The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1897-01-22

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sWizs.-. tha, one would BE-
lt11.I vi lcaih 20 believe 20
- true % Dc were mo-.
rtyfl fle lhe laet tha. o.
t(g,fiI has been made by
Eehh man who is hlm-
10y s.lf famous phy-
stefan and special
.si and who offers IN proof OF bis tore
ri1lo statement an array Of statistics
which certainly seems TO be conclusive.
says the New York Herald.
when Autcrt was arrested Ia pars
the other day on the charge Of assas-
HinatIng the young phllatelisi Della
haer &c soon became apparent that De
was q confirmed morphluo nead. DurI
Ing hls trial he suffered agonl, Tor
lack Of the deadly drug and 90 last the
public prosecutor fearing that De
would utterly collapse. instructed o.
physician TO administer timely in-
le,'ion. This ln itself. the prisoner be-
ing on trial. was a remarkable proceed
ms but what surprised the 1875
more was tho fac, that a poycriy-7irisE-
"a fellow like Aubort should have bee
come addicted % the use Of such an
/ rzponflye drug al morphine. Hitherto
The popular opinion has been that oaly
the comparatively well-tc-do could af-
ford o luxury OF this kind. hut now
this op.aIon BIAS boon shown 20 be base
Hess.
Tho question. then. which the Froncl
people are asking De-. How ore we t1
account for 'his strange epidemic which
iB evidently spreading among 900
classes OF .ociCty9 TO thls one lion O
startling reply has been c.yen by thll
eminent French specialist and phys.-
clan lesa o. what be Says
4 Do not desire ms name % DC men-
tonCd." he began. "lc-ausa what have
to say 20 ro' very natforing 90 cer-
iain number of ms colleagues. and.
while hato nothing to conceal. have
neither the time nor the inclination 90
take par, Oh any paper war on tho sla-
Sect"
10 may De- stated here that this spc-
cl1l'r' ls one ~ the bCa'-known living
authorities on nervous li clses
"Tho mania f1r morphine DO cone
unucd. "is growing daily among 400
classrs Statistic on che subject are
Mt easily obiaiuah'e. bcrauE morphine
hcnds ore very crafty and because No
exterior symptoms condemn them On
public. gs is the ease with drunknrls
and cpIcptlgs. From VIVA, many drug
r's's ono physicians have told me.
howcve- ! estimate tha; there are not
less than $4,000 persons IN Paris who
uso morphine secretly and almost COM
sisnt.y. Most OF these who belong 90
the army 90 dcfanrates are women.
Indeed. ] shorid pat their number at
not less than $1,000.
"Morc instructive. however. than thls
general statement are the following
statistics. which have been carefully
compiled and which show how the vice
BIAS spread among persons OF The yar.-
Gus professions. Here o. a table OF
$50 morphine fenls who belong TO
twenty-five different prjfssioas or
trades You will src-lnd ih.s Is the
most startling ro.nt-th1t The FIRST
rank on the Nst ls occupied ay physI-
clans and their wives. the number OF
victims among them being ayiy-n.rc.
/ ln the second rank we. and army OFF,
GERS and their wives. the number OF
I victims among them beng twenty. in
/ The Third. druggists and their families.
ANA ln The fourth. Worklngmen ana
EorkirrN1mcn. che number OF victim
among ,hom being eighteen Am1aF
. ucab.rs 90 the other pr6lc s.lns
. namely. COLES, professor. magistrates
. literary men. artists and others the
. number 90 Victims varies from two ,d
ten.
Nov the amazing fact o. tha, ply.
s.c.ans. who from thClr knlw.olge %.
/ the danger ought % bc nos, OF all De-
youd the reach OF CONTINUATION
should actually be- 90 the head OF o.,
lIst OF morphine tends. To many N,
. reason WI. seem obvious. Their ey.
plantation Is that phys clans become ad.
d.eted TO the drug through wearincs0
and through their disgust with "a,
| most ungra,eiul OF an professions II
Iuiher words. being often dmppolntel
and obliged TO struggle unsuccessful,
Tor their daily bread. they have sough
| IN the discreet and comparatively 81
lent lntoXi,ltioa OF morphine that OBJ
'lylon which the worEiugmau finds b
raw brandy
n tell you The physicians who ac
thus are mourning a terrible tcsponsi
.hl!ty and perhaps the time U.s. not ga
distant when there win Dc applied O.
such practices that article oi the civil
code which 7y8 thar every one shall
Toe hrll responsible for whatever barn
Tho may do not only bv Dds own act bu
also by DIS own negligence OF impm
doncc
"Drurr.rH GRO qu.r as often q
blame as physicians ~ ttcy were @
.rr'ctly obey tha, Jaw which prohibit
them frou ni''rF luEs except on
regular prescription. whi D. must De re-
.rrVoj 90 thc fina 90 clel purchase. h
.a,.i.Jc. ior obtaining morphine wUul
. boz much j.uullsl Certainty thoa
. ror4ons who could nos set phys cIaD
o h,lp them ont os their Difficult
would 6udlt very hard to ret the drug
. s. druggist was vvui'y punished 90
having Eoll ln ono month 1880 gram
la morphine without any Formally d
one oi DIS lady customers
smallpox oldest disease.
one oi The oldest 90 actual specific.