The herald., 1896-07-26
SPECIAL NOTICES
CURING CURES DRUNKENNESS!
CURING CURES MORPHINE HABIT!
CURING CURES TOBACCO HABIT!


Drunkards are cursed with a craving,
gnawing appetite for alcoholic drink,
which appetite they cannot control or
satisfy. This morbid appetite frequently
has an inherited predisposition as con
stitutional cause, ana win sucn tiie
hereditary vice is easily aroused 70 ofi,,r afuiN
ity and becomes an irresistible controiihs
influence.
1t is not civilized mans natural dis,
make life happy in order to satisfy his
desire for drink. Such, however, is the
case with dipsomanacs. Inc ,PF;ya Perl1u,tHhS, nathl
drunkard presents no such posltlye Pa.ni-
ological changes, as he INDUCES put SCI
dom. and allows the system time 10 re-
cover by eliminating the poison peiore /.
has time to cause tissue injuries.
Although such men sometimes go TO
terrible excesses, in some instances pro-
longing the debauch for several weeks,
they either have a great appetite ana con-
sumo much food, or else they oepeho
entirely on the liquor for allment'
When quantities of food are ingesteo
it exercises u protecting influence, Keep
ing the gastric functions busy, neutrallz-
ing to a large extent the poisonous eHect
of the liquor, and therefore tending 70
equalize the circulation. When the ueslLe
for food is completely suppressed py tne
LIQUOR. the system is left unprotected TO
the mercy of the alcohol and the nervous
organs receive the full eitects OF 'he
stimulant.
Many persons in the prime OF life per-
suade themselves that moderate M t e,7'ntv uST ~
stomach. will cause no detrimentai re.
suits. as they experience no imlnedlale
disagreeable symptoms. Many VIII even
claim that their systems demand the
stimulus and that marked benefits foiiow
its use.
No more fallacious or deceptive idea
can be entertained by a healthy man
The system, it is true, becomes habitu-
tod 10 hn nh q does
cotic posons-opium. hashlsh chloral or
tobacco; but let such persons dlscontlnue
It's use Tor any reaS1n fh loss au of i9 appetite
fever, pains or palpitation, with perhaps
constipation and nervous irritapllity anu
loss of flesh.
The system has in such cases from
long abuse become changed and demands
its regular poison to sustain the apnor-
NAL standard created by the liquor. with
hope and all the finer emotions and sensi-
bies crushed the HIetms IN or he taaps
and shame to all connected with tner;
No higher mission comes to the meolSai
man-no greater credit can attach 10 ms
skill-than to find a treatment that can
stay this torrent OF misery that flows SO
relentlessly over its bed OF human
hearts"
Even more than alcohol, the opium
habit holds its thousands Of victims IN
tion of the hypodermic syringe the per,
nicious juice of the poppy has DESTROYED
myriads of human bodies and minds
among the fairest and brightest women
and most intellectual of men. The medi-
cal profession, with occasional excep-
tions. are too apathetic with respect to
this haunting vice.
They are too often open, to greater
charge than apathy-they have been IN
strumental in teaching thousands the
way to the worse (because truerl inferno
than that over which the great italian
poet inscribed the terrible warning:
''Who enters here leaves hope behind"
CURING