The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1896-11-15
AN ANTIDOTE TO ALCOHOL
EXCESSIVE DRINKERS NOW USING
PINO-kOLAFRI WITH GREAT
pROITPT BENEFfT.
IL Stops the Craving for Liquor. Does
Not IntoNicatc or React or Pro-
luce Habit OF Its Own.

The medical Journals have recently devoted
considerable space to the question whether II
product OF the stcrculia nut and n substitute for
alcohol known rs Nino-Nolafra is more effective
in overcoming i~ncbr;ety than tho gold euro or
other so.called cures.
The claim set up for Nino-kolafra Is that IL is
very prompt to act. and makes u sober man out
OF the habitual drinAer by supplying the place
Of alcohol without producing the toxic or re-
Kolafra is said to satisfy tho craving for strong
Drink, and to afford tho longcd-fur stimulus
without the customary sequence. Needless to
Say, II this proves to be true its Importance can
hardly be overStated. As an example of tho
medical testimony available Oh tho point we
may cItc that Of DR.. j. d.. Crowthcr, an expert
In tho treatment OF alcoholism. In a rcuort
published in a late number OF the journal Of
lhebrlCty DE. CrOwthGr says:
The PREPARATION called Nino-Kola.ra has
,Derh used as an antidUto for the ROBSON OF Nlcu-
R"lahu some authorities have called ia specific.
We nave made "a study OF its action IN ruveral
cases OF acute aud chronic incbriuty. The ulan
was to discontinue all spirits and give two or
thrce ounces OK Niho-kulhfra every two or three
hours; Result: The acute symptoms quickly
subsIded, the patient became easy. tie stomach
distress, amt the demand for spirits also sub
SUED IN two cases sleep followed. from which
the palient 0woke rested. In two cases marked
cIAhge occurred in tho rrstlCesurss and eN-
clteinent the Effects OF alcohol seemed to TO
proved.
The action OF Vino olafra was that of n
alHushnie at!inu!tnt wtth II tendency to relieve
the irritation aud physical suffering of such
cases lhete arc MANY reasons tor believing
that us greatest value Is In replacing splriL- mud
drugs"
Professor Frank Woodbury. of Philadelphia
caiis atte"t;"h IN the Medical Bulletin to aserirs
or Tests made with the sphy smograph "A pulse
recording instrument luwligt the ion-rcuctivs
character of Nlnu-Ioiaira us compared with
Alcoholic stimulation.
i3oth thc English and American Consuls at
every African port report that no marin follows
the use or the aterrulh nut b" the nRttI e., which
statement has been amply verified ~ to Vino
hoihfra the dcriEhiiye and representative OF
the NUT by the experiments OF The athletes OF
ana 10y the sulCrla.eudcuj~ q! tho New York
Post once and of tie Third aNtaue railroad,
New cork.
The stimulation Of Vino olafra IA unlike that
OF any other known stlir4iaut. IL PRODUCES
sense of lightness and wvll-buiuv, with no signs
OF intONicatIOn Ter uul A!tcr-utpct4. The re-
Spectacle but steady. cVrry-iay urinker. who
grow upon hum until lie i unable tnsiake IL OF,
IL tue man who Is most helucl and pruitel by
the use OF NinO-kolHtrh. lie changes from al
cohol to the African tonic without difficulty and
with no regrets or any sense OF relapse or falling
away.
For chronic invalids ard Cunstitutionally fee
Die persons physicians now prescribe Vino kola-
ira IN lieu OF the dangerous drugs TOO long en-
ployed a. tuniCs and stinutunt,. 1t stpndfps and
breathing. AS ii brain stinuiRnt Nino-k o!alra
causes no congestion or excitement, while it
greatly Increases tue capacity tot mental labor.
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