Mexico weekly ledger., 1891-10-08
To Down Demon Alcohol.
THE GREAT KELLEY INSTITUTE,
AT DWIGHT, ILLINOIS.
A Wonderful Cure Of the Alcohol
Habit-HOw Physical Wrecks
are Made Men.
A Brief Description Of the Institute by 9
Man Who Has Been There.
BY CAPT. WIN. PARKER.

BY CAPT. WIN. PARKER.
The above named gentleman of
the Rock Falls (IlI.) Neaos, after a
visit to Dwight for the cure of al
eoholism. gives the public the ben
eft of his experience in q we'll
written article concering the mode
of treatment, class of associates,
cost to the patient, etc. He starts
at the beginning and writes as fol-
lows:
One Wednesday afternoon we
landed in Dwight and reported as
a patient. Our first interview was
with DR.. M. K. Kelley, a nephew
of the original DR.. Leslie E. Kee-
ley, who took notes of our case,
names of relatives to whom to
write in case anything should hap
pen out of the ordinary, and We
were assured that a cure would be
certain in our case. From him we
went to the treasurer and made
our deposit, as an ''evidence of
good faith,' and shortly secured a
good boarding house-one of the
best in the city.
Life under treatment at Dwight
was one of a great deal more COM
fort than discomfort. We arrived
altogether a stranger, sober and de-
termined to get the worth of our
money, !. e., by placing ourself in
a receptive frame of mind, and OBJ
serving all rules implicitly, to get
the greatest benefit in the least
possible time. The treatment con-
sists in taking four hyperdermic
injections in the left arm at the
hours of 8 a. m., IL M, 5 and 7.30
p. M, and taking teaspoonful
doses of medicine every two hours
while awake. The hours for sleep
are undis,urbed. The injections
are taken at the Institute. Two
lines are formed of men under
treatment and they pass in success
sion two physicians for each line,
one of whom handles the syringe
and its contents. The syringes are
loaded from three saucers of fluid
of different colors. As a patient
approaches, the physicians observe
him critically and proceed to fill
the syringe according to the needs
of the case in their judgment. In
some cases it is all pink, in others
pink and cream and in others
still it will be composed of three
Ingredients, pink, cream and white.
The latter dose is called a "barber
pole" In some cases a full barrel
is injected, and in others it is only
partly filled. The sensation is no
more painful than the prick OF a
pin or needle, and some doses we
imagined were exhilarating to some
extent. At all events the effect
was almost instantaneous through
the circulation. A man might 60
up for treatment without any color
in his face, and before he got out
doors he would be flushed all over
and glow with burning sensation
not at all unpleasant. After pass
ing the injecting physician the
patient passes to another physician
who feels his pulse and tempera-
ture, looking him closely IN the
eye. He next passes to Prof.
Oughton Cor DR.. Leslie E. Keeley
when present-he was in Europe
while we were there), who makes
a final examination, and gives
special instructions to last until
the next treatment. To those who
need whisky he hands bottle con-
tanning two or four ounces. Some
are placed under charge of an at
tendant who carries the whisky
and remains with the patient until
the next treatment, or until he is
able to take care of himself. 9th.
ers are told to stand aside, or SIT
down and wait for more thorough
examination after the treatment is
over. During the passage of the
line other medicines are prescrib'
ed for special disorders and direc'
tions given as to care, diet, etc
When men are too weak to walk te
the Institute skilled physicians are
sent to the boarding houses to treat
them. As soon as they are able te
walk they are all requested to gel
in line and take their four shots {
day at the Institute. The exercise
is good for them as part of The
treatment and in no other way
could the six skilled physiciani
treat 450 men four times a day
The greatest good to the great mum
ber is thus attained.
| Further on in the article Capt
:. Parker states that no man is tgt
much of physical wreck to 1n.
dergo the treatment without /bene
!, fetal results. "Men who had 4
be carried from the depot to th'
Institute, or supported by two per
sons Frequently the wife on on'
side) the next day would be walk
ing erect, decently clothed and il
their right mind. We saw ladies
wives, mothers and sisters arriv
in Dwight. travel-worn, dusty ant
almost shabby in appearance, in
, day or two, or a. soon as the mel
fhav hroruhf there he0an IN i'm