Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1892-05-15
on, stropine as cure for the alcohol

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Continuing the conversation, presently
askea Dr. jackson whether he would give
ture.
No" he said, ~ cannot do that, for its
punIication might do untold harm. will
Ten you, however, its principal compo-
nents: Besides the atropine and strichnia
already mentioned the Keely liquid con-
tains caffeine, codeia, and sometimes CO.
cainen
~ And how did you find that outp"
,Ihe Doctor smiled, settled back in his
chair, and proceeded to tell a curious story
OF his experiences at White Plains. begin
ming about year ago.
THE DocToR's STORY.
II was along in June last year that
went 10 White Plains purely for rest
and without the remotest notion OF
having anything TO do. with the Keely
treatment, much less following it. was
run down with overwork, my nerves were
ell unstrung, and l decided 10 take
a vacation. My presence in the place,
however. soon became known. and i
was asked to treat the wife of one of the
gentlemen at the Keely Institute. Her
malady had nothing TO do with
alcohol. opium. or anything of the
sort. accepted her case, and so gradually
quainted with the Keely people. One day.
talking with the doctor in charge about
the condition of my nerves, he suggested
that i try the keely treatment. and did
so. Not only that. but 1 was constantly
called on TO administer the treatment to
other patients, and was in general given
the run of the place with the privilege OF
taking as much of the Keely liquid as
wanted
.. Ratpg a man orIo, Nth tho opirit
of scientific investigation, | observed care
fully my own symptoms aud those OF the
patients j treated, and before many weeks
had about made up my mind that j knew
what were the chief components of the
mysterious rose-cOlored liquid had been
handling and injecting daily. So one day
said TO the doctor:
TIE FORMULA DISCOVERED.
Look here: this is all rubbish about
there being any bi-chloride Of gold in this
stun. You know perfectly well that it
contains nothing of the sort
As clever chemists as you, Doctor,
have tried in vain to analyze it, was the
only answer i got.
Ihoy have. Ell? Well I'll tell you
what will do. / will bet you 800 good
cigars that before the end of this week l
Will bring You the formula
To make long story short, the bet
was taken. won by me, and paid by the
doctor. Before the allotted time had ex-
pred brought him three walls, two of
which were filed with liquid / had pre-
pared, while the third contained Keelys
liquid, and after examining them for
fOrty-eight hours be admitted that it was
impossible 70 tell which was which and
that had discovered the secret.
Then there was terrible time. The
doctor, fguratively speaking. threw HIM
self at my feet, declaring that If | revealed
what had learned he would be ruined,
and the contract with DR.. keely for New
York State would be null and void. as it
was expressly stipulated In that contract
that the formula OF the liquid should III
no case be revealed.
After several stormy interviews with
Dr. Keely himself | refused TO have any,
thing more to do With what had come to
regard as On outrage on the public, for the
fact was and Is that the unfortunate men
and women who submit to this keely
cure are not cured at all. but only made
victims of what / call, IN perfect serious
ness. the Keely habit, and that, as told
you, is more pernIclous than alcoholism or
the opium habit, because 1t leads, or may
easily lead, to insanity. You have heard
what such high authority as DR.. Ham,
mond has TO say on that point"
MANY RELAPsFs.
"How is it then. sir, that the general
public hears of so few of these cases OF in
sanity as a consequence Of the keely treat
meut ~
Because the thing Is still too young to
have shown vet, except in a small way,
the harm which will ultimately develop of
course not in every case, but frequently
enough 10 make II a most serious matter
to society Another reason Is that many
..r.lrr .lft..f foo nl III
ing 1t impossible to endure the state of
body and mind IN which the atropiIfe has
left them, and. dreading the idea of going
back a second time into Keely's hands,
solve the difficulty by relapsing into alco-
holism, which gives them the nerve stimu-
lent they must have without impairing
their reason as atropine does.
DO YOU mean to say that there are
many Keely graduates who relapse into
their former habitsY"
More than any one imagines. OF course
the statistics the keely people give out tell
a different story, their claims being that IN
something like 10000 cases treated only
per cent have relapsed. II lsa remarka-
BILE fact. however. that in 10 of their cases
which | have followed personally there
have been tnirty-one relapses already"
AN OPEN SECRET.
"You said some time ago, Doctor, that
You had found an antidote 10 the Keely
habit. Do you mean that you are treating
relapsed Kelly graduates!"
Precisely. and curing them, too; but
right here let me say word very empbati-
cally. am not aquack with secret cure
out Of which | am trying to make Tor
tune. My treatment tor the kecly habit
for alcoholism and for the opium habit Is
the property of any reputable physician
who cares to come and ask me for it. Fur
thernore. any and all such physicians are
welcome TO this sanltarlum where they
NAV study the cases We are treating as
mich as they please. We are scientists
here working to solve one of the most ter
rlble problems of the age"
BENEATH THE MICROSCOPE.
as il in support of this statement DR..
Jackson led the way into an adjoining
room. where among shelves OF apparatus
and bottles galore he showed me his valua-
HE MICROSCOPE. Looking into 1t, saw IN
successlon one of the blood corpuscles OF
q 4 eely graduate and healthy man. They
were certainly very different, the one re-
sembling volcanic surface of the moon,
the other suggesting gold and silver coin
arranged in piles side by side. what THESE
differences indicate am sure 1 cannot
sav and the Doctor told me II would take
"A
He also had on microscopic sides ready
for examination portions of the brain mat
Ter of an ex-Keelyite, as we'll as specimens
of Keely nerve matter taken from the spl-
nal column. .,
But how did DR.. Jackson get these spe-
,irnensy" | whispered 10 a gentleman
present who acts as the Doctors right-hand
man.
why, they were cut out of Keelyite'"
be answered.
why. dead Keelyite?"
Certainly; Keelyites die and are cut as
well as other people"
THE JACKSON TREATMENT.
A little later | asked DR.. Jackson some
more questions, this time about his own
for alcoholism. DC.
1.-The difference between my cure and
the Keely cure IS" he explained. that
build up the broken-down TISSUES OF the
nerve cells by giving nerve medicines, and
when the nerve cells are restored to a nor
nal and healthy state there is no longer
any craving for stimulants. The keely
freatment leaves the nerves es they are
he alcoholic stimulant the atropine stimu-
tar ofr xVh