Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1891-02-20
THE USE OF QUINlNs.
Its Effects on tho Human System Whom
Freely Taken.

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Freely Taken.
A blear-eyed, red-nosed man with
tears running down his cheeks walked
into q New York pharmacy the other day
and said:
II wad thirty grads Of quidide."
The druggist looked at him sharply
and then went away to fill the order.
."Thag you," said the blear-eyed man,
as he swallowed half a dozen little white
pellets and walked out.
THAT will make his ears sing" said
the druggist, "and in all probability it
will make him very dizzy if he has not
been in the habit of using quinine in
large quantities. The drug is much
abused. Every one uses it more or less,
and few people know its power"
The effects of a large dose of quinine
frequently produce a Gelirium similar
to that caused by alcoholic stimulants
Recently the New York Sun printed a
dispatch from Sing Sing about fifteen
year-old girl who had been crazed by
the drug. She was daughter of a we'll
known resident of North Tarrytown
and had been suffering from neuralgia
for several days. She took large dose
OF quinine and went to bed. Late in the
evening she was found near the depot
In demented condition. She was part
ly dressed, and had walked from her
parents home up the railroad track.
She had passed a number of trains in
safety, and when she was found she
acted like person suffering from alco-
holic delirium. .... ......-.... .....
'"There is no doubt that the effects of
large dose of quinine are sometimes
Serious" said physician to the Sun re-
porter, land now recall one case in
particular. It was during my
service in Bellevue. A man was
brought to the hospital and placed
in the cells where patients suf-
ering from delirium tremens are kept.
There were some peculiar features about
the case, and after an examination we
sent him TO the insane ward. He acted
like o crazy man. After a few hours of
treatment he became quiet, and we then
learned that he had taken one hundred
and fifty grains of quinine in fifteen
grain doses within a few hours. He re-
covered from the effects of it after a
very short time. There is probably no
drug SO generally used for half dozen
ailments as quinine. While was South
some time ago saw men take it by the
teaspoon for malaria. A person who has
been taking quinine for long timo does
not mind having the ringing sensations
in the ears and other symptoms that
make themselves felt in person who
seldom uses the drug. Ten grains will
produce these symptoms in many peo-
pie, and If the patient has been suffer-
ing from neuralgia, for instance, the
amount of quinine will sometimes act
like an alcoholic stimulant. They will
become 1ight-headed' and at times de-
lirious. / know number of people in
Now York who take quinine regularly
and think that they could not live with
out it. / don't think that it can be called
habit, like the cocaine and morphine
habits, because it is not drug that
grows on one. Those people who take
it regularly have some disease that they
are treating. In cases of malaria it is
invaluable. You know that during the
war it was worth it's weight in gold.
Quinine is now very cheap. 1t Is being
cultivated in India, and the large quan.
titles Of it that are used nowadays make
it very profitable product. have
never known Of dose Of quinine pro-
ducing death, though undoubtedly it
could be taken in such quantities as to
be fatal"