The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1891-04-16
DON'T GET DRUNK ANY MORE.
A New Lymph That Will Cure the Drink
Appetite.
From, the Nc1O York Sun.

From the Ncw York Sun.
And now they have discovered the
bacillus of drunkenness Have they
Well, if they haven't they are after him
with sharp stick.
Good news finds always willing ears
aud ready credence, but when sanguine
public is told that a judicious use of the
hypodermic syringe for three weeks will
Danish completely the demon of inlem-
perance from the land, it need not be
wondered at if there is little hesitstion
about accepting the glad tidings. But
this is the millennium Fastening pro-
clamation which comes to US from the
West, and comes backed by such inter
esting evidence that it demands our un.
restricted attention. So convincing is the
testimony in support of the value OF the
discovery that the Chicago Tribune was
moved the other day to demes4 that the
new method Of dealing witt the appetite
for narcotics be introduced in the public
institutions Of Chicago. No more than
local attention seems to have been at.
tracted to the experiments which have
been made during the past ten years by
DR.. Leslie Keely, at Dwight, ILL.,, until a
record Of 5000 cases had been made, and
then it vas announced that only 5 per
cent. of these had relapsed into intem.
perance. Now the hard drinkers of the
West are beginning to talk about it, and
the doctors are Investigating, for there
seems to be no secret about the remedies
used.
Dr.Keeley was an army surgeon during
the war, and he has been since the head
surgeon in the employ of the Chicago
and Alton Railroad. He had been ex.
perimenting for eleven yearsin the treat.
ment of the disease .intemperance-for
be it known be believes that dealing with
the evil comes almost solely within the
province of the physician, and not in that
of the exhorter or moralist. He sought
for remedy which would kill the germs
of an unnatural appetite for narcotics.
Early in mis- researches he became con.
vinced that bichloride of gold furnished
the weapon for which he was in search,
but it was long time before he discov-
cred the best combination vehicle with
which TO use it. Bichloride of gold has
been for some years favorite agent in
the hands of bacteriologists, and some
remarkable results have been obtained
with it in variety Of ways. 1t is only
recently, DR.. Kelley says, that he has
learned to use it in the most effective
way. he administers the remedy both
simultaneously and through the stomach.
Dwight, Ill, is an interesting little vii.
lage, where no liquor can be obtained ex-
cept at DR.. Keeley's institute. Anybody
who goes there for treatment can get all
the good whiskey he wants from the
doctors liberal demijohn, but strangely
enough he never calls for any after being
under treatment for three or four days.
DR.. Keeley's institution is not hospital
or sanitarium. Victims of alcohol, opium
or other narcotic who 60 there find their
own quarters in the village for the three
weeks they are under treatment. They
are expected to report;at the institute
four times daily to be inoculated, and
they must take dose of the chloride of
gold remedy every two hours. Otherwise
they occupy themselves as they please.
The inebriates are pretty sure to apply
to the doctor for liberal rations of whis.
key the first day or two and they get as
much IS they crave.
cit is good whiskey, too, the doctor
supplies" said q former patient whom q
Sun reporter happened to meet the other
day, "the best ever drank. But 1 didn't
gain any adherence of liquor; simply
didn't crave it or feel the need of it.
Better still, without any reaction or suf-
fering from the abstinence, I began to
regain q sense of manliness and indepen.
dence, which had been lacking for
months. The courage and strength
which came back made me feel like a
new man. There were thirty-fve pa-
tients there when l was, and l know they
all felt the same effects"
1t is an interesting paradox, 30 it is
said, at DR.. Keeley's institution, that the
worse off a man is the easier is he cured.
In other words, it is easier to cure an
habitual drunkard than man who goes
on periodical sprees. The first individu'
al in medical parlance is afflicted with
alcoholism, and the second with dipso.
mania. DR.. Keely admits that if a dip.
somaniac is treated with chloride of gold
during an interval of sobriety the crav.
ing may return at the accustomed time,
when it will be necessary to repeat the
treatment in order thoroughlyt to eradi-
cate the appetite. The Doctors descrlp-
tion of the dipsomaniac's case as distin-
guished from that of the ordinary drunk
ard is interesting. He says:
"We find that man remains sober,
steady, upright aud industrious for year
or more, when suddenly he commences
to drink, and after debauch of several
days and sometimes weeks he stops and
remains sober for another year or more
IF you follow that man on through the
years you will notice that the intervals
between his sprees become shorter every
year until he falls into the every day use
of stimulants, and sinks into the grave 8
sodden, boastful drunkard. Some men
have spree every two weeks, and the
periods vary in different cases from weeks
to years. The dipsomaniao is always
aware of an impending attack of the
disease. It does not strike him sudden
lv. II o;ues him ful1 and fair warning o