The herald., 1896-07-12

Drunkards are cursed with a craving,
gnawing appetite for alcoholic drink.
Maich appetite they cannot eontro1 or
mas an inherited predisposition as a con-
sutu1onal cause, and with such the
hereditary vice is easily aroused to activ-
ity and becomes an irresistible controlling
influence.
1t is not civilized mans natural dis
position tc relinQuiSh all that serves 70
make life happy in order to SATISFY ms
desire for drink. Such, however. Is inc
case with dipsomaniacs. The perloultciai "a
drunkard presents no such positive path-
illogical changes, as he INDUCES put SCI
dom, and allows the system time 10 re-
cover by eliminating the poison before Il
has time TO cause tissue injuries.
Although such men sometimes so 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 depend
entirely on the liquor for aliment.
When quantities of food are ingested
it exercises protecting influence, keep
ing the gastric functions busy neutrallz-
ing to a large extent the poisonous erect
OF the liquor, and therefore tending 10
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
claim that their systems demand tne
stimulus and that marked benefits follow
It's use.
No more fallacious or deceptive idea
can be entertained by a healthy man.
becomes
ated to the abuse as 1t does 10 the mar
cotic poisons-opium. hashish. choral or
tobacco but let such persons discontinue
its use for any reason, and Tor weeks
they must suffer with loss of appetite,
fever, pains or palpitation, with perhaps
constipation and nervous irritabillty and
loss of flesh.
The system has in such cases from
long abuse become changed and demands
its regular poison 10 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 causinK tears
and shame to all connected with them;
No higher mission comes to the medlcaI
man-no greater credit can attach TO his
skiil-than TO ind 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 medl-
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"