The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-18
IRON A CATHOLIC DIVINE.
TIE Latest Phase Of the Drink 0uestto
-Suggessiou 10 C.. T. 4. Societies.

TIE leading monthly OF the Roman Cath
o,ic church. published IN New York city.
hns the following article. which il finely
illustrated. The author has evidently
given great deal of time to the investiga-
tEon Of the Kelley treatment, and his con.
c.usions will have great weight. The ar
tcie, which is too lengthy for reproduc-
ton in toto, concludes as follows:
THE KELLEY CURE COURTS INQUIRY.
III has been said that surprises await the
sseptic or the doubter who looks into tho
keeley cure: and it may b. added that il
tie investigation be honest and thorough.
al incredulily as TO the validity Of the
claims made for the remedy is sure to be
d:speilcd. The experience of one investi-
gator may, in this connection, prove IN.
tsresting. Although DR.. Kelley has been
treating inebriates for some fourteen or
Little Of him or his cure until about two
years ago. In the latter part OF $50 vague
rimors Of marvcis that were being
wrought by . country doctor in the little
village OF Dwight began to spread in Chi
c.go. and Mr.. Joseph Medili, editor OF the
Chicago Tribune, became interested in the
matter. Reporters were sent to the viii
tents and his graduates" were inter-
viewed, and the Tribune gave publicity TO
tne facts ascertained. Then ensued some
direct correspondence between the Chi.
csgo editor and the Dwight physician.
We QUOTE Mr. MEDILL.
:"He (Dr. Kelley proposed that in the
ittercst Of medical science and fallen, de-
based man, I should send him FIVE or
more Of the worst drinkers and opium eat
ers that ! could procure. and II he did not
rid them OF their overmastering appe-
tie for alcohol and opium he would per
ss,naliy pay all their expenses at Dwight,
charge nothing for his own services. and
Y.ubiicly admit that his remedy was .
failure: but that If he cured them. as he
claimed he could. and l myself was to be
the judge that they were ::cufed. then l
saould pay the cost Of the cures"
Considering this proposition IN emf
ed it.
II lost no time In hunting up five of the
worst and most confirmed and irreclaima-
Ele drunkards to be found in Chicago who
Gould be induced to make the pilgrimage
- Dwight. They were oil past middle
life and had been hard drinkers for many
years, and some OF them had had more
than one experience with delirium ire
Inens. After each had been . month at
dwight he was discharged cured and sent
Eack to me clothed in his right mind; the
Hankering tor liquor completely oblit-
GRATED: the blotches and rum-blossoms
were gone; the red, watery eyes had be-
come bright. and the physical health Of
sil seemed completely restored. The
poison had been expelled from their sys-
TENS. and they looked as if a mirale had
Teen performed on each one"
Mr.. Medill was conviced, and the
Tribune editorialiy Endorsed the Kelley
gold cure. The Pittsburg Commercial
s;a-ettc and the Chicago Herald also in
TAD q uv,I bon al ,.f
its efficacy. The confidence inspired by
the countenance Of these important
journals. whose standing precluded the
.iea that they were merely the hireling
advertisers of q quack medicine. gave an
smpetus TO the movement OF drunkards
towards Dwight that soon ncccssitated
ihe establishment of branch institutes in
81 fferent parts Of the country.
ITS WONDERFUL SUCCESS.
OF these branches there are at present
I'm the United States more than 100; and
shipments Of the Kelley Remedy have
been made to England ana Scotland.
GRANGE. Germany, Canada. China. Japan
and Australia. To the Double Chloride
pf Gold cure, in a word. may now be ap-
oiled the dietum Of distin guished
American: 1t is a condition which con-
| Fronts us--not theory"
/ d. OF the pathology of drunkenness as .
| disease. and of the question Of medical
! ethics involved in DR.. keeley's refusal to
| make his formula public. we have little or
| nothing TO say. Ample information con-
| icerning the former may be obtained by
/ forwarding a postal card to the Kelley
/ Nompany. Dwight. III. while tho latter
| subject is one which may safely be
left TO polemicai physicians. and.
;non-protessional public 10 supremely in
different. The one important question
concerning the keeley treatment is: Does
III cure the drum kard? The statement Of
its author tina; i; does. In ninety-tve cases
out of hundred, is corroborsted by fully
ioc.ooo men who say: Each of US has
been q drunkard. and the Kelley cure has
saved us" Some Of these thousands un-
derwent the treatw ent three, four and five
| years ago: and i; has yet 10 be shown tn At
| more than per cent. of those treated re.
lapse into the drinking habit The United
States government. about . year ago. EN-.
.phaslsed its Endorsement Of the cure hv
bordering that the keeIey remedies should
:be introduced into the seven national aud
Rand twents-one state homes for disabled!
lssoldieTs aud sailors
In view Of these facts, We respectfully
! submit that II hehooves eur Catholic rotai
/ Abstinence Societies, IS bodies thoroughly
in eatnes: in the practically phiIanthropic
/ work of retaining the inebr.ate, 20 recoc.
niEe this latest phase OF the drink ques
l.tlon. If an unrrej uoic~d investigation
! convince them thar the Kelley cure effects
a tithe OF the good claimed for il. IL il
!: theIr duty 10 give IL their sanction and CO
operation. Face 20 face with the besoitei
/. trgnkard, let them IN the first instance
/ counsel, and If need he facilitate his tire a..
j ment ~ - keciey institute and when: ia.
/: physical craving for alcohol has been de
Is siroyrd. the liberated slave Will readily en-
|. roll himself a. an active and energetic
!; s0'i ieg n their ranks
! A. II. o'NxftL, {. : {.
/; /, would seem ths; there could be nj
Elonger any doubt in the public mind as Il
/. the efficacy Of the heeiey cure in view O.
the vas, array of Inducements il has re
ceived from tie press, the church
the medical profession. and the lead n .
men n every ~sl& in lille ia both th..
:coGatry sa3 Egrops. Nay, the govern,
t. rnen; ltss-t Endorses IL The nan a.itSte;
70 the excessive use Of drink las no Ionre,
sny excuse 80 compromise sith this terri
bic affection On the ground that he don :,
) knos y neither tie keeley treatment; vii
/ save him or no;. IL he iries 10 pos, him
self At sil he must knouil II he cor.
tinGes = victim Of drink With this knosi
/ sts~ he don's waas TO 10 saved. That i,
L ths only rational coaciusion we can GENE
80. Neither should there be auy sroubl,
cY excuse any longer for any one rot tnd
ing she re the caly genuine keesey treat,
meat can Re had IN this state. Tor We have
| published time and sgain that there arr
ba, two keclsy institutes IA wasa.n gten
|. ene as sa Columbia street. Seattle. AM
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