Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-11-28

| Can Be Found In the F1ent1tul Use
Of the Humble Peanut.
However fantastic my particular
method of dealing with the tobacco hab-
IS may seem on paper it Will effect q
cure if faithfully carried out. In the
first place, be sure that your patient
really desires to break off the habit of
using tobacco. In the second place, re-
member that your patient Will react nc
| cording 70 the impression your manner
makes upon his mind. If you speak
| lightly of your method of treating him.
he will hold that method in small es-
TEEN. Therefore, speak impressively,
] and if he smiles at your modus operandi
frown him into a decent humility.
| Suggestion alone is not sufficient TO
| hold the average tobacco user, ana you
| will therefore add a material medicine
| in the shape of-peanuts! Yes, my
| friend, ludicrous as the idea seems, there
| lies in the vulgar peanut q charm to sap
the power of MY Lady Nicotine and
free the fettered slave.
In all drug habits there are two con-
| ditions to combat-physical and men,
tai, or physiological and psychological.
| l use peanuts to offset the physical cray
ing and suggestion to calm the mind.
What is the condition CT the user of
| tobacco if the weed is withdrawn? 1t is
| important to understand this, because
there is but a slight variation IN one
| dozen cases from the average.
The condition is one of mental I'M
rest, some physical sensations and nery-
| BUSINESS. The withdrawal of tobacco
acts as a withdrawal of a powerful
nerve tonic, because this weed, used
first as a nerve sedative, becomes by
force of usage a nerve stimulant. Let
Us take the mental condition first under
consideration. L do not try to put to-
bacco user to sleep, because it is an I'M
necessary performance, but give him
positive suggestions while he is sitting
opposite me to the following effect:
That it will be easy to break him of
the habit
That he will not suffer. despite the
fact that he has tried to break off pre-
viously, but has failed on account Of
the discomfort ensuing.
That he is not a hero or a being 10 be
pitied or sympathized with, because he
will not be called upon to display any
heroic qualities of endurance.
That if he follows directions he will
not suffer from nervousness Or sink
ings" at the pit of the stomach.
That he will begin at once to gain in
weight; that his memory will be sharp
er and more tenacious, and that his di-
gestive organs will regain tone; that
his nerves will be as steel, his muscles
as iron and his complexion Will lose the
muddy hue which mars its cOmeliness.
That the habit is unCleanly-in fact,
degrading-and that its qualification
entails n gross waste of money. What
right has he to literally barn his income
when his wife is compelled to wear a
gown that is out of date?
Thus, then, do prepare the patients
mind for the lghtness of the task be-
fore him, laying special stress upon the
fact that he will at no time consider
himself an object of passion or self
pity, for If he believe himself to be per
forming Il deed of no small heroism he
will suffer agonies, whereas If his abne-
cation is ignored and taken as a matter
of course he will react accordingly.
Now, as to the physical symptoms.
they will be but slight if the above
preparation Of the mind is properly
done and will show themselves i'll occa-
sional pains about the region of the
heart, sinking at the pit of the stomach,
lassitUde, weak and accelerated pulse
and muscular twitchings. Nervousness.
jumping at n sudden noise and irrita-
bility of temper will be in evidence, but
will be greatly modified by suggestion.
Prescribe peanuts, to be eaten slowly,
constantly and continually. He must |
be occupied. Busy him therefore with |
peanuts. He would, if left alone, think |
tobacco. He must, on the contrary, |
think peanuts. Has he a Ioathing for |
peanuts? All tho better. He will learn |
to love them for their nutritious quail |
ties and intrinsic flavor. Does his storn- |
ach rebel on the second or third day? !
Has he biiiousness or collie? 1t is still |
well, because no man when bilious de- |
sires tobacco.
Observe that you are supplying him
with material for his digestive organs
to work upon, and that his jaws are
not idle. There is no vacuum, and there /
will be under this regimen no sinking
at the pit of the stomach. y feeling of
fuIlness perhaps, plethoric condition,
a sense of safety, but this is exactly |
what we desire to bring about. Keep
the system busy and at work; keep the
mind at rest.
All. my friends, how trua il is that
the mouse may gnaw the ropes that
bind the lion! Even the plobeiau peanut
may be the means of restoring harmony
TO an afflicted household. have known
this humble agent, taken according to
stretch strong men upon beds
of sickness from which they rose in the
course of a day or t~o clean CT heart
and purged Of the craving for tobacco.
l have known of others whose stomacEs
were not upset and who went their way
rejoicing and waxed fat speedily.
1 have never known of failure if
the above directions were carried ont.
The tobacco habit is not worthy to be
classed as a drug habit.-Sydney Flow