St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1893-07-20
TIE HOUSTON CURE.

IHE HOOOiON CChT'
The treatment for those taking the
Houston cure for drunkenness, opium
and morphine will be administered
in DR.. W. j. Adrichs office. Drs.
Allen and Aldrich are the medical
directors of the company, and A. B.
Noyes is manager. AS so many are
ENDURING about the Houston system
our readers will be interested to
know what that system is.
In the Houston system Of cure for
alcoholism no pretensions are made
to any supernatural assistance, al
though the results of the treatment
bear the stamp of the marvellous.
The system is purely scientific, and
the change is wholly physical with
nothing whatever to do with the
condition Of the patients mind. In
other words, whether the patient be-
lieves or not that MS appetite is to
be destroyed the effect is the same.
He finds himselfsurprised that he has
no longer relish for that which has
thousands of times furnished the on
ly relief for an unbearable craving.
The destruction of the appetite for
Intoxicating liquor is accomplished
by the action of antidotes on the
diseased system, antagonizing the
effects of alcohol, renewing the waste
and restoring to their normal condi-
ton the organs that had been injured
and diseased by the use of alcohol,
and continued to demand for graft
fication that which has caused the
destruction. 1t almost seems like
paradox that alcoholism calls for and
demands the same substance for its
era titication that causes the craving
and demand. But such is the fact,
and the Houston system treatment
removes the condition that causes
the demand to be made. While the
method of preparing the remedies is
still secret that belongs to the dis
coverer, there is no secret about the
form of treatment.
In order to cure a disease there
must be disease to be cured. There
is no better evidence that drunken
ness is a disease than the fact that
it can be cured, and cured by medical
treatment. The principal antagon-
izing force is produced by hypoder-
mic injection in the arm of small
quantity of liquid that at once
enters into the circulation of the
blood, and finds its way into every
department of the system, restoring
the waste made by alcohol, and
counteracting its effects. Imme
diately after this operation the
patient is given an invigorating
tonic, prepared for the purpose of re-
enforcing the wasted tissue and as
sisting nature in the restoration of
lost force.
Many people inquire if this treat
ment hypodermically is painful. Be
yond a slight singing sensation
such as would be produced by the
prick of needle, the patient suffers
no pain. In some systems there is a
light soreness after repeated opera
tons, but cases of either incon-
venience or suffering are rare.
The most searching investigation
fails to reveal a single instance
where the least degree of i'll effect has
been traced to the treatment under
the Houston system. Every case
indicates the opposite. In most
cases five distinct benefits come to
the patient who is physically in a
low condition when treatment is
begun, as many of them are. First,
the appetite for liquor will be de-
stroyed there will be an increased
appetite for TODD; the sense of hear
ing improved; the eyesight keener,
and refreshing sleep will take the
place of restless nights. These i'm
provements come from a general
toning up of the system, result
of the change from waste to supply,
greatly aided by the invigorating
tonic which begins it's mission of
restoring strength to wasted parts,
while the antidote is battling with
the alcoholic demands. This ac-
counts for the rapid progress made
in health of the thousands who have
| taken the treatment.