New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-10-11
SUNDAY EDITION.:
OCTOBER II, 1895.

end address of the purchaser. the quantity p,f.
chased and the purpose for which II was obtained.
THAT IL all very WELL" said physician. ana
the chances are that no pharmaci VIII sen par'S
green or arsenic rat poison without taxing ths
prescribed precautions and making the legal mem
oranda. But there are remedies "hicn are noe
classified as poisons which may 90 much miscnieI
when handled by people who are isnoraht as I"
their composition. In such cases they may become
nothing less than posons. The isl Oh SUCH oIuss
would be long one. and would surprise many
people who have more than average intelligence.
There Is certainly no less harmful drug. ac'
cordng to popular opinion. than cnlofate OF pos-
ash, and there rot mary families wnere IL J"
rot used occasionally without physicians pre-
scrpton. No druggist would think OF marking 7"
poison and stIll there are cases on record where
dram taken in the course OF night mas
caused the death Of a child and where onc-nait
ounce taken In the course OF several days. mas
killed adult. ANY one may so to drug store
and buy choral without physicians prescription
1t Is marked poison, but il takes no physician
II tell you that 1t is deadly drug, and the dauy
papers will show the observer how much m'scniel
1t does The papers tell OF the deaths caused by
taking the drug. but the thousands OF cases where
the choral habit has been contracted because peo-
Pile have been enabled procure the drug are
known only TO the unfortunate subjects and to
their greving families. The first step - taken
when the druggist gives the person something TO
make him sleep The small dose becomes large
after while; it continues to grow, and at last
another wreck is added 10 the long list
Other remedies given by druggists for insomnia.
often without a physicians prescription. all OF
which should be handled with care, are bromides.
somnal and suphonal.
The OF cocaine III surgery has been pro-
nOunced by eminent men in the profession as
step forward. but while II has been benefit to the
human family in that branch of medicine. its sale
by the drug dealer to persons who wanted to uss
it in other ways has caused much harm. Cocaine
is used locally by ophthalmic surgeons, and hypo-
dermically in other surgical cases. The people
who take cocaine" said physician who has given
the subject much attention, ARE usually Of the
class who have already fallen slaves 10 the opium
habit. They take it at first in experimental
way to produce a sensation. and so slip into
the habit But If the dispensers Of the drug In
sisted having Prescriptions, many would be
stopped in the slipping process before they had
gained enough momentum to land them In misery.
This would not be a preventive In all cases,
though" added the doctor. because, unfortu-
nately many of the cocaine victims are phys'-
clans"
TO illustrate the difference between European and
American methods to dispensing drugs. the fol-
lowing experience is mentioned; Il arrived In
Brussels one night in January few years ago. di-
rect from London 1t was damp. cold night, fno
the air was anything but invigoratng. tried to
make myself comfortable. but felt that q fire and
warm blankets would not be enough; My expert
.nce with Southern chills suggested ouinins' !
grains bu, was told that without p fSs Tn 4
could not be furnished. returned 10 the lotsi and
wrote this prescription:
ITO be taken as directed
II signed scrawl which intricate enough
and sufficiently legible to be the signature OF the
ger returned with my prescription and said that
the drug clerk had no % o., Of weighing sgs tsn
in dispensing drugs. | had TO to bed without my
quiDine. and a Kentucky product had to be substi-
angry at that time and condemned the red tape.
but reflection thought the Brussels druggist :,
give you deadly drug for the asking
PATENT MEDICINES IN THE COUNTRY
In the country where 1t may be miles to the
Office OF the physician and only few steps TO the
general store it is natural that the proprietary
medicine should be popular, and there the medi-
cine business Aourishes.
Go through New-England or through the Mo-
hawk Valley" an observer says. land you can ses
the consequences. Cadaverous toothless
and puny children mark the track of the
p prettv good health make themselves and their
neighbors miserable by reading quack literature
But the defender Of the rural districts and the
champion of the ways OF the country peop:e say
object Of censure and of pity as the patent medi-
edged that the cigarette does much injury. MANY
physicians say that the moderate Use OF tobacco
agree that cigarettes do untold harm because II
is small. the smf boy seems TO think that II was
made for him. and he smokes the combination OK
tobacco and paper, inhales the smoke. and III many
cases what would have been lusty, vigorous
youth becomes listess. nervous. emaciated boy
man. with qualities OF mind and body impaired.
highly susceptible disease and unfit for work or
play" That is the opinion OF a physician OF wide
experience, who also said when cigarettes
pure and used by adults they are not so objec-
tionable but whether pure or doctored with opium.
cigarettes are they arc poisonous for
young boys The tobacco and paper smoke are
drawn into the lungs to TIE detrmert OF the
breathing apparatus The normal secretions are
impaired and dry. tickling sensation In the
throat Is the consequence. II the boy Is predisposed
10 pulmonary trouble there Is no better way to help
IL along and nourish the latent disease than by
smoking cigarettes industriousy. The sympathetic
becomes affected, and through 1t other or
gans impaired"
The possible evils resulting from the use of cga-
rcttes by boys have been enlarged upon so often
that societies have been formed to prevent tho
growth of the evil, and many employers make work
in their establishments conditional on the alb
stinence from the OF cigarettes. The siSft
Cigarette smoking prohibited in this Office IL
becoming more popular every day, and people who
have the welfare of the coming man at heart are
giving the subject much attention and are looking
for aid and cooperation at the hands OF parents
guardians.
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