liquor in any form.
NO FAITH IN IT.
The experience of DIR. J. Grey Jewell,
Superin intendent of tie Home for the Cure
of Inebriates, has been widely dissimlar.
He procured some of the anti-druuk medi-
cine from the Kelley agency and admins-
tered it to patients AS directed by the dis
coyerer. The results were unsatis factory
and the general health OF the patients de-
clined, although their taste for liquor
remained. DR.. Jewell has sent patients to
the Dwight Sanitarium, conducted by DR..
Kelley. and there they were much bene-
fitted for a time. A number of the keeiey
luitS, HOMcNGlt hLt uOh lHludtGo VI UiutI
inebriata homes at Chicago
There is no such thing as bi-chlOride of
gold in the DIspensatury of the United
States, the official authority of American
physicians. Chloride of gold has been used
for years, mainly to eliminate syphilitic
p0lsons from the system Lgttery it has
deservedly fallen into disuse. The bi-chO-
ride is simply double dose of this medicine
1t is a powerful poison, which disturOs the
nerves so profoundly thar the desire for Ii
quOr is DISPLACED temporarily and, perhaps,
permanently.
A DANGEROUS MEDICINE.
1.-TWO injections are administered. The
first is clear and contains strychnine. while
the second IS pink in color and contains
atrOpiue, or extract OF bellad0una, very
dangerous medicine. Several physicians
have been treated at Keeley's sanitarium to
stuiy his methods, and these medical men
pronounce tile double chloride name simply
a blind to throw physicians of the scent.
His medicines are believed TO contain sOdi-
um, atr0piuc, strycbnlne and fluid extract
of Cinchona red, Cne OF the barks from which
quinine is obtained and Il remarkable tonic.
Il think DIR. keeey's plan OF allowing the
patients to drink liquor While under treat
ment a mistake. Here nothing alcoholic is
allowed. A better remedy than the BIZ
chloride is strychnine, which | have been
using with good reTultS for year, 70 per
cent of my patients being permanent cures.
ago by DR.. Portugalotf, and its efficacy is
indorsed by some of the best medical men
in the world. | think That no med cine will
cure drunkaTd of his love for drink against
his will. Ii he does not exercise his will
power no treatment can cure him per-
manently."
TOO MUCH MYSTERY.
Dr. James Simpson does not take any
stock in the new remedy, which lie Is in
cllned to class as piece OF quackery. The
mystery with which DR.. Keeley envelopes
his medicine and cures is direct violation
of medical ethics, physician being ex-
pected to give the world the benefit of his
discoveries. " If a man came to me for
treatment as a'chronic drunkard" said DIR.
Simpson, II should not give him chloride
of gold, for | would have no faith in its
efficacy. 1t Is medicine which has been
used spasmodically for years. DR.. Keeleys
remedy is probably on par with DR..
BrOwn-Sequard's elixir of life and DR..
KOch's consumption cure, neither of which
have been Of any benefit to medical science
From the glngerly manner In which the
standard medical journals are treating this
latest discovery l believe my views as to its
Importance. are generally shared by other
physicians"
Dr. w. l.. Berry, Assistant Police Sur
geOn, stated yesterday that lie had never adj
ministered bi-chloride of gold for chronic
drunkenness, and furthermore, he did not
believe he ever would.
" | would give a chronic drunk a strong
enetic and tLen strychnine in small Doses"
said DR.. Berry. "and l should be very
skeptical regarding u permanent cure un-
less the patient used very strong will power
to back up the treatment"
WILL TRY IT.
DR.. James w. Keenev, Health Officer,
said: II have been studying the Kelley
remedy very attentively, and l should GER
tainly administer it to an inebriate who
came to me for treatment l would pre-
scribe 1t largely rs an experiment, believing
it right to use anything from which good re-
suits would by any probability be obtained.
DIR. Keeley is reputable physician, about
% years, an ex-army surgeon and 2 railroad
doctor. His discovery is too recent to pass
upon the permanence of his cures. but | be-
lieve in progress in medical as well as in
other sciences, and think any new remedy
introduced by doctor of standing should
be given fair trial"
Dr. r. Beverly Cole was confined to his
room by illness yesterday, but DR.. Parent.
who is associated with him, expressed
himself as being very dubious regarding the
value Of the new treatment for accomplished
jagglsts. He believes that moral suasion
and n stiff back bone are the chief rpoufsiIaS