The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-27
FORMING A TASTE
INGENUITY CONSTANTLY At WORK
TO DEVISE NEW DRUGS.
tnp,cept Means Through Which People
Acous.s the I-abit of Using Narcotics,
The Pro.xSs of "Braeing- Should BE
Called Poisoning. says Dr. spcrry.


DR.. LYMAN n. Spcrry makes comfort
able living by giving popular Lectures On
The subject OF narcotics. For more tran
90 wears he has BEEN studying the p-u9eE-
ties Of such drugs and their ELECTS. he
began his work when the Minnesota state
board OF education decided 70 provide IN
struction on the evil effects of strong
drink. ard he was sent e. coach the teach
Brs and V-vparc the textbooks. ASl'."
from the moral aspect q the sunlect hs
found that both teachers and pupils vera
Interested IL the forms IN which various
drugs were prepared and the DEGREES AID
differences In effect. In this way he whs
led 10 give YJ.biic lectures upon ,ho SUP
iect.
SMILE discussing the subject IN a ren-
pral wa - SperTy told n reporter that
corps Of experts could not follow the ~
pidiry with which narcotics were put CrCn
the market in novel anu Ingenious forms
We seem - 10 living "a on age Ee
said. when drunkenness S.S- become a
national disease and Is pagalyx tGo eucr-
ries OF our people. I mean to-1"ots 'he
term drunkenness 80 rs "a include tse
ppium and choral habits and the noWer
and more fashionable habit uf using th;
at drug stores under the names 81 py-iuc~
and fetrinos. calisayas. etc. wou,d placo
tho cigarette habit among the nlosi hariH.
ful, because IL certainly leads o mental
exhaustion and thence % the US u mocs
powerful narcotics.
According To DR.. Sperry, tho cunning
of man seems 10 have bccn turned q lafe
toward she preparation OF Opium Ia !n 7ie-
ions forms. When "A student az a medical
college he made speciality OF chemistry,
and he now employs his SpaTu tilu, ia am
alyzing new headache powders ccIrh mix
turcs, cigarettes patent medicines a-d
candies. lust ~ see, " he explains. how
the devil is keeping up with the times. ~
IL was Charles Lamb who said, d" II rlaSs
Of ardent spirits stood before me, and
| know that eternal misery wcrc the price 81
! drinking IL. | could not let Il alone.
I Nowadays the art Of Disgusting the spirits
/ has progressed so that - person may get
the effects and incidentally the misery
later without knowing exactly what -
happening
No two individuals are Influenced In
I precisely the same manner and u precise
ly the same dcyrcec by any one of the nar-
coticS. and no two IF the narcotics pro
/ duCc precisely the same effect on any ono
| individual The ingenuity Of man -
| therefore very busy dcviSing the form ot
narcotic that viii produce the most d'sir-
/ able effect. An amount OF opium-Sny
two guius-which produces In one person
profound Inconsistencies, closely roun-
( tcrfoiunc sleep. may render another Per
! son eNcita,liy yvakeful. while a third NAV
not b. noticeably influenced by ~ In auy
; way DR. SpCrry claims that physicians
3 an Frr..
WAYS for the spread OF the use Of narcotics.
In the first place, they start the morphine
or liquor habit by prescribing anodynes
/ containing the drugfor insomnia and nerv-
business. In the second place. they have in
| PRODUCED persons directly TO narcotism hv
utterly mistaking the composition end
| effects Of new drug said TO DC harmless
- few years ago said DR. Sperry.
"the best physicians - our country ware
In an ecstasy Of delight over The discovery
/ of chlural At last they thought thrt lad
! found a drug that would suothc irg.'atsd
| nerves and leave no unpleasant effects
something that would stimulate The usrV
US system without deranging any II Size
organs OF the body The discovery had
been known but very short time tcf1ss
choral was commonly prescribed by ply
sic.nns all over the country. There was
a terrible awakening when 10 was discov-
cred that the chlorul habit followed close
upon the physicians prescription
Il do not think the habit - quite -
| common a. r. WIS. because chloral fends
soon take TO opium to secure a more per
/ feet dCadening Of the nerves. The physi-
| clans who Endorsed its use a. method 20
I allaying pain were nevertheless rr~pousi-
/ bic for the results. Aft6rxard came tho
/ discovery 81 cocaine, and again IL was
thought that tho ideal drug had been
found for certain purposes. In precisely
( the same way tho cocaine habit followed
| The difference j. that tile cocaine makes
It's victims insane instead % producing
/ the long years of lingering suffering from
] the use Of opium
Now we have physicians prescribing
new sedaiiye powders which are introdsc+
/ ei almost weekly. IL II said that thcss
Z drugs leave no bad effects. / have found
that IN most instances the effects are not
observable FOR some time. a person with
"a bad n adache or troubled with Insomnia
may take one % the many powders that
. 90 under the name - pyrincs, &C. ard
/ experience very grateful relief The pains
disappear a long and refreshing sleep fol
lows, and tho person is rrady for solid
work. The same remedy, which can 10
[ purchased az all drug stores without -
physician prescription. is used again and
again when tho nerves are % De quigtcd-
There can D. but one end. and that Be- q
complete SCATTERING 81 the nervous sJs-
tcHl. which leaves an easy route to tic
opium and morphine habita
I'll ne advertisements IN street car.
nayvsf,ar.er- and druggists windows would
{ indicate that there j. an epidemic - men
tal and nervous exhaustion among tbs
American people. The cagag j. NJ over
WORK. "a the sdEeTf iseulcBts saT, b1t tas
/ carrIeSsnees snd Ignorance - cur people
in using alleged remedies which aggravat,
the trouble and cause a geSsrrai tTeaklsg
down. II u were possible % haze a law
requiring a. analysis - al thee nerviues
% Re printed On tbs labels, there would
b. less TAX about tie dis.psition of fss
people o. this country u work tkeDselses
iHto Early graves.
The pr0c~sz Known as braeinE' shouid
be called po.s5ulnR. People u inteili-
( gencs End srH re- PCT seldom intentioual-
y take enough - naso0tle - rutssier
themselves .nospa5ls q rational, volun-
ta-y ae;lQu but 80 dsiDdlnE AID ~ de-
strzctirs &c tt.e pgEer Q: sz.lf coatrol 10
the inGsrnea q nsFu1fics, 80 easily fs The
/ reasau drthfsuct ard rs VII parasyz~d
- theFa t8st f1r soE1s j,ersQns - taEs
sTsr . small eEaDtity - n stlraulsuf os
nerve braoer' mans 70 ountlnnn tAk ~.
tie uar-sf8c until ste stAy~ q draazsa
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