The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1893-03-01

absolutely refuses TO put his remedies into
the hands Of any except competent physl.
CLANS in regular practice and good standing,
hundreds Of quaOk sdventuGeEs having been
turned away from Dwight on making Sppli-
cation for positions.
It Is reasonable TO conclude then that
many Of these deaths have occurred through
the use Of dangerous drugs, tho symptoms
in many cases indicating the use OF such
drugs as stryChnine, arsenic and atropinO,
which are just as safe and harmless in the
hands Of careless and uneduCsted doctor
% as loaded Calling gun in Che hand OF q
gibbering idiOt in q Fourth Of July crowd.
Il is very natural that they should use suoh
drugs, as most Of the formulas published in
the columns of the newspapers during the
past year, each puFporting 20 be the correct
analysis Of DR.. Keeley's remedy (no two,
however, being the same), have contained
stryOhnine, atropine, etc., and the imitasoES
probably lacking the ability 10 formulate q
remedy Of their own, have evidently, In
nearly all cases, used some Of these.
OF course large number have claimed 10
have discovered the Kelley formula, and
that analysis has been attempted by COM
petent physicians is not At all improbable,
il being generally known that there is q
comfortable fortune In store for the man
who makes the correct analysis, or even
formulates a remedy Of che same efiCacieuS
character; a fortune wOrthy'o the efforts Of
chemists or physicians Of the highest attain
ments.
Is is a notable fact, however, that no
chemist or physician of any great reputa-
ton has ever made any such claim. The
men who have had the SudaCity TO boldly
assert TO the public that they had stolen a
small amount Of the Kssley remedy and
analyzed it, have invariably been men Of no
scientific knowledge, and who know as
much about chemistry as q hog does about
cooking. will admit the possibility Of
some thoroughly scientific physician dis
covering q remedy for alcoholism as efica-
Oious probably aS DR.. Keeley'S, but il will
take scientific man. Il 10 q fact that all
those who have 80 far presented themselves
with so-called cures have been men Of little
or no scientific reputation, and have in the
past hardly borne a local reputation a
physicians. They are usually shrewd busi-
ness fakirs whose leading qualifications are
audaCiouS business ideas and the slick talk
Of the lightning rod peddler.
Were these fakirs efreCting permanent
cures, and thereby saving even fair pro-
portion Of their victims from lives Of dis
sipatiOn, we might excuse an occasional
death, but the facts a. presented 10 as daily
by the press Of the state and By reliable in
formation received from other sources, are
that very few appear TO have enjoyed amy
real beneficial results Of treatment taken at
these places. Where located In towns Of
moderate size they have enjoyed the sup
port Of the community for q tune on 90
count Of being new public enterprise |
which IL 10 thought win benefit the town. |
At the end Of three or four months the falir |
has treated the majority Of the inebriates Of l
the town. Sufficient time has elapsed for
his drugs to have been eliminated from the
systems Of the FIRST patients, and they begin
TO realize the same old craving for Stimu-
lGnts which has been the cause Of all their
trouble. Mr.. Fakir quietly folds his tent
and moves to grOener fields, and it has al
most invariably been the case chat within
six months Of time Of graduation his pa
sientS have experienced return Of their old
trouble and find themselves still OnsIGved
to the same tyrannioal master, and turn up
At the end Of disgTaceful debauCh, sore,