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

break down the barrier
Pam is an anudote 10 the first NOR
ph.a poisoning, 81 Is in 4 less degree,
INSOMNIA, Nevertheless it is easy to
see how lew would persist through It's
nausea, headache and iaSSitude, were
not the guldng hand OF the physician
held out TO them 10 uirect them
through the hateful labyrinth,
So 1t is With Stoyl Sauderson, Il
is related by her mumates how, 1t the
outset she rehelled against these FIRST
effects OF morphia, she had tnem
Iuity, for she had no pain 10 act as
anuuute,
Then passes 4 mysterious ANA vague
PERIOD Only the ply stefan VINO
sought Tor his desired "reaCton" can
know something OF Its details lie dll
not anticipate that its reaction would
be very painful Tut no one can gage
these individual susceptibilues,
Some are much more sensitive tnan
others in particular the "corebraleS
and the artisucally imaginative
We know there were struggles Re
tween patient ana physician, now 40
late alarmed at the dire prospect.
When she insisted to have new IN.
! lectlons, do not think ii was from a
desire Tor soulbeams only, Far more
imperlous was the cry OF her body Tor
relet from new ana strange sort OF
pan, This was the morphia need
When the unhappy Slbyl Sanderson
cried Tor her mOrphla injection 1t was
because her head seemed wildly
empty, her nerves tortured, her FLESH
anu her bones in great pain. her heart
horribly oppressed, palpitating weak.
ly, while the glands of the whole
body worked aLominably, causing
sweatings, noserunning. tears and
flo" OF saliva. But above all was the
! terrible sensation of weakness anu
shortness of breath.
All these were the symptoms of the
active poisoning of the oxide OF
morphla discovered by Marine OF
Gottlngen, In need of the morphia 20
Counteract more morphia. and this eX.
plains why its habitues can and must
increase their doses ms they go on.
till they take in single day enough
plain morphia to kin n dozen normal
persons.
Again and again both Wanda de
j Boncza'and Sybil Sanderson, informed
or their danger, sought to break the
new chains fixed on them so little by
their fnn1t .
were on the point of entering the A
establishment at Neuilly. where they
might be "eut down" very gradually
aided by douches, tonics and less
dangerous hypnotiCs. Doctor alter
doctor, not specialists of morphine.
tried their hand at "home cures
utterly without result.
Then Sybil Sandersop took n great
/ resolution, On her own viii she
Iplaced herself in The most oninous OF
tau Partisan institutions, the g. ass
adjustment, where one plays i'm adj
vance for the whole treatment ana
signs an agreement (1) not TO pros.
ecnte the management for cruelty or
'seqJIestratlon' 8en(2D not % adkvyoIr
money back though you should be al.
lowed to quit the cure The seeohd or
! I'd day.; and. 1871 10 hold theT o..
I lAblishment guiltless, no natter what
! you suffer. In word. 1t is the ter.
trlbie "brusque" cure They ."eut The
patient off in few days. give M src,-
IlIeFing drugs and let the agonizing
body strain out its own salvation m
Ia ten days nightmare worse than
death itself Then follows two
months weakness, snch as You could
not Imagine " ".''a ,2.''' ''''' @2a.''
: Rather than risk repetition of the fail,
libes , bf the inimehseiy / Slower + and
more merciful system of curing the
ImFIhia P'habit' Sibyl ssandorsdn went
to this dread establishment. Its
management, honored 10 have such a
patient made unheard-of exceptions In
har favor8 tShe was to be "let down
as gradually as that particular theory
+of cure might, permit of. r ,r-
! 4 All ip> vain. r. After two jmonths OF
ftraordinary effort, tn which all the
| lhItS OF the SUlCt ana unyleIdlHg
house Of pain. were broken In her
| favor, she renounced the treatment
land departed I0lHt ~ @GLFd Eel
\ hfter this the life 6f sybil sanderson
passed IN vague hoping regularly
| placid, sometimes feverish, where
planning for the future took the pIat,
! Of doing. Never dill she give up hope
Of being set free. from the bonds that
I held her. on several occasions. Ia
/ France, Switzerland and Germany, she
began easier treatments. but while
good, their fault is 10 tire out the
patience OF the subject before con
valescenee Is arrived at. 10 That slid
ing back to old remedy becomes the
terrible, though almost pardopable,
! Temptation
I To the specialist perhaps there pale
cases and CONTRACTED pupils tell IN cir
secreti but they are In every way as
capable as yoa or I, their minds are
calm and clear their actions rcagoh6d.
their sotls poised In a mysterious ana
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