The herald., 1896-06-07

Drunkards are cursed with craving
gnawing appetite for aiconoliC .ai u, IN. m.
satisfy. This morbid appetite frequently
has ain inherited predisposition as cVr, na
stitutional cause, and with sucn &C. c,iue Ave
hereditary vice is easily aroused 10 aStiN aS,t
ity and becomes an irresistible controlIhs
influence.
position to relinquish all that serves 70
make life happy in order to satlsiy nus
desire for drink. Such, hoWeNeI, 10 n5,caI ,mJ
case with dipsomaniacs. The ,perlouittihi 81
drunkard presents no such posltlNe pa ~
ological changes. as he induiges put sci
dom, and allows the system ti'i,e h,fora ~ 6,
cover by eliminating the poison pelore IL
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 and con,
sumo much food, or else .tney uepenu
entirely on the liquor for aliment.
When quantities of food are ingested
It exercises protecting influence Keep
ing the gastric functions busy. neutraliz-
ing to a large extent the poisonous effect
OF the liquor, and therefore tending TO
equalize the circulation. When the desire
for food is completely suppressed by the
liquor the system is left unprotected TO
the mercy of the alcohol and the nervous
organs receive the full effects of the
stimulant.
Many persons in the prime of life per-
Suade themselves that a moderate use OF
liquor taken regularly, even on an empty
stomach, will cause no detrimental re-
suits. as they experience. no immediate
disagreeable symptoms. Many VIII even .S
claim that their systems demand the
stimulus and that marked benefits follow
its use.
No more fallacious or deceptive idea
can be entertained by a healthy man
The system, it is true. becomes habitu-
ated to the abuse as it does to the mar
cotic poisonS-opium, hashiSh, chloral or
tobacco; but let such persons discontinue
its use for any reason, and for weeks
they must suffer with loss OF appetite,
fever. pains or palpitation. with perhaps
constipation and nervous irritability and
loss of flesh.
The system has in such cases from
long abuse become changed and demands
it's regular poison to sustain the abnor-
NAL standard created by the liquor. With
hope and all the finer emotions and Sensi-
bilities crushed. the victims of the liquor
habit are only capable of causing tears
and shame to all connected with them
No higher mission comes to the medical
man-no greater credit can attach to his
skill-than to find a treatment that can
stay this torrent of misery that flows so
relentlessly over its bed of human
hearts"
Ever, more than alcohol. the opium
habit holds sdverH its nes be 3 IN
ton of the hypodermc 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 a greater
charge than apathy-they have been in
strumental in teaching thousands the
way to the worse (becauSe truer) inferno
than that over which the great Italian
poet inscribed the terrible warning:
who enters here leaves hope behind"
CURING
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