Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1892-04-23
A wcrr or COCAINE
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/ DIR. Charles u Rladles's name first
came into undesirable prominence in NJ,
I vember, 1885,, wi,cn he was arrested
charged with h,ing insane through exces-
siye Indulgence in morphine and cocaine.
/ the latter a powerful narcotic of which
\ mp to tliat time little had b4sen heard. He
/ was taken before Judge Prendergast, was
declared 10 i~ Insane. and given sem
/ tence of three months in the Washing
tonian home. After fortnight's stay at
! the home Dr. Bradley went to Canada,
his old home, where he gave himself up
entirely 10 the demands of the drug. the
/ destinations Of Which completely en-
4 thralled him. Practice and home were
/ gone, and he gave FREQ rein to his vice,
He returned 20 Chicago and was sent to
the insane asyiuni, where complete cure
was effected, and he resumed his practice,
only 10 find himself deserted BY his
clients and his reputation impaired.
Consolation for the reverses came with
cocaine, 10 which he again became a
victim, and there were months when he
absolutely lived in the state of mind it
produced, securing il by hook or crook
until his last possession was gone and his
family begeared.
The physician Went 10 the gutter, an
a year ago was begging for cocaine III
drug stores or securing it by fictitious
orders on druggists. Then he disap-
peancd. He was occasionally heard from
IN Canada and the east until last fall,
"hen the papers recorded his arrest in
New York city for ondeasoring to obtain
a supply of cocaine by representing him.
self az a messenger sent from one ply
stefan TO another, In the police court
the gaunt, cnaciated, ragged man told
his story Of want and woe. and the
causes which brought them about. At
that time Inc WITS using sixty grnins af
cocaine day. He was sent To Bellevue
hospital 10 die. There he was found by
the manager of the Christian home.
where lac was nurssd back TO mental and
physical yiger.
Dr. Bradley was reluctant to dwell on
the episodes thus briefly given, but con-
versed freely ON other circumstances Of
his life.
Until 1885, there was nothing to dim
my prospects, said DIR. Bradley. 1T
was in that wear that cocaine was first
brought 10 notice through German
IA
practical an9sthetic in operation by
oculists. There was no method known
for using il for other purposes. was
the first mau to discover that it could be
otherwise used in fact to take the place
Of ether or chloroforn. That discovery,
so important to the world was most un-
fortunate for me, When l announced
my discovery physicians laughed and de-
4 tstaa 4
Mayor Harrison asking him 10 appoint a
medical commission to inquire into the
value of my discovery, which was the
administration Of cocaine hypodermic.
ally ] first utilized my discovery by
testing it ON cat. | dissected leg OF
q cat, exposing tissues and muscles, and
| kept the animal on my desk for hours
I watching the circulation. There was
pain, the drug exercising a soothing
, effect.
, "NeNt began experimenting on my
self. | found that tine anaesihetic infiu.
, ence of cocaine il limited. / expert.
, mented on myself again and again TO sec
just how far this limi. extended, and
learned just where, when and how d
give injections. Physicians then be
lieved that the effects of the drug wer.
similar to those Of morphine. To dis
prove this / tried actual oantery by ap
! plying 10 my body red hot irons, but
felt no PAIN, and there was not the
2 slightest sensation a. the flesh withered
] under the heated irons. For thres
months every day for half hour ex.
] perimented with the drug. and Otter
9 passed several hours of the night in ii:
study before a mirror, watching its eff
. feet ON myself But | never realized
r that 1t was obtaining a mastery over me
D Its fascinating powers were unknown Il
the profession. | was thunderstruck when
I / found that the drug was absolutely
necessary to my mind and body. / be
lieye ! could have conquered the habit
! then We're il not for n misunderstanding
with the man from whom | rented my
home. He wanted his house, and wher
/ refused to yacatc 1T my weakness wal
made a point BY which | was dragged
into an insane court. Persecution and
publicity drove me to desperate extremes
AT the Washingtoniaii home no one
knew how 10 treat my disease. Every.
body knows the rest-how went to the
: gutter and lost everything
with all your experience with co
caine, how do You now regard itln asked
Z the reporter.
i Il think it is a grand drug, with re,
markable properties, and destined TO taks
the place of ether and chloroform. IL car
be used without danger of death. II
! produces no nausea or prosfration. It Il
) q great specific far nervous diseases, fol
certain diseases Of the spine, for paralysis
|, for tetanus. hydrophobia and other con.
ynlsiye diseases. Ii will unite with Other
. anti-spasmodics and intensity their 40
( ton. think / know more about cocaine
than most men. bn. have no compre
: hensise idea of its possibilities. Sci
: entists are only III the experimental stags
: with it"
. "W' at are The effects Of tile dr4lg7'
: ITO begin with. ID Is like the effects oi
\ any sitmulant ut certain stages, but it /.
( not stnpefying, as i opium. The person
4 taking II has a feeling that everything |.
lovely and serene. Of perfect content.
ment and universal satisfaction. AL
things seem perfect. There are none Cd
the frightful illusions which come from
/ liquor or other stinnlants. Excessive
!, quantities, though. cause great irritabil.
. ity. The duration Of the effect i about
. two hours and Is succeeded ily a feeling
. Of depression and exl1anslhn. But there
. Is nome of the disturbance of the mind on
n nervous system thal follows drunken.
9 ness The victim loses all stnength after
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