The Montgomery advertiser., 1902-04-25

insurance company to whicn ne hau ap
 piled for policy. The doctor eyesu y's.t, ir h;s examination. told him, what me cness
 development he had, what fine lungs anu even complimented him on the nrm aha
 steady action of his heart. For the ma, laid his thumb on his pulse. In min ute he dropped the hand and tried the
 pulse of the other. Then he said ne hAo
 jrst remembered an important engass
 ment and would come around again to finish the examination. With that ne
 went away, leaving my friend puzzled
 and uneasy <
 Tn half m hour the young mans fam
 ily physician came in and asked: what
 the matter with your heartg After test ing it. he answered the question nlmseIi
 by saying: You have an intermlttenss
 pulse Then he questioned him ana Iouno that he had been troubled With oceasio.a, n,aa
 headaches for a couple of weeks and had
 taken a popular remedy to cure tneH'
 The day before he had consumed tWlce
 as much as he ought to-, with the result
 that his heart was impaired and no. mIe
 insurance company would issue poicS cS
 on him. Pretty well frightened he asked
 his physician what he should do. anu
 was promptly advised to drop the cure.
 He did so. and in two weeks passed the
 examination of the company, whlcn Mas,
 of course. doubly rigid the second tune. For the cheap headache remedies, ace
 tanilid is commonly used on account oa it's low price, It costs but 5o cents a mound and the usual dose for an adult IS sron five to fifteen grains. So potent is acetanilid in it's action on the heart Una five grain dose may be dangerous anu even fatal to a person affecteu py d se-
 we're heart trouble. It's enect IS so ,oWea s'sa the blood pressure which IS oileh tue cause of headache: and an overdose par alyzes the heart wheh it Is diiated. caus- ing death. The better classes or heaoacne | cures, therefore. contain heaIe sun nf F,r,1 1 fects Analysis of such remedies snows that caffein, with bicarhonate or soaa compose about 50 per cent. or tneih' a., a.- | thought the caffein is frequentH rshs. nlaced by strychnine or nuX vomica Phy- sjcians maintain that such deadiy com binations ought only to be used when pre- scribed professionally by one wno IS a aa- n,tliar with the physical state or .hn pa tient. It is such trifing with the delicate vitai organs of the body that breaks tie system down and paves the way Tor sud- den death. .. ..d.ob. comedies is even more noticeable amone | nornen than among men. Druggists whose stores are in the congested factory | districts assert that their use IS very general among .he working sirls ana wo-
 men. who in many cases seem seen, ~ t,a seme | adicted to their use in much the sahe I'. | manner that the liquor or morphine hapis | Ia acquired The habit however IS hos ] ds neerors in the game manner as tnat ol Iiutor or morphine, as IL IieNc' SUI
 nerverts the appetite to become indispen- | spobie Vet there can be no doubt. so the | aoctors. say. that the continued use or
 drnss Is decidedly harmful even In cases
 where life itself is not directly threat- ened. , s tha NSAd Dr W. r. Gibb. chairman or the Meu
 ,caI Roard of the Correction Department, | declared yesterday that the use or thess
 nrepared medicines Is increasing ~ an
 apisrn,inp rate "Cndoubtedly. said ne: | "hoth women and men of all graoes M ol | society are using them more generaIiy 1 1tan over before. and SO indiscrimihateiy
 that serious results often follow. It IS l snuallv true that nearly all or the Feihc' | dies YOU refer to are more or Iess I"n s s,aro,;s in the effect on the heart oo ynot recsil any fatality immediateiy caHs'
 nI h,, their use but I have witnessed lt,-
 iury from them in many instances: ,;a ia ,,s m
 , yerv common experience or phys,c,anss E
 9o 6nd cases of an apparently estaplisnso .
 So o hit where the sufferer from heanacnr l ha. become attached to some parucuia.
 remedy and consumes it in duanrtlties od. od'
 ae ait nronortion to his needs. If ne neeus
 W if at at all The grip epidemic IS respU..' ,s
 stbie for much of this. when una. uI,
 ense first made its appearance a ceI,a. .n,
 ,,ron.red remedy which contained codl 1 "a,
 nroduct discarded by .physlcians so 1nm, l into general use Physicians nave s' hont
 onnosed it's use. however, that we .s,o nr ~ | i;ttIa about it. although it IS sthl So'ie
 tines seen for sale in drug stores