The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1902-03-22
Mr.. Murray remarked, during o,,r


their friends the true fact that they
were cured at the Murray Institute:
but the public at large have vague no.
tons on the subject and assume that
there is only one mode of treatment.
he is always glad to have visitors go
among the patients and Judge for
themselves rs to the merits of this
cure. Among the representative cases
now atthe Institute is patient whom
/ we shall designate as No. 1. He said
that when he was ut home he was La
hlc to got drunk at any time. He had
now been at the Institute only nineteen
days and had no longer any desire for
whisky. He found the treatment
agreeable in every respect.
Patient No. . said that when he
came to the Murray Institute he could
f, not walk. He had drunk as much as
three quarts of whisky daily for seven
months. In five days at the Institute
he had overcome all longing for drink.
| He had gainel twelve pounds in
weight in eleven days.
Patient No. 3 said that he was nearly
dead when he came to the Murray In
stitute. He used to drink heavily.
He spoke gratefully of tho care he re-
ccivcd at the Institute while suffering
from pneumonia. He said: "If my own
mother had been here I cnuld not have
had better care taken of me-"
n Norwegian. with like candor. said
that he was III heavy drinkcr. hut now
after fifteen days treatment. hc felt
no need for liquor. 81 pass by saloons
now." he said. "but a month AGO
would nave gone into every one of
them.' He had been in the Institute
only fifteen days.
These interesting details will natur-
ally imncl people to ask for further
information concerning the Mnncano
lis Murray Cure Institute. 10 such we
| would say that il is located at No.
| Isl? Nlcollct avenue. minneapolis, in
me Old mansion built by Mcnlen-
llall' the florist. ana occupied by him
for years. 1t contains n largo club
room for the general use of tl,c mon
patients. offices ami treatment room
ana Il vapor bath and massage apart
mcnt. There are also ample sleeping
apartments on tho second and third
stories. For lady patients, There is q
,'adlcs' reception room ana other ,part-
ments. \ large dining room. with
kitchen. is chief part of tho cstab-
l's'lmrnt' for one of tho principles of
the treatment is to supply the patients
with an abundance of wcll-sclecto,l.
but plain food. The Murray Cure re-
stores tho digestive apparatus of many
man as an incident to tho euro Of
the liquor and opium habits. Tho In
s'ltute resembles a family hotel. It
has none of the gloom and solcmnitt
so common in snnitariums. Tt is de-
cidedly homc-likc Tho rules arc few
and simple. being based upon expert
encc of years in institute work. Tho
patients cultivate good fellowship and
render the Institute in all respects a
pleasant place in which to conquer the
drink or morphine habit.
a great lawyer snid "rhc verdict is
the thing" In dealing with tho drink
ana morphine habits. the cure is the
main thing. Hence. il is needless to
deal here with the hnckncycd subject
of drunkenness. The Murray Cure is
not a so-callcd "gold-curc." There is
no hi-chlnridc of gold or mercury nor,
in fact. any 2tEr poisonous mineral
compound in aIy portion of this treat
mont. IT does not depend for success
on the glamor that surrounds the w0pd
gold" Tho Murray Cure is composed
of purely vegetable constituents. The
treatment begins will, the use of n
vegetable antidote for the poison of al
collol Vapor baths ana massage,
adapted to each ease aid in the re-
moval of the poison and tone I'M the
skin and nervous system. The general
purpose of the entire treatment is:
first to remove tho effect of alcohol,
then to build up the system in phys
ichl vigor. moral tone ana mental
health. The Murray Cure is also an
effective preventative and cure of nor
VOWS prostrntion and similar nerve or
fictiOns.
The Murray Cure for the Opium hab-
| 1t includes system of prompt removal
of all opium from the system. The
treatment is generally of only short
duration. the greater part of the stay
at the Institute being simply to build
I up the patient after the cure has hccn
! effected
The story is told of lady saving
to an old man Of pale appearance:
you must have led n very temperate
| life" mo" he replied. much to her
surprise. 81 have always been mod
crate drnnknlNl. madam" TT this man
had written to Mr.. Murray. he might
have been led from "modcratiun" to
| the full enjoyment of temperate life
| for the founder Of the Murray Insti.
t1lfc likes to give correspondents the
benefit of his extensive experience in
dealing with the drink and opium hab
/ it's. Tie is in accord with the great