Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1903-11-05

young stars of the Paris stage, be-
loved alike by artists and the public,
possessed of all talents and successful
beyond meaure, would in all human
probability be still alive had they not
in the past been victims of light
minded doctors.
The maladies set down in their Ger.
tifcates of death were the occasion,
not the cause, OF their untimely TAX
ing on. Young and blooming. they
might we'll have trlumphed over both
pneumonia and appendicitis in the
care of the skilled specialists who
treated them in tneir last illness had
not secret poison Slapped their
youthful vitality.
Sybil Sanderson and Wanda de
BonCza were both victims of morphina
need and hypodermic needle,
Ii physicians, with full knowledge of
the consequences, fall into the habit
IN such numbers, what great tender
ness ought we not have for their lay
victims? The truth is however. that a
large proportion of our doctors have
but a vague knowledge of the vital
clutch which morphia takes upon its
subject.
Tut! tut" you will hear them say,
the morphia habit is a sensual seek
ing after sensation. All the hahitue
need to do is to throw his Cor her)
syringe and bottle of solution out of
- Will
power."
Such talk is gross ignorance. 1t
would be as if to tell the subject to
cease breathing and live on by will
power. Such doctors know that
morphia stops pain. They know they
can give one-eighth grain and wait 10
watch for the effects. If pain has not
ceased within, say half an hour, they
know that they can give another
eighth
Wanda de Boncza suffered from GER
tain pains. Some ply stefan of this
sort stopped them with hypodermic
morphia and told the girl what drug 1t
was that had brought her such easei
He did more. He said
IF these pains come on again to,
morrow night here is a little phial o.
morphia solution and here the
syringe and needle. Fill 1t carefully
without air bubbles, stick it in your
leg, here on the side, and push the
piston gently. You have seen me do
! it,"
rnpnhtlncc bn n1cn tp11 hnr.
But be careful not to take it often
or without great need" and
do not take more than | tell You
It is deadly poison"
Sometimes physicians trust their pa.
tients with the dangerous remedy out
Of honorable deticacy not to multiply
their visits and their charges T. VI
"'Nou, car. DO it Just as Wen as T.
they will say, Il need not come every
time" ..u..,,, .,.,,.,,,l .taJ,4 NJ
In the case OF Ssbilj SapderRau u II
was not pain, but as the young sta
about the year 1900 was threatened
with a breakdpaIa Doe tb the ardor
With which she threw herself into her
work, some learned doctor tried a
theory, on her. 1t is known that
rnqrphia IT. habitues, when one can
break them Of the habit N talse on "a
slhhtRn and splendid renaissance Of
iealth Now the. man of theory
sought to bring a similar reaction"
to the aid of Sybh 'Sanderson, and, It
Emnst be admitted, there were techni.
cal reasons in the nature Of her
malady which made the plan seem
Every promising.
The lioetors plan was Cnot2, indeed.
to make o. complete and finished
rh9rpfla fhsttR. ialthbiEh IA eGe
brated Paris specialist, DR.. Sollier,
director or The most serious and i'm.
pOrtant house of health (sapatoriHmJ
Of Paris, has not feared to gsuggeg
the practice in the case of consump.
ttiyes His plan was To give the MUCH,
desired reaction" by the- SUDDEN cut,
ting Of t off
Unhappily morphia Is also a ire.
mendous stimulant Al, once gentle
and forceful, II Gains and steaile3
DO ~ ~ dttSs uD 'tne tifeu organism.
The stimulation Of wine b4y-brandy is
a brutal, heating, pickering stimula
ton That OF morphia is as a sunbeam
IN the soul and body.
Like thousands Of others, Sybil Sah-
derson and Wanda de Bancza, docilc
in the hands OF, doctors, went through
the first morphia stages Of sleep
nausea and headache ' Z ~ to The
sunbeam" stageiof secret happiness
Never before had their young bodies
rejoicing in such mysterious wen
being. Their souls seemed steepe ID In
gentle sayety They brfathed deep
the swetf air 3f The morning. For
them the noon sunlight hooded new
world ,Yhere .eHqrything,js interesting
And moonlight and starlight stirred
theiE rejoicing hearts from eehtPm ental
.rfterie 10 exaltatioRa oilh9m ~ eaa
s.. They were nnorphja hatithes.
Note that there Is a barrier around
the aftiftia1 Dafadisen1 The boy who
smokes his first cigar Is not more si6Ai
and soEIE1hap tbsaDormal healthy per.
son Is after a first deee Of the