The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1891-02-19
THE USE OF OUINlNE.
Its Effects o; IA" ! uman system Whe

Its Effects q, Ia. uman system When
20 = ken.
A blear-eycd, el-noscd man with
tears running Gown his cheeks walked
into a New York pharmacy the otherday
and said;
81 wad thirty grads of quidide."
The druggist looked at him sharply
and then went @'2ay to fiji the order.
'Thag you, aid the blcar-eyed man,
as he swallowc aalf 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 large dose of quinine
frequently produce a Gelirium similar
to that caused by alcoholic stimulants.
Recently the New York Sun printed Y
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 physician to the Sun re-
porter, ''and ! now recall one case in
particular. 1t was during my
service in Bellevue A man was
brought to the hospital and placed
in the cells where patients suf-
ering from dclirium tremcns are kept.
There were some peculiar features about
the case, and after an examination we
sent him TO the insane ward. He acted
like 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
covered from the effects of it after q
very short time. There is probably no
drug SO generally used for half q dozen
ailments MS quininc. While | was South
some time ago saw men take it by the
teaspoon for malaria. A person who has
been taking quininc for n long time does
not mind having the ringing sensations
;,, 1,p AL MI
make themselves felt in u person who
seldom uses the drug. Ten grains will
producc these symptoms in many peo-
pic, and If the patient has been suffer-
ing from neuralgia, for instance, the
amount of ouininc will sometimes act
likc an ulcoh lie stimulant. They will
become 'ligEj-hcaded' and at times de-
llious. know a number of people in
Nov York who take quintnc regularly
and tliinl, that they could not live with
out it, | don thinlt that can be called
a habit like tho cocaine and morphine
habits. because it is not a drug that
grows on one. Those people who take
it regularly have some disease that they
arc treating. In cases Of malaria it is
invaluable. You know that during the
war it was worth its weight in gold.
Quiuinc IS now very cheap. 1t is being
cultivated III India, and the large guam
Titles Of it that are used nowadays make
it very profitable product. ! have
ncvcr Known OF u dose of quinino pro
lrein.{ 1oatt, though undoubtedly il
coE'd b. taken in such quantities as to
be fatal