Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-12-21
ON CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM.
REMEDIES OF OVER ONE HUN
DRED YEARS AGO.
The Keeley Cure IL Not in Il with
somelof the Medicines Used
In OIden Times.

wisdom and propriety of drink
were matters of discussion 100
years ego. An old New York
resident while curiously ransack-
ing a time-stained ancestral trunk
last week exhumed a queer little
book which bore the publication
date of 1895. Authorship was
credited to Thomas Hubbard, and
the contents were devoted to "val-
liable secrets and approved direc-
tions from the bes. artists relative
t. wine"
1t was with chuckle that he
observed that tie book was care.
fully concealed under several
theological volumes, for he re.
membered that tradition recited
that his venerable ancestor. al
though man of religious con-
victions, was not averse to accu-
mulatjng that which in later days
came to be known as Jag"
He busted the book and carri ed
it to his club, where its secrets"
were revealed to follow-members.
1t is related that copious memo
randa were made, with a view to
future utilization. Here are a
few of the books suggestions, in
the hope that they may prove OF
value to the descendants Of those
who took advantage of them in the
days when reform" Police Com
mssiOners were unknown.
ITO cure those who are too
much addicted to drink wine, put
in sufficient quantity of wine
three or four eeIs, which leave
there till quite dead. Give that
wine to drink to the person you
want to reform, and he or she will
be so much disgusted of wine that
though they formerly made much
use of it, they will now have an
aversion to it.
Another method, no less GER
tain: Cut in the spring a branch
of vine, in the time when the sap
ascends most strongly, aud re-
ceive in a cup the liquor which
runs from that branch. If you
mix some of that liquor with wine
and give it to a man already
drunk, he will never relish wine
afterward.
"To prevent one from getting
intoxicated with drinking, take
white cabbages and four pome-
grsnates' juices-two ounces Of
each with one of vinegar. Boil
all together for some time, to the
consistence of a syrup. Take one
ounce of this before you are 60
ing to drink, and drink afterward
as much and as long as you
please.
"Anothtr way-Eat five or six
bitter almonds. fasting. This will
have the same effect.
another way-lt is affirmed
that il you eat mutton or goats
lungs roasted, cabbage or worm
wood, it will absolutely prevent
the bad effects which result from
the excess of drinking.
"A method of making people
drunk, without endangering their
health-lnfuse some aloewood in
a glass of wine and give it to
drink. The person who drinks it
will soon give signs Of intoxica-
ton.
Another way-Boil In water
some mandrake bark to a perfect
redness of the water in which it is
boiling. OF that liquor, if you
put in the wine, whoever drinks
it will soon be drunk.
ITO recover person from in
toxicat!on-Make such a person
drink glass of vinegar, or some
cabbage juice, otherwise give him
honey. You may likewise meet
with success by givingthe patient
a glass of wine quite warm to
drink, or dish of strong coffee,
without milk or sugar, adding to
it n large tesspoonful of salt.
"To prevent the breath from
smelling of wine-Chew a root OF
iris trogIotida, and no one can
discover by your breath whether
you have been drinking or not"
New York Herald.