The record-union., 1896-08-24

caine in from four to six hours" con-
tinued the doctor, land without the use
of hyperdermic injections in any case.
/ only require my patient TO take a few
doses of a tasteless medicine"
Wilcox gulped down the first dose of
this magical, colorless and odorless
medicine, but looked nuconvinced.
The second dose was prescribed for
and taken at 8 O'Clock, and the patient
was dismissed. On reaching the side
walk Wilcox declared that he felt hun
cry. A few minutes later he noticed
that his mouth, which always felt dry
and parched, was noistened with sa-
Iva.
This sudden relief actually frightened
him, and he proposed to go back and
do up the doctor for poisoning" him.
But all his fears vanished on reaching
a restaurant.
HIS FIRST MEAL.
He had not been hungry for two days,
and during that time no food of any
kind had passed his lips. He now pro-
ceeded to rapidly stow away three oys-
ter stews and a large steak.
The patient was got to bed without
having drank liquor of any kind
The next morning Wilcox woke up
with a clearer head and a steadier hand
than he had had for years. He had
been obliged every morning to drink
three or four glasses of whisky before
he could trust himself to go on the
street.
The morning before he visited DR..
Oppenheimer his hands had trembled so
that the bartender literally had to pour
the drink down his throat Last Tues
day morning for the first time in over
twenty years, this man felt no taste or
desire for his favorite tipple-whisky.
BY sheer force of habit, however. he
went to the bar, but the smell of the
whisky made him sick and he ordered
beer But even this to use his own
words, did not taste right" and he
took only swallow of it.
CRAVING UTTERLY DESTROYED.
An appetite which had been fed for
nearly thirty years, and which had been
stronger than any force in this mans
nature, was completely destroyed in
single night.
The rest of the treatment was to re-
store the mans vitality and to strength
en- the nerves. But when this confirmed
drunkard awoke Tuesday morning he
was cured of the strongest habit it is
possible for man to acquire.
This record breaking transformation
has excited the interest of barkeepers
and tipplers from one end of the BoWery
to the other. Everyone hooted the idea
Of "BilI' Wilcox having been cured of
his time-honored and celebrated thirst.
But the sight of their old companion ac
tlally refusing whisky has convinced
the most skeptical.
Wilcox has since visited Commits
sioner O'Beirne, who has been attracted
by this marvellous transformation, and
has promised to secure the man posi-
tion.
The treatment will be continued for
about a week more. In this brief space
of time DR.. Oppenheimer promises to
undo the work of thirty years of dissi-
patton.
The story is, after all, perhaps, best
told in WilcoX's own simple narrative,
which he wrote with a steady hand and
clear brain.
He says: II have been a hard drinker
for more than twenty years. l could
live on whisky, and often went for days
without food. 1 have often taken a hun
dred whiskeys day. A Sunday
World reporter took me to see DR.. OPP
penheimer last Monday, and he gave
me some medicine.
Il had had about forty drinks that
day. In the mornings l always have to
get a stiff 'bracer' the first thing. Some
times I have filed the wash basin with
water at night because / trembled SO in
the morning I couldn't lift the pitcher.
Then in the mornings 1 staggered to it
and drank from It,
Last Tuesday morning Iewoke up
with perfectly clear head, and since
then I haven't wanted to touch drink.
have not been without this awful thirst
for thirty years. I don't understand it,
but l think the new cure is a marvel
and know I am a new man. New
York World