Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-04-11

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Crooktf, Rev. /. g. Ross and the vriss,
are perfectly candid sid housss. Ne van,
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woead nos psrsise in hae Of uessu,eua
because IL has ioos been followed and ~
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40 psces from cur prsscripsiea. The
imptftAns inqniRy which neither ttx
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can shoTd to ignore 10, whether the use Of
intex,esass in the ack room j, be,sd
on scientific principles. whether Il viii bear
the scrutisy Of close investigation, whether
it . advissoIe. judic;ous, safe.
| We think thas Dr. Croker and al other,
VINO VIII fully investigate this subject viii
| admit thai the profession 10 row in : tran
sif0ry stage With reference 70 tins use Of
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| nens medical authority upon one side; We
may - we'll freely admit that he could
quote much more and IL 10 quite probable
that II msj ,risy were 70 decide THIS qu~s-
ton the great prepondeTsucs Of thu medi-
cal profession would 1t present be fopnd il,
favor OF the use Of intoxicanss in treating
certain forms vi disease, but It shoaId he
remembered that . similar condition slways
subsists in the early sage Of sny
reform Not long period has eispssc
| siace the great msj ori.y Of ply sicisns were
theoretically and practically In favor Of 4
free uss Of the lancet and suy one sfgi.csss
with any acute disease was not REGARDED A.
having er joyed the best chances for restor-
alton unless he was freely bIed Ia those
days > mourner for lady Who had died 10
early life comforted the friends With this
remark: ''weil everything was done for
her that could have been d,nefor she was
bied trenty- seven timer" Nobodyfnov
q uestions that the medical fraternity we're
1rong on the question Of phle botoay.
They may also have ben wrong
We doubt not they hsve been. and many Of
them Sill are, on the use Of intoxicating
liquors.
lhaye freely admitted the weight Of the
medical authority which Dr.. Croker has
quoted and I have conceded that he can
bring much more CT the same sort, bas If
he is candid and manly, as doubt no. he
Is. he will unhssitAtipgiy admit the tqlsl
and think greater medical authority which
l am able TO present against the use of
alcoholics with the sick: Bsrj W. Rich
srdson, NJ. r. X s., than whom more
eminent medical mac is not to be fouad 10
England or America who has given years
Of patient study and investigation to this
subject says: "The true action Of alcohol
in ply steal point Of view il to create
paralysis Of nervous power" Dr.. Higgin-
bottom another distinguished English ply
stefan says: II have amply tried both
ways. gave alcohol in my practice for
twenty years, and have now prscticee
without it for the last thirty years or more
4 NY SAkSAAchNv ~ VIM uCubc utscAvC IL mUft
readily cured without it and chronic disease
much more manageable. have not found
single patient injured BY the disuse Of
alcohol. or . constitution requiring it.
DR.. N. 8. Davis Of Chicago, ex-President
Of the American Medical Association says
II have found no case Of disease and
no emergency arising from accident
that could net treat more successful
txru fhA,r IS
titled liquors than with it," could ill the
JOURNAL with medical authority on this
question but this must suffice for the pres
ent. can hardly refrain however, from
40 aliuslon to the practical experience OF
some who have tested the non-alcoholic
plan not simply with encouraging results
but with triumphant success. The not
alcoholic hospitals of London and Chicago
in which have been received cases Of pneu-
monia, typhoid fever and other diseases that
are supposed to require alcoholic treatme Mt
have proved beyond the shadow Of doubt,
that the non-alcoholic PLAZA Is far superior
to the old method. the Stats
tics showing that the mortality in the
London Temperance Hospital is IL per
cent lower than in any other hospital treat
ing the same variety Of diseases. Some
cars tiuCS III uhltuhtt pubAbutu the
results Of the treatment Of typhus fever 10
the hospitals Of Glasgow The statistics
comprised nearly six bundled cases and
it appeared that 1.-The mortality lesseHed
exactly as the desc of alcohol diminished.
Similar experiences IN private practice
might be produced in great numbers.
la my own experiences duriog the
first decade of general practice. alco-
T. e,-n hr
average practitioners Of that date. In the
next ten years, convinced Of the error of
the earlier practice, they we're spafipgly
employ ed. and during the last decade they
have not been employed ct sll. l am not
able to furnish statistics ct ihi, moment
but am quite certain that no loss has been
sustained by the entire exclusion Of this
clsss Of socalled remedies.
A medical frierd Of mine relstes this
incident which is fully authenticated: In
An epidemic of ty paoid fever resulting from
defective sewerage there occurred eleven
cases Of this disease in the same block and
all within one hurdrsd feet Of each
other. they were all young married people
Of nexrly the same age, six Of whom were
attended by non-slcohol;c ply sicians and
every one Of the six recovered, the other
i've WSAc nNchHco W nANshohS PbyHASA"hsi
four Of them died snd the other was sppsr-
entity going the same route when 8 nom
alcoholic hysicisn was called and the
patient recovered. The treatment In other
respects was quite similar in all these cases.
could extend illustrations Of this SORT
indefinitely but must not prolong this arti
Gle.
II is not improper to add that this
subject only requires on the part Of The
profession full and complete investigation
and fair testing. Those who will do this
impsrtially, almost without exception
become thoroughly converted to the non
alcoholic plan and never return to the old
methods. Yes, there 10 decided advance
all along the line and the day is not far
distant when the advocate Of the use Of
alcoholics - q remedy, will be as rare
specimen - is todsy the party who bleeds
hi, patient for every i'll to which the
| human flesh is heir.
john BIAoKMER