The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-29

rapidly. and the drunkenness passes on
| quickly. Its frequent cause Of Insanity ny
| Irish asyinms.
We are fortunately spared the ravaRes OF the|
Indian hemp habit In this country. Tor 1t 10 onel
| of the greatest raretics here. whereas In eome
| OF the Oriental countries 1t is very common.
For instance. in Egyrt. although It's growth
and i'm portation are prescribed by tho Governs
ment, hashoesh joints abound In Alexandria,
| Cairo and other places. ~ do opium Joints inl
New York. Tho writer visited some OF themj
| in Cairo not long ago. AID also inspected the|
| insane asylum at Cairo. among whose Z4S
| inmates wore % whose Insanity was duo toI
overinduGcnco in hashccsh.
| Cocaine inebriety is one OF the new forma1
| OF habit dating from tho recent intro
duction OF this important drug into the
pharmacopnin. It Is in daily use forI
tho relief OF pain. and especially for thel
production OF local anTsthesia for surgical
purposes. and usually tho acquisition OF the
hubit arises from this source. Bcnencent as
the drug Is to mankind. IL can. like opiumIv
produce cndoss misery to ono 80 unfortunatel
us to beco me its victim. The relief 1t gives toI
paln, tho scnse OF eXhilaration. content, and<
pleasure aroused In the subject on first taking
It. leads to subsequent resort to 1t for the oare1
and SORROWS OF every day lifo. and ere long he
becomes ltS lHTUll IL nus tetH Ncl toi ihou
seductive. bewtching. fascinating intoxicant-
but II is rs dangerous as 1t Is attractive. 1t ia
moro speedy than opium in tho ruin that III
brings to its slave and this ruin Is insanity or
death. The cocaine habit would seem to Boz
moro prevalent In this country thnn elsewhere
at any rate more cases have been reported
hero than in foreign lands. Generally the
drug is takcn simultaneously. and its effects
arc SO anescent that the injections are ire.
ranputpI tnFribl9AM
swiitness with which bodily anil mental do
siruction como upon its prey, 1t quickly de-
for days without food. brSathine is is iptertssSSsd
with. The pulse is Increased in rapidity This
becomes pesuiarly restless: %SsoIHtely sIsep:
and decisions play havoc with the brain.
He Is in a vortex Of horrors; tortured ny nelu.
pn Ts by Voices neessanty taIsins ~
him. and by strangely frighttnl sensatGns i'll
hi SKIP from He s sHsnas
those who prosecute him. or from wish toy
escape from friends who try to control him.
nouneed. In other iSrms Of iSeSriety The vls-
tim usually knows tho cause Of AZ lis symp,
cocaine habltu6 it is different. lie absolut"iy
refuses TO recognize his symptoms as having
ANYTHING to do with cocaine. even though he
mny nckn o, taking the drug; Recovery
so intense. In the reports Of cases OF this
habit in medical journals it Is surprising TO
note how many of them are physicians.
OTHER NEW FORMS or INEBRIETY.
With the d lscovery and introduction OF new
narcotics aud nnodYnes from month to month,
II is not surprising that novel forms OF habit
should arise Some OF these are easily hrok en-,
and others, again. hold the victim fast in their
best hypnotics. has quito onstod choral AS @
drug to induce sleep. and an occasional
su phonal hahitue Is met with. but its par
alyzi ng effects on the body after longI
continuance and the absence OF any
particular charm in. It's effects permtsil
in which the patient is hold. Fnradohyde&f
u somewhat older drug. and one often emil N
rloyed as a sopOritc. sometimes develops al
habit. 1t is dlsagreeablo drug to take. fast
Ing. II ANYTHING. worse than ether, and leayinS
often a difficult habit to check. but It may he
said of 1t hat 1t does not carry SO much havocy
in It's train as Rome other vices. and someQ
patients seem to fatton in an astonishing man Il
ncr upon it. There are other drugs that arc
promo to develop morbid cravings for repeated05
doses when ia ken and doubtless as now onesM
nre discovered and brought into general use nYt
medicine. new and curious forms OF inebrietyV
will arise The inebriety fanatics as thosei
may be termed who look uponN
inebricty as always under all circum-U
stances n disease enumerate in their pubica-I
tons on tho subject forms OF nebriety due toN
rum. chlorodyno and cider. and some thereNi
are who fain would add tea. coffee. and tobaccoY
TO his catalogue OF dreadful intoSicants: butt
most would probably discrim mate rather cared
nllv between the vice which Is easily hrokenH
,n id ths irtHetstibe craving that must be sst
moral degradation. or actual loss OF mind. M