Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-03-08
KELLEY CAN CURE ON.
The New York Legislature Declines
to Investigate His Formula
BY AN OVERWHELMING MAJORITY.
A Sensational Letter That Was to Fave
Been Submitted.
ONE PsRlLous DRUG IN THE COMPOUND
ESPECIAL rrIronAM 70 THE D1srArcn.,

ESPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH,
ALBANY, March 7.--After good deal Of
debate the Senate declined to investigate
the Keeley cure by . vote Of % to q Sen.
ator Endres, of Buffalo, had introduced the
resolution, which went over from time to
time until made . special order this even
ing. It proposed to have Senate commit
tee investigate the Keeley cure and find out
everything about it
"We might as well undertake to investi.
gate the workings Of cod liver oil" said
Senator Coggeshall. "What business is this
of the State? We are not called to find out
what patent medicines are made of or to
look after the health of the people, who
know what they are doing. Where would
this course end? All this is proper sub
iect for the State Board Of Health, which
was created for that purpose.
whisky Cannot Kill Democrats.
'The Democrats have DO interest in this
investigation" said Senator McCarren.
"Most OF the inmates at White Plains are
Republicans"
"You can't kill Democrat with
whisky" retaliated Senator Coggeshall.
'It takes dynamite to kill Democrat, and
it depends on what part of his body the
dynamite strikes"
Senator McCalland said that the Kelley
Institute was at White Plains in his dis
trict, and that he knew something about its
workings Seventy-seven per cent of the
patients were cured. The Kelley Institute
did not object to an investigation, only
they wanted to have it settled whether or
not the Senate was going to investigate
them, as the uncertainty hurt their busi-
ness
The Rev. Senator Edwards was heartily
in favor of the Kelley cure. He spoke of
1t as an anti-dote to rum and bringing of
peace and happiness back to tens of thou
sands of wrecked homes. He believed that
the State should further and not hinder or
embarrass the work Of reclaiming drunk
ards.
Letter That Was Not Read.
: If the investigation had proceeded the
following letter from DR.. Edward G. Huse,
of Rockford, ILL.,, would have been read. 1t
will attract notice from those who have
made the gold cure study:
ROCKFORD ILL, February 81.
Senate. Albany, N. Y:
My DEAR SIR--An exhaustive and resolute
investigation OF the bi-chloride Of gold cure
bns the 6y ssssn
Earle at the Poughkeepsie Insane Asylum
resulted from atropia poisoning admits OF
no conceivable doubt. Hence the expose as
contemplated by the State Senate Of your
State must meet with the approval OF every
right-minded man and every thoughtful and
honest physician.
careful stuuy. extending to good many
cases and through several months, con-
vinces me of its extreme danger as practiced
at Keeley's ':joint" at Dwigh: and elsewhere.
Fifty-two Of his graduates" are in this city.
One-Mr Culver-died last week at his Gin
etitute." Culver's death was reported to be
from pneumonia.
No Mystery About the Medicine.
There is no special mystery about the COM
position Of Keeley's remedies He claims
wondrous secrecy about their makeup.
Quackery always does. Yet the formule are
known to many, the writer included The
atropia, an alkaloid, whose ordinary dose is
one one-hundredth grain tgr: 1-1o0), ought to
be stunned by every discerning physician.
Its effect, baneful to body and mind, only
kidney. As people differ in organic vital
so will its harmful influence be
manifest in varied intensity.
Hence, while one loses, in part or whole,
"
All are injured in mans strongest appetite,
his reproductive. and soon become utterly
impotent. All, for q long time show on
"grs duation," " profound lassitude. a staring,
listless indifference, n mental hebetude.
Pallor,. anxiety, enfeebled circulation. ex-
haustion on slight effort, extreme dullness
of comprehension occur to all. The dilated
throat. Confusion Of ideas, these % symptoms Ss
belong to life 1t the Institute after two or
three days treatment.
Atropia Perilous Drug.
All OF the effects aboye cited are due to
one drug alone. 1t is atropta. Any COM
petent physician, any standard authority,
rs "Stille & Malsch's National Dfspensatory'
or the UNITED States Dispensatory,p will
confirm what is stated. Why Keeley and
his henchmen use this toxic and fearfully
perilous drug God only knows. Its use is
worthy OF q fool or q lunatio.
AS to strychnia. this is not. as the papers
Used USED b. Sy itself In DECEIT % doses, from @ % one.siS
teenth up to oone-thirtieth grain. 1T is entirely
pafe. It is often given alone as q tonic by
the very best physiSians
nor purpose to speak. He '1ectured" at the
in Chicago, December 1s, 1891,
and the writer was present. His statements,
learning. He is not an educated man.
Death from atropia poisoning (accidentalo |
here Il years since to prominent |
druggist. The writer was his physician:
Acute paralysis of brain occurred, followed |
by softening and paresis.
1t may be learned from Prof. Hermann NJ.
Biggs, OF Bellevue Medical College, OF Now |
York City, whom the writer communicated
with after the death OF Thomas s. Mines. in
November, 1891, that my views on atropia
were then and there stated. Also to Prof. |
3. c. Segufn Of my own college, the College
Of Physicians and Surgery, in New York.
Few Recover From Its Blight.
Of q man who died on q doorstep in Chicago i
insane and screaming, and who beat out his |
brains on that stone. step, attracted my
notice. He has just come from No. 1ls4 West |
Monroe street, Chicago. The Herald said |
Keeley's late partner, one Hargreaves, runs
!. 'Joint' there for dipsomsnia cure. OF all
he effects of atropia, amneria, partial or |
is most common. From its blight |
lew If any wholly recover. |
Mr.. Earle also has letter from a promi- |
nent Chioago'lawyer who proposes to have |
Kelley investigated by the Illinois Legisla- |
tilre askfnQ for a OODY of the resolution |