The herald., 1894-04-11
He Talked on Results of Kelley
Treatment.
A Banquet In His Honor at the
Westminster.
A Great Gathering OF the Lsagus OF
California, and Fine Show.ng
Made for ths KOelsy
Trsa.m

Shakespeare, in trying to describe it, ex.
claims: HOh, thou invisible spirit of wine. l.
thou has; no name TO be known by let US call
thee devil" And the Bible SAYS; "who hatf
zoe; who hath sorrow; who hath conten tions;
/ who hath bab5ling; who hath wounds without
cause; who hath redness of the eyes; they
! who tarry long at the wine. And at last il
biteth like a serpent and stingeth like an ad
| der"
We meet tonight to celebrate the discovery
specific which can exercise this Satan
and an antidote that can cure this s.rpents
bite, and heal the poison sting of the alcoholic
adder
The importance of this new discovery in
medical science c mot be exaggerated. Alco-
holism is the giant evil OF our age and
country. 1t is the parent OF nearly all the
poverty and most OF the crime which aifliets
civilized mankind. 1t kills moro men an
nually than the dreadful disease, consump-
ton, and its moral effects are infinitely worse
for it spreads disgrace and misery all around
It, clothing the wife and children In rags
housing them in novels and feeding them on
crumbs hardly it for dogs The family has a
taint upon it, while the inebriate parent lives,
and the taint adheres after he is dead Alco-
holism is responsible for m st of the murders
and suicides. 1t peoples the bridewells, jails
and penitentiaries and competes success
fully In evil with innate depr0vlty
There was squandered in tn country during
the past year, 81 200, 90, o0) on drink; sum
larger than wha. was expended for bread and
meat Of the whole American population: q
sum which is greater than ell the cost of the
federal, state and city governments including
what's paid for public and private education.
You give this banquetin in my honor, because
you ascribe to me some of the credit OF having
helped to make known the fact that an anti
dote had been found to cure dips ,mania, re-
sulting from the drink habit" and heartily
thank you, one and all, for this testimonial of
your hattering appreciation.
But Mr. Chairman the great honor and glory
belongs to a scientific physician OF Illinois,
Dr. Leslie E. Keeley, who by pro.olnd indue-
tive thinking, reasoned out the nature of dip
somania and then set aboat searching for
cure and aally found it.
By studying the effects of alcohol on the
blood, brain and nerve centerS, he arrived at
the conclusion that it was poison in the d e.
gree that it wa imb!bed into the system and
that its presence in the tissues and nerve cen
ters causes disease OF the body, and q MANIA
or form OF insanity, of the mind
He observed that what began as an exhiler-
ating and eonyiyal excitement became fixed
habit, and thence detcriorated into fearful
diseas utterly incurabe by mere will power
or pledges given to friends By the victims, be.
cause the viii itself has become weak as water
and could nor live up to its pledges, but was
overpowered and swept away by thirst for
alcohol.
Having progressed thus far in his investiga-
tions, DIR. Keeley arrived at the conclusion
that an antIdote existed in matcria me ilca
and that it must be found. lie resolutey ct
himself searching for it, He Fl st aseertaind
that douole-chloride OF gold ami sodium were
IN dDfo TO- ,f- IA l..
showed him tina, they were liable to bs danger
Gus, an then he sought long and an xiously
for an elimtnant or corrective TO render them
innocuous and finally found it. And this is
the main secret tina. crowns DR.. Keeley's reme-
dies with such marvellous success. All the
"fakirs" and imitators have faile to discover
It, hence their alleged "eures' are failures and
baneful.
Thus after years Of patient experimentation
his efforts were finally crowned by the re-
nowned discovery OF medicine that cured the
mania for alcohol, restored Wall power 10 its
normal state, destroyed the longing forliquor;
and, in short. completely cured the disease
caused by drink
Whether DR.. Keeley in his life time ever re-
veals his formula to the medical profession, is
not matter of any consequence TO the victims
of alcoholism so long as his remedy relieves
them of their enthrallment. He is establish
ing numerous branch institutes for conven-
ience OF access where they can graduate" into
sobriety and normal heal without going far
from home.
he great and vital fact is now established
and made known that II victim OF alcoholism
need die drunkard. There are more than a
hundred thousand living witnesses OF that
truth who were diseased in tissue and brain
but after taking the "gold cure" have been re.
stored to tl 'ir right minds, to good health, to
their families, friends and society.
notwithstanding all this multitude of wit
nesses and all the facts and explanations mads
known, it is exceedingly hard to convince
many people that Il specific for dr. .nkcnness
has actually bean discovered. One reason for
this unbelief is, that they regard inebriaton
as a mere habit, vicious indulgence which
the drunkard can overcome b. exercising his
will power. 1t seems a most impossible to get
it drilled into their heads that a dipsomaniac
has no viii power; that he is diseased and sick
and weaker than a rope of sand. They persist
in asserting that solemn pledges made by in
valid reso ution, assisted by rronibitory laws,
enforced by drinking policemen, and church
influences outside of which the drlnker ex-
lists, rid the victim of his irresistible thirst
and if these means and these agencies fail, and
a mans case is hopeless, there remains no re-
lief save that fiund in the grave They go on
working in the old hopeless way to cure dipso-
mania by moral suasIon; but might as well at
tempt to cure diphtheria or pneu mOnia by it,
In fact, some persons are SO blinded by
prejudice and Ignorance, or fanatical folly,
thai they imagine that it is impious to inter
fere with the purposes and methods of Divine
Providence, a. DR.. Keeley dos with his
double chloride OF gold" and they don't
want TO SEQ drunkards rescued and reformed
that way. prefe-ring to have them lost Both
these classes of persons refuse to do anything
towards having inebriates cured OF their dis.
case; or to aid or encourage them to try the
remedy, or to assist them In obtaining en-
ployment after they return home emancipated
from their enslavement
Such people should read and inwardly
digest the parable of the Good Samaritan. In
this connection let me add here that the
spirit OF jealousy and hostility manifested by
Prohibitionlsts towards the Kceley treatment
springs from the unreilectcd feeling that it
may in some way interfere with their political
plan OF dealing with intemperance. But these
narrow-minded persons are totally mistaken
There is no conflict in their respective meth
DDS. Or. Keeley begins his work where theirs
leaves off. They seek 10 prevent people from
acquiring O taste for liquor. lie cuies that
appetite after it has become disease. They
try to prohibit men from drinking; he re-
claims them to sobriety, after they are drunk
ards which they cannot do. Their scheme is
preventive; his Is curative. They endeavor to
keep sheep from going astray; he finds the
sheep that are lost and returns them to the
flock and all good men should rejoice at their
salvation.
Dr. Kceley's sphere of action is not antago-
nistic to that of the Prohibitionist, but sup
Elementary or auxiliary thereto, and tn ere