The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-03-06
DOES kEELEY,s REcaUss INSANITY,
The Demcntia OF Eleven Inmates OF m Asy.
ium Attributed TO It.

The Demcntia OF Eleven Inmates OF Asy.
ium Attributed TO It.
Prom he thin,go Timn
K,NR,KrE. Ill. Feb. 2i-One Of the most
startling discoveries concerning the Leslie Z.
kcelcy method OF treating inebriates has Just
come TO light Mt Kankakec. and will doubtless
be read by the medical profession and public
in general with no small degree OF astonish.
nent. There will no doubt be a commotion
among the 800 patients now under treatment
ut Dwight Tor the opium habit and for drunk-
enness. and especially among the members Of
The Bichiorde OF Gold Club. when they learn
that eleven graduates of the Leslie + keeley
.,s.itntc have been nijndgcd insane. and are
" Insane at P' kankakes TIL may sss
s,dnE nS sut it is mat,sr Of
To- several Hse" in KonkES SR s' snss
%n this 81 NiE1Sy faf'ns has E Sss
ssaia by the press throughout the United
il was not dreamed that eleven persons treat.
81 BY hin, had berYmr raving maniaes II the
iigatiG, II similar Institutions throughout tho
Tor tho insane. at Kankakee. Eiein. Jackson.
yills AMI Anna, , Inmates 2. Kank.koe come
eiHdS Sut a small pronortion Of tIo popaiaton.
whose insanity was caused by tho Kelley
report the condition Of this class q patients ~
being brought about by e excessive drinking"
Special Mfss aro the rSa faets
ss$s or g. Esss;s ::sS IA ssss
hn II as ss 1 q RfSs ~ n male III:
institution were formerly patients OF Dr. kse-
Ley and t0SS for the M
numb have been received during the last six
ne ksSy The SHatsu Of these pa
That &, rather direct question for me to
ea bs
psspe from th tss ssct t. Of
"Do you moan to Aay that the Keeley treat:
the Re condition Of the eleven patients who are
now under your careT
nothing to az wa
these poor unfortmnates. There il no doubt in
ssSstS5 III 90 5 ke TsSs Rsss9 a.1sy d
cry is claimed to he n profound secret. and tho
sssSnx ct 81 nsx Ssnf saer
existing circumst stances, l. AS a doctor. do not
care to say what effect the treatment tn would
question but what jhe Kseley formula CON
t tain - some powerful narcotic which Affects
do the sondtions 9f HesIey patients
from tsos s Of otRer ease 10 Tar. al Keoisy
cases that have come under my personal OBJ
some poxerfui narcotic: .,,,
Are the Keeey patients troublesome class
Not.as rule. They are the most docils
class Of insan s,p patients that We haze to pre-
Seem e have bad all the ambition taken out Of
their system"
Ss essst to sy sessl tn s se 81
:; ! ss hsHod''n'S Injections
s CO hSss
# the patients belong to the best families Of
+ this the first time that the Keeley pa
tien M we're inmates OF an insane hospital,
that ot tho eeven pSens eY ssr
fined in a hospital. One OF that number: was an
This Startling dise H is Gy no mean.
a. sea tas f not
for TIE f1tnTe, sue. success Of Pr keeley,s e
ssea 81
There is no question that the Kelley treat .
ment is severe On the nervous system. have
that Their nerves have BEEN Affected By y1 Il.
msdicine contained in the formula"
Nlnt lnRTeul6nC contained Ill the h00ley
formula would you say affected the patients
brain and has tendency to cause insanity"
:" Atrcpne IS very powerful medical agent
Kecley formula is supposed to be n profound
sapnot s wo Mhi have
TO cause insanity The patients. that have
trery. seem to have had all tho life and spirit
AIKEN out Of their system"
Dr. Bnnnisaer has been in the active practice
sps@sby Of % liseases and insanty
nected Win tho hospital at Kan Kankakee:
rs lies IN Se hS o. Of any
hat expels or renders the effect Of bichJoride
hfyenf Is Whoe of my EF d
..overy. Notwithstanding other statements to
Prominent medical men who have analysed
tho Keeiey formula claim thut the chief reme-
dies are the chloridcs OF, gold and sodium.
e EVEN oTs as e.
one used by DR.. kecley was recently published
in u number of prominent MEDICAL journals II
is as follows:
Ammonia 'nuriate, s.l.
cinrhona ecnp, ors,H.
st. Sly: one teaspooufu AT u dose.
Auri ct sodium chlor. yrs IL.
Ammonia miiriute. grs. ~
stry.hnins; MT" grs l.
II xxi. cinchona comp. o>s 3.
~. ext; coca.
Gha-rinr.
NJ Sig: ono tablespoonful every'two hours WhsA
awake,
Social Improvement In Kentucky.
F,,o. me- 'ouris, Journal.
The old Kentucky feuds are dying out. and
those who participated In them are finding
hal ',iV n