The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-05-27
CURES FOR DRUNKENNESS,
SOME CRAVINGS NOT TO IN OVER.
cone, DOCTORS SAY.
Less Heard Now Than Formerly Of the Kelley
Cure-Opinion, of Physicians Coucerning
tt Dtpsomania Treated with Hypnotism
Worse Things That Follow Some Cures.

C~ure-Opinions Of Physicians Concerning
N-Upsomania Treated with Hypnotism
Worse Things That Follow Some Cares.
The Kelley cure does not seem 10 be- ~attract-
ing so much attention now as ormerly. No
other cure for the liquor habit has ever at
tanned such notoriety; but one hears little
about IL to-day. A SuN reporter recently
asked several OF tho most prominent doctors
of New York for their opinions OF the cure.
They were practically unanimous.
The Keeley cure" said ono OF these ply
siclans. as originally formulated, was a good
thing. and | dare say II has done a great deal
of good, but IL was never anything original
and unique. There was absolutely nothing
in IL that was not known and used by every
physician undertaking to treat cases OF ine-
briefly and dipsomania, and in every insti.
tuition where such cases were admitted. The
Kelley cure was merely n rational adaptation
of well-known medical methods, under favor
able sanitarium conditions, How II ever
obtained its extraordinary vogue. ] do not
know-a matter OF clever advertisement I
should imagine, II is dying a natural death. not
because II isn't n good thing. but because peO-
pie are realizing that there is nothing abstruso
OF unusual about IL, and prefer taking treat
ment under less conspicuous circumstances.
Then. too, rs was perfectly natural. a host
OF institutions were established under the
name OF keelev cures. in which the theories
Of the treatment were carelessly and made.
auately carried out. The one aim Of srch
establishments was money-making. and they
did more harm than good Incidentally they
injured the standing OF the really reputable
keeley institutions.
The facts OF the case are right here. In.
ebriety or dipsomania is n habjt or a disea.s
according To it, degree of intensity. Persons
ally ! do not believe that the serious forms
of d~ipSomania, which amount 10 brain de-
rangement. can be permanently cured. Many
Of my Fellows differ with me on that point.
An acquired habit of drink may be handled
successfully. An inherent appetite for drink.
a degenerate craving for stimulant. is another
matter, and l doubt whether it can. by treat.
ment, be held in check for more than time.
The Kelley cures have. Of course. had an
| sorts of liouor habi, cases Many thew b.vn
-. a.. 80 - 90
,""' ""e NAV" re''p~eu pu' tna' u Inc
fault no, Of the cure but Of the Individual. In
| the frs, p,sce very Ii,,,e can bs dono %,
man VINO docs not really want to be cured,
4 large percentage Of the Keeley cure patients
90 into the institution. not from a longing
- ~, -, - ~. l.ht, 'one"s
10 ger rtu OF the haph nut IN order TO please
Their relatives or friends, They stay and got
along fairly we'll while they are in the SAM
-. III.
'u''uH', iue" '"eN conr' OUT uenoera'eiy.
begin drinking again, and go 10 pieces faster
| than ever. I've had patjen,s tell ms that
,hro,ch off ~. ,o,,t, - ,AoI. .."Ns
'ioush al the moh'ns OF thelr treatment
they kept their eyes fixed on the JOY they would
| have M the and or Il, Tbaro's Il.,l. hon. -
II. ,n
curing such Il man unless ny pnotsm can
alter his moral and m'nta' stand Irds.
Has hypnotism any uar, in the KeeIsv
my f"' v" "oeoy
cure
q, n Nonr , aom, KNOW ,na, would say IT ma,
o. do ,i,h al oosas uh.ra ,ta - .a-e-
10 40 WIN HI cases where the moral nature OF
the patient is affected. If the patient can be
made IN feel confidence In IN. ,roa,mon, arA
ah.aI,,L, .a,ts'a 49, :" ~ !"
"pH"'i"'y pele's NAV he Is gong 10 he cured.
aut D-suggestlon VIII do wonders toward aid
inr the cure. There wa De, back IN .be naoe>.
srr ~ ,ha t,,onas t,.ir. a,N n'
We get around to my opinion that in cases Of
dipsonania vbere tbere is inb.rent nv
ganic brain or nerve arrangement trea,m err
| viii moi cure. The brain doesn't respond nor,
| mallv 10 suggestion. and tho viii isn't nnrmsitv
directed
"Hypno,ism is being tried very generally
among Musicians in the treatment ~ Iiouox
cases" said snother medical man and \ h0-.
lieye the results have been rcnerally s%atisfso-
ton treatment as prsctised' in the Kelley eai cure
and by all doctors who undertake cases 81
~lnebriety and dipsomania. / would draw q
| edge OF the workings of 6vnno,ism hmt I Tont
| believe hypnotism or any other treatment car
permansn'lv cure acute cases of dinsomania
They are forms of intermittent insan;ty ar forms-
Of inherent degeneration. and that in ali
cases of The sort that have come under INV ncr-
sonal attention. IL he craving for stinulsnf N.
the shape Of liauor is eradicotnd The GRATING
satisfies itself With some other form OF djssjpa-
ton morphine. chlorai, &c, That il not q.
ways true, but ! merely mention il az nv per-
sonal experience.
Has the keeiey cure any ADVANTAGE ovm
treatment by private physicisns or in otheP
sanitariumsf" asked the renorter
Yes and no II has an advantage over pri-,
vate treatment in this. il removes a nat{enN
entirely from his ordinary ENVIRONMENT ard
hi usual temptations. absolute cha me- ~ en-
vironmen, is A great mid in all nitemrts IN over.
come.habit. ANY good sanitaTiun, would he a
desirable for "A dipsomaniac n. a Kelley cure la
but the trouble is that thc average .anitarium
will not admit patients who want treatment for
the liquor habit. II n man goes 10 n Keeley
cure he will hav. Just the treatment he would
get II he went 10 any good rhvsirian who would
take his case, He would be gradually deprived
of liquor. His liquor would be do,tored so that
liant would be substituted untii s,,"b a time m
he could be left 10 his normal nerve force,
This gold business il nothing belonging par-
ticularly 10 the Kelley cure, 1hloride o} eold
or salts nj gold have been in general use amone
PHYSICIANS in nerve cases ~ veriou. kInds
When a confirmed drinker is denriyed NJ Honor
his nervous organization slun,ns lie un,s1
have something 10 keep up his heart action.
&c. You NAV give him chloride Of gold or anv
one Of a half dozen other things sanitarj,im
has one decided advantage over private treat