The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-05-22
IT CURES THE DRUNKARO.
How the Kelley Cure at Great Falls
Works Wonders on
Patients.
A Montana Institute Where WINS,
key, Opium and Cigarettes
Are Knocked Out
Delightfully."- Located In y City Whore
Pattents May Enjoy All the Com
forts Of Lilo.

JCl1kNCNutly A~uNNNeu Au y Wy nv
Pa.tents May Enjoy All the Com
forts at LILO,
An hour before train time in Grent Fall
the other morning offered an opportunit
to visit what is TO many a place Of eve
more striking interest han tho giant sprinI
that bubbles forth its waters beneath til
shadow of the falls Of che Missouri. Thu
it will be known to many man Al \ hRvel
Of relief is as certain N Its existence. A
the corner of First avenue north ant
Fourth street is a two-story brick building
it is within easy walking distance of thu
hotel and conveniently located in othe'
ways. There is nothing in the outward ap"
pearance to give reason for believing tina
il 10 other than . quiet private residence
unless it happens that after q watch OF
perhaps two hours you notice a dozen OF
more men going in or out Of the house Al
irregular intervals. And indeed there is
nothing within to show it's purpose unless
it be a small wooden case Of Walls sur
room are two desks; in a third are easy
chairs, lounges, newspapers and books.
It 10 the Montana branch Of the Kelley
institute, and here it is that the wrecks OF
humanity. hopeless, all but ruined in body
aud health, and pc. haps purse. come to re-"
ceive that mysterious cure which a great
puilanthropist in medicine has given to the
world. A rap on the door brought a pleas
ant welcome from a ~tine-iooking young
man, who had himself been bound in the
chains and brought from the bondage of
alcohol to freedom. Indeed, it WAS largely
through his efforts that the institute was
established at Great Falls, for he knew by
the never-failing proof of personal expert
ence what DR.. Kelley could do. He ushers
us into a pleasant Office room, where We
find the physician in charge. He 10 DR.. A.
N. Purdy, a graduate Of the Queens Med
ical college in Kingston, Canada, a
practitioner Of more than eighteen
years. experience, and especially quail
fed to give tho Kelley cure, be-
cause he has received instructions
from Dr.. Kelley himself. But. trst Of all
let us glance at the interior, and in q gen.
eral way gather some ideas of the treat
ment. Another rap on the door may be
that of one who has come as a last resort
for relief from those terrible habits which
DR.. Kelley has rightly diagnosed dis
may be a victim of alcohol, one who has
hopelessly struggled against the tom ptations
of the morphine and opium habits. or even
in milder form the patient whose nerves
are shattered by tobacco or cigarette habit.
The bloodshot eyes, flushed countenances
form of the other, is all tho evidence DR..
Purdy requires of the necessity for treat
ment.
First the patient is taken into a private
Office where a consultation is held. He de-
scribes his disease, tells how long he has
suffered and asks for help: He is taken
into another room where he strips OF his
coat and bares bis arm before a table where
the doctor finds a simple little case in
which are several bottles and a needle
pointed hyperdermic syringe. The physi-
clan empties into a small bowl a quantity
of the pink liquid which has never yet been
analysed and the secret Of which is held
The syringe ia dipped into the bowl and
then quickly placed beneath the skin of the
arm. A picking sensation not more pain
full than that Of the point Of a pin is all the
suffering received. This treatment ia
known as the shot and 10 given four times
a day. The patient receives a bottle of q
yellow liquid known as double chloride of
gold cure and this he takes in doses at var
ious times during waking hours. This is
all the treatment given during the three
weeks until the time he ia discharged and
pronounced cured.
What are the effects? The patient nat
urally asks first for the companionship of
his old enemy, and this is given to him
without restraint from a barrel in another
room. Perhaps a statement of one of the
inmates down in the Grent Falls institute
il the best evidence Of what follows:
Call down Payne" asked DR.. Purdy
and in an instant the first patient Of the
Great Falls institute appears. He is a man
apparently 6b years old. of heavy physique
unhealthy. but like that which We some-
times see on the faces of the Helena heavy
drinkers who have returned from a boiling
out trip to the Arkansas springs. His eyes
were bright and be walked with Il firm
step. We asked Mr.. Pavne. or 'Old Man
be is an old-timer, 10 tell something about
bis experience. Like all Kelley patients he
did this very readily for there is no graft
tude too great for their expression.
Il came here" he saiu. 'one week ago
last Monday. whom the institute opened. |
have been a hard drinker for a good many
years, and | got SO bad that | couldu't
stop. Some people who never knew what a
grip whiskey can get on a man say that a
man who has any will power can quit. All
! have to say to them is to try it. and keep
at it as long as ! have. They will find out
that whisky will get the best of the will
power every time. Well, a little over two
weeks ago | got on a terrible drunk, and /
kept on drinking until thought | WAS
crazy. SO, finally, l heard that this place
had been started, and / came here. can't
you how l felt then. My head seemed
on fire and l was SO weak and shaky that |
could hardly move. l did not know what | ,
WAS doing. Well, commenced taking the
cure. The first drink OF whisky here tasted
pretty good, but the desire for it passed
away in a few daye. The third or fourth
time / tried to take a drink it wouldn't 90
down. l wouidn't touch it now anv moro
! would swallow a dose OF poison,
Day before yesterday / went into the other |
room to get Il drink OF water. There had
some whisky in the glass, and when l
got 1t to my mouth the smell Of tho liquor
me sick and / dropped the glass.
do l feel now? Better than at anv
linn since l commenced drinking whisky.
mind ia clear and my body is strong. |
When l say that | feel like a new man
mean every word of it,
Mr.. Payne will be at the institute week |
longer before graduating. Though the
Great Falls institute is but two veeks
old. there are eight patients and others
The course yaries from three TO
five weeks according to the condition Of the
patient and the disease. At the end OF a
weeks course the worst whisky and
opium patients ars cured. Three weeks is
the usual length of time for the greater
of alcohol cases. The price of
is $50 per week. There are ne |
beyond the requirements Of