The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-10-23
AN INTERESTING DISCUSSION.
The Success Of Several Famous Remedies
Compared.
KELLEY is CLASSED WITH DR.. lE H}R.
The Chicago Tribune Says He Will be I'm
mortaiired-Sewport News Sending Out
Living Testimonials Every Week.

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subject OF speculation among the unin-
formed Why the work OF the Kelley IN
stitute at this place and In other places
continues to grow and develops It's ca
pacity for usefulness, despite the oppo-
sition of pessimists OF high and low de-
gIce, from the narrow minded physician
who tides the inebriate over drunk for
a consideration, TO the keeper OF
whisky joint" who builds houses and
drives coaches with the money that
should be expended upon the poverty
stricken wives and children Of the VIC
tins Of strong drink. The answer can be
summed up in a nutshell. Il cures. IL
does away with the apparent necessity
for the unworthy doctor. who for pal
try fee would impede the progress Of
remedy destined to revolutionize the
world and make sober men where drunk
ards existed, and consigns the dealers in
alcoholic poiSOns to better employment
than that OF running his fellow-men and
impoverishing their families. The oppo-
sition to the Kelley treatment on the part
Of those who deal in liquor is perhaps but
natural in that class, but ii Is passing
strange that there should be an edu-
Gated physician In this or any other coun-
try who could be so forgetful Of the in
terests Of n common humanity as to op-
pose what has again and again been
demonstrated to be sure cure for drunk
enness. as is the Kelley treatment, and
that. too, upon the most frivolous pre-
texts. a case In point exists In the recent
adverse action OF a convention Of English
physicians relative TO DR.. Keeleys cure.
According to the London Lancet. the
English doctors HAYS declared that the
Kelley remedy is unfit for use by the pro-
fession because DR.. Kelley will not make
It's composition public, and because the
chemists who were employed by them 10
analyze IT reported that it contained no
gold and no chlorides. But, cOncedinS for
the sake Of the argument. that this is
true, what difference does ii make in the
determination Of the all-important ques-
ton, Does the remedy do what is claimed
for it? 1t is not a question Of the compo-
sition Of the remedy, or of the fidelity OF
its composition to it's name. The inventor
may be in rebellion against the laws OF
his profession but that does not affect
the value Of his invention. DR.. Kelley
refuses to make its composition known,
and AYERS that il cannot be discovered by
analysis. and he elects to give it high
sounding name-misnomer If you
please. That is all very bad. no doubt.
1t may be bad enough to warrant his fell
lowphysicians in not speaking 10 him
and in turning him out Of the profession,
but it does not warrant them in not
using the remedy and in discouraging its
use as far as they can. No matter what
it is, or what are its makers faults, it is
the only remedy yet found for the drink
disease. They err egregiously in condemn
ing the cure on account Of its maker.
The only question should be. Does 1t
cure?" mat is the essential question OF
interest TO the afflicted inebriate, and that
should be to every conscientious physi-
clan. In cosiGering the conduct of these
English doctors the Chicago Tribune
says
THE Kelley cure has been successfully
administered for several years. Eighty
branches Of the main establishment at
Dwight are now i'm operation in various
parts Of the United States. 1t has cured
tens Of thousands Of persons and hun
dreds Of them may be found to-day in
Chicago restored to their right minds
and re-engaged in business who are ready
ond eager 10 testify to its efficiency. With
a very small percentage Of reiapses these
thousands Of patients discharged cured
have remained cured, to the delight Of
themselves and their families. A greater
per cent. have found complete resto-
ration to health and usefulness than have
been cured by moral suasiOn the exertion
of VIII power, or the agencies Of the church
or prohibition associations. Instead Of
condemning the Kelley remedy on the
strength Of an alleged analysis and de-
nouncing DIR. Kelley himself. why did
not these English physicians have the
fairness and manliness TO say that the
Kelley remedy does cure the drink dis
case? They know that It does. If they
want evidence they can have the test-
mony Of thousands Of persons in this
country in every department Of business
and walk OF life. No matter what IT is
composed of. That is of no account. The
vital fact is-it cures"
That answers all objections, at cures"
If it cured only one in every score, even
every hundred Of drinkers treated with it,
II would do more than any other agent has
ever done and would be boon to human
ity. If it killed one in every hundred, or
even every score, of those treated with
it, the balance of the account would be
largely in it's favor when it is remember
ed that whisky kills its thousands. AS a
matter of fact, however, IT can be clearly
and satisfactorily demonstrated that the
Kelley treatment, so far from having
ever even injured any one, much less
killed them, has invariably sent its
patients away in better general health
tran they had experienced for long
period For the rest, it is enough to
know. as the Tribune states il, that the
remedy has cured tens Of thousands OF
drinkers with very small percentage Of
relapses. No other remedies for any dis
ease can show so good a record Even
vaccination fails much oftener and
vaccination has immortalized Jenner,
'The vital fact is" as the Tribune says,
that DR.. Keeley's cure really cures, and
it will immortalize him yet, notwithstand-
ing the jealousy of all the physicians in
England
There can be no reasonable challenge OF
the efficacy Of the Kelley treatment for
the liquor disease, or habit If you please
The Institute near Newport News is
weekly sending out living testimonials to
its success, and the voices OF its saved
are already heard in every quarter of
the State, proclaiming more eloquently
than the tongues Of orators the magic
of its achievements. With the knowledge
before us of what It has done and is
doing. we can speak Of this treatment
as freely as we would of vaccination. In
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