New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-11-13
CURING DRUNKARDS.
MR. STEADS REPORT OF THE RESULT OF
HIS EXPERIMENTS.
SEVEN GIN-sODDEN WRECKS TRANSFORMED INTO
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w T. Stead. in The London Chronicle.
Some two months ago you were good enough
half dozen drrnkards. upon whom / Wished to
test the efficacy of new remedy for dpsomania.
world to an. extent which showed the widespread
interest excited by a proposal to subject TO an
to our social web being. For some days l. was
inundated with offers Of typical cases, and the
parts of the three Kingdoms bore eloquent testi-
n ony to the widespread misery which intemperance
homes.
Out of these cases selection was made of
ity and Of persistent hard drinking, would stand
sional gentleman was taken near the British
Museum, and there the sample drunkards were
The treatment commenced on September II. The
experimental month expired on October r. Our
of the women were either married widows;
one Vas spinser OF the men, two were com
naval officer; One of them came TO us guaranteed
ymn of the known to the Church
walton Army; while the others We're lace aocompanied
BY esgby certificates their
was placed In charge, and competent assistants
at 're the Sernnn who saw to it that the remedy
in Ur s OF three hours both night and day.
excepting hat it is so the neh as
a aants ac,s as very powerful tonic After the
i
visited the place and interviewed each separately A
marvellous change had already been effected. but
had the final report Of the " medical men
upon the result Of the treatment. That report
lose no time in stating the result of the expert
ment.
That, result has been an almost unqualified sue
cess, the only exception being one woman who. it
Is believed did not conform to the regulations laid
uown. VI course IT Is as yet too early to say
shSns as to the lasting effects of the al
Treated
since and are still standing. I do not think there
manent as It is certainly drastic: IT, indeed it
might not almost be described as miraculous.
wrecks, drenched with whiskey or 'soddened with
GIN and in some, cases with an additional craving
month 80 completely weaned from ali desire for
ale d that they may be trusted to go through
ing the slightest inclination their pota-
drink been killed in their sysem but In m pa iSr
has been developed ar absolute hatred and loath-
patents wsked down the MD mdde Of
the street rather than use the footpath which led
One habtual topper, after having been under
0 TN, 1T f9 br Less than week was allowed to
found himself entering the door of familiar tap
'ns he ensheS s S open h of c
denly denly recalled to sense OF where he was and
of the b %n He OF he pp IN
his mouth, but he could not Graw another Whit
SO o sudden den and so intense was the nausea that
This is only one of many similar cases A positive
nausea. approaching sometimes to violent sick
ness. is produced by the smell OF the drink one
of the patients solemny assured me that he
felt inclined to reich whenever he saw the word
drink or heard the word bar, but ! did not put
him to an experimental text. so that statement
must pass for what IL was worth. Questioning the
patients closely they all told me the same story
namely, that they had been drinking hard before
they came in. One Of them arrived in a state
of delrium tremcns thinking that the cab was full
of snakes. Another had been sleeping out Of doors
in the London streets for two days before he
found shelter in the institution, and he had al
most to be parboiled before he clean enough
to be taken in.
When the Treatment. begins they all experience
a certain degree of discomfort, which varies some
times from acute headache to feverish ague For
a couple Of days they about as miserable as
they be, but the third day the headache
leaves Them the sickness disappears and they be-
gin to develop an appetite Before they have been
under treatment week they can be allowed to go !
out freely without any danger Of their breaking
loose resuming the habits which had made them !
such wreck Of their lives. The craving for drink
so far as can be seen from the close observation
Of the cases under treatment. is absolutely dead.
and. far be seen at present, those who |
have conducted the experiment more than
satisfied with the result
The remedy which has wrought such wonders |
s. / believe a connection of South American
origin. The secret Of its manufacture remains with
)ne man, who refuses TO dvulge IT,