The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-05-07
THE USE OF QUlNINE.
Its Effects on the Human System When
Freely Taken.

Its Effects on the Human system when
Freely Taken.
A blear-eyed, rei-nosed man with
tears running down his cheeks walked
into New York pharmacy the other day
and said:
81 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 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 large dose of quinine
frequently produce Gelirium similar
to that caused by alcoholic stimulants.
Recently the New York Sun printed
dispatch from Sing Sing about fifteen
year-old girl who had been crazed by
| the drug. She was daughter of 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 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 a physician to the sun re-
porter, "and / now recall one case in
particular. 1t was during my
service in Bellevue. man was
brought to the hospital and placed
in the cells where patients stf-
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. lie acted
like a crazy man. After 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 few hours. lie re-
covered from the effects OF it after
very short time. There is probably no
drug so generally used for half dozen
ailments as quinine. While was South
some time ago I saw men take it by the
teaspoon for malaria A person who has
been taking quinine for long time does
not mind having the ringing sensations
in the ears and other symptoms tina,
make themselves felt in a person who
seldom uses the drug. Ten grains will
produce these symptoms in many PEG
Pile, and If the patient has been suffer
ing from neuralgia, for instance, Tho
amount of quinine will sometimes &C
! like an alcoholic stimulant. They vii
become 'light-headed' and at times de
lirious. know number of people IL
New York who take quinine regularl,
and think that they could not live with
out it. don't think that it can be calle'
habit, like the cocaine and morphin
habits, because it is not drug tina
grows on one, Those people who TAX
1t regularly have some disease that the
are treating. In cases of malaria 1T i
invaluable You know that during tn
war it was worth its weight in gold
Quinine is now very cheap. 1t is bein
cultivated in India, and the large guam
! titles of it that are used nowadays max
: it very profitable product. l hav
: never known OF dose OF quinine PR
ducing death, though undoubtedly
: could be taken in such quantities as
be fatal"