The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-12-05
AN ANTIDOTB
TO ALCOHOL
Excessive Drinkers Now Using
Vino kolafra with Great
and Prompt Benefit.
1t Stops the Craving for Liquor,
Does Not Intoxicate or React or
Produce a Habit of It's Own.

The medical journals have recently de-
voted considerable space to the question
whether a product of the sterculia nut
and a substitute for alcohol known as
Vino Kolafra is more effective IN over
coming inebriety than the gold cure or
other so-called cures.
The claim set up for Vino Ko,afra
is that it is very prompt to act ana
makes a sober man out of the habitual
dr:nker by supplying the place of alco-
mol without producing the toxic or re-
active effects of alcohol In other words.
Vino KoIafra is said to satisfy the crav-
ing for strong drink and to afford the
longed for stimulus without the Gus
tomary sequence. Needless to say
Il this proves to be true
its Importance can hardly be
over-stated. AS an example of the med
lcal testimony available on the point,
we may cite that Of DR.. J. d. Crowther.
an expert in the trea tment of alcoholism.
In a report published in late number OF
tee journal OF Inebriety, DR.. Crowther
says:
'sTne preparation called Vino Kolafra
has been used as an antidote for the pol
son Of sisohol and some authorities have
called it a specific. We have made
stu1y of its action in several cases or
acute and chronic inebriety. The plan
was to discontinue all spirits and give
two or three ounces of Vino Koiafra
every two or three hours. Result: The
acute symptoms quickly subsidized. the
patient became easy, the stomach dis
tress and demand for spirits also sub
sided. in two cases sleep followed, from
which the patient awoke rested In two
cases a marked change occurred in the
restlessness and excitement-the effects
Of alcohol seemed 10 be neutralized and
the condition of the mind improved.
"The action OF Vino Kolafra was thatof
diffusable stimulant with a tendency
to relieve the irritation and physical suf-
fering of such cases. There are many
reasons for believeing that its greatest
value is in replacing spirits and in les
SEEMING the effects Of the withdrawal OF
drugs"
Professor Frank Woodbury. or Phila-
delphia calls attention in the Medical
Bulletin to a series of tests made with
| the sphygmograph-a puise-recordlnS
MISUNDERSTANDING the non-reactive
character of Vino Kolafra as compared
with alcoholic stimulation.
Both the English and American con-
suls at every African port report that
nc harm follows the use of the sterculla
cut by the natives, which statement has
been amply verified as to Vino kolafra
Che derivative and representative of the
nut,) by the experiments of the athletes
| Of Yale and other universities, by army
experts and by the superintendent of
| the New York postoffice and OF the
| Third avenue railroad. New York.
The stimulation of Vino Kolafra is un'
| like that of any other known stimulant.
| 1t produces a sense Of lightness and Well
| being, with no signs Of intoxication or
| bad after effects. The respectable but
steady, everyday drinker, who has al
| most uneonsc;ously allowed the habit to
| grow upon him until he is unable to
! shake it off, is the man who is most
| helped and profited by the use of Vino
| Kolafra He changes from alcohol to
| the African tonic without difficulty and
with no regrets or any sense of relapse
| or falling away.
For chronic invalids and constitutions
| ally feeble persons physicians now pre-
| scribe Vino Ko,afra in lieu of the dan
gerous drugs too long employed as
| tonics and stimulants. 1t steadies and
regulates the hearts action and deepens
| the breathing. As brain stimulan'
| Vino Kolafra causes no congestion oil
| excitement, while it greatly increases
the capacity for mental labor.