The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-07-26
CONDEMNED By ENGLISH PHYSICIANS
They say Reeiey's Gold Cure ~ Fart Alec
hol md rnrt Atropinc. and IL Inlurloos.

noon at the rooms OF tho British Medical
Society. IL Chandos street. Cavendish square.
w. DIR. Norman Kerr presided.
Tho President said that hitherto temperance
reformer5 In this country had usually worked
ly straightforward and intelligent methods
aud had exercised that most valuable quality
in rcformcrs and everybody else-pntience;
and rs the magnificent results OF tho great
temperance movement showed. very large
number Of drunknrdS had been rescued. re-
formed. or cured. But human nature was
worry imputient. aud in those latter DAYS there
had arisen feeling among n great many
people that the evil OF intemperance was grow
ing 80 raj idly and extending go widely and
that the consequences in the present day and
to postecty were so tremendous. that they
must find some short cut to temperance. some
miraculous method OF speedy reaching the
goal which Lcither they nor anybody else
understood. Mesmcr;sm and hypnotism wero
straightforward and oren remedies for drunk
cnncss AMI il applied in the presence Of mcd-
cal men and witnesses they could not be called
secret remedies.
lie wished. however. specially to refer as
circum stances had arisen to render this very
roccssury-to a so calied secre. cure" which
was named tho "double chloride OF gold
cure 10 which nllusion had ready been made
in the Lancci AMI other medical journals. and
W NuNp'Uto tHt WctitS Vi Wnlcn u meeting
was convened 10 DO held under the auspices
of tho Church Of England Temperance Society.
presided over by Bishop Barry: but. owing to
his Or kerr'sI representations to the Bishop
Of London aud bishop Barry. that meeting
had been adjourned sine die: The real hut
unarowcl object Of TINT meeting was to float
in order TO PURCHASE, the ,rgh ut of using this So
called cure" in ENGLAND; sIlo;0Oo Of this
-accorlin- to this circular he had seen
to- be given in cash and slC.UOO in shares to
tho vendors There was to ho a commercial
n,"mnanE for pushing IT," golden remedy SINH.
familiar They We're told in pamphlet that
Without any effort on the PATIENT, pnrt"
Hsht ,oowsI day Xircady the S'i ie"ociio on
~. ut least vcritable gold mine. for The boz
ties which contained it lone of which the Chair
m y fGM in r Eas and Sash
!T-siN nranches in America for the sale OF this
,cnrH." itho remedy were really II remedy
II would have tho support Of the lead
,n 'EHmreransS ref9rmsrs in america: hut
writer in tho NORTH american ,hr,r.r. who had
!nuded this sso-called cure. which he had tried,
dis1 in New ~ h S1rS few mon,hs after the ap
Fl aF act was 'H TAT hs f asSy
Called comedy" was very dangerous, and was
cunts. They would hear frum Dir. Usher of
Melbourne. who had been to DWIGHT, Illinois
I'VE '''lllit tl Tue IIunNlHcluFt on inc cure
what he thought of II and it's effects DR. Csh-
or. the Chairman incidentally mentioned. was
about 10 phbi. ii Il new book on " Alcohol and
it's Treatment"
Ahistin=uished analyst. a member OF a great
n, cnrporation IN EngMni-whose name
'brhiSride gold cure" the dietum Of " this
WGr" ne DR. Kerr at liberty TO" to name Hin h Tna be-
all SSnmFs,Snt Sp'h1r1es Without
h.s Dll ahl nril l,,t
what he did find Present was: Water. Gl.3l
per cont; sugar, u per cent; II small quantity
from Herbs and 2755 per- cont 81 pure t "ieo
hol US int"NicatinGas port or sherry. and more
yet old teototalicrs: unronscious, Of tho
COMPOSITION If the gold cure" had been
actually 2mmendng u so.caled ren,"ly''
more intoNlrlt ing than champagne or cIaret.
Not only was this compound preparation con-
demneh ~ tho whole medical press Of Amer
and r.su-ctable medical profession in tho
United states Having spent many year, in
that although there. was not there ns hers
asystem. Of registration. yet there wore as
IN Inc fhs sst%ony ."
tne results" oiDr: KeeIey.s treatment shovel @
that Col. Mines n lew weeks after his cure
died of alcoholism: Senator Fairs son died Of
heart disease directly attributed to the treat
week after his dismissal; Henry An
s si,iy hlcd during Treatment; pr. Miller Of
lllnplS, lMthtf benson. ana CHARLES Vaughan
became insane: cX-CongreSsman HOPKINS
This so-calcd remedy" was opposed TO the
reformation. The first thing TO do with tho
drunknrd was toGut OF tho poison. to stop the
tho ctirctua! cure OF tho drunkard. What,
after all, was inohrietyt II was complex
d i1 and needed moral mental, and physi-
himself have 4 desire To be cured, and must
.",Nercis" certain amount OF viii power whom
lta OF n fIn Hritfr "A
swept away from the brain By tho Exclusion exc on
and prIhibtior Of alcohol then the little will
DM J, i, Gshor Of Melbourne. ' Australia. then
described a visit he made to pr KcoIeys SAN
pt2n " at Dws ,d Inv Was he Sd TIE rst
place. hrce leading physicians from Boston.
H%w York; np4 Ihiladelpha respeeiySy
him, remained half II day or q fow hours, and
then her returned home six weeks later all their
those gentlcmen had becn rrmnrkabe sue
resses N the cure way. Although ho had
listed the place with credentials from the
Australia. h" had been traduced since he left |
Dwight. DIR. keeley who seemed very uneasy
used tho remedy" twelve years, and it WAS !
very successful lleask cd him what was the rn-
3 Dr. KoacH W nat b"
into that know il is all right. II you want
km2W Mi "nT t it. 9s ."
4nt 70 ne n sort o! paGe boy to DR.. Kecley. ic !
4! Dr tsherl was introduced to DR.. Blaine. tho |
chief of tho STAN Tho saiT consisted Of |
nnsucccccsstul lgr4citoners who were paid |
from $4,000 10 5000 year, and they did all |
the work. Dr.. Blaine took him where three
rows II men wore hcin: Injected in the left |
arm With FIVE drops out Of n little porcelain |
bowl containing pinkish material atror,inr
really. Four Of tho patients wore glasses, aud
they t2lI him that they could not see three or
Tour DAYS after tho treatment. and became
blind weeks together. seventy per cent
Of the pntionts lad glasses. They suit
lerod, to-" from Gddiness. One patient had
been at the institution nine weeks. he said. and
Wa AFRAID 70 leave because three Of his pals"
who had lett ten days be.ore got Irunk and
had 10 come back. Another pat Ont remained
b"cHtl9o he Snid If he STAYED there two Or three
monlhsnn aunt had promised him an annui,
Is. and he wAntcdt to see the time out" rncr"
Wos bieh!?ride OF Cold CIun' in which
uatcs." SO called They did hot appear To- 10
healthy; some Of them seemed ia ne under
IA" influence of an opium drug atropino.
AInN. Aiu'hJO year was spent IN advertising
or III SunNidi%inG poodle 10 advertise Il h" con.
"p"L: winch was now engineered tx some of
the "snnrest mon in America. The thing
MS most lucrative. Two bottle Of the prep.
nn.iion rl-t 20 shiilings,, Every man who
f,ru' To- Dwight had to pay S2J down and from
- t" =" u week and all this money flowed