The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
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Ahu1 city Tribune:

permits the over-wrought gambler to
'torEet his WEAKNESS and temporarily
stay In the game.
THE gamblers are as a class. dope
4ends," said q well known Sioux City
druggist who has occasion to observe.
Not only are they fends, but they
teach young fellows the habit. When
some Of the young sports get lifeless
With dissipation the old gambler will
say. take a shot. It'll cheer you up
q the hand over the cocaine"
More than 500 unc of deadly pol
sons or enough to kill 80, 900 people Is
bought by Sioux City people in a year,
according to Jan estimate of a local
purchased by dope aends. as the
amount which enters into physicians'
prescriptions is small in comparison to
Ehe amount purchased by h dope
bends. Morphine Is used the most free
N, 1t being estimated hat 1875 ounces OF
that drug are taken; cocaine and its
preparations are second with $50 IN
hes; ~strychnine, 81 unces n arsenic
About 10 ounces. A large amount of
corrosive sublimate is used in surgical
operations, to wash wounds s~terilize
Instruments and kill germs.
Since the advent OF cocaine as an
fnesthetic some fifteen years ago, a
drain Of devotees has followed in its
wake with such increasing numbers
That most stringent avs have recently
0eeH enacted against lGs sale. mol q
druggist in Sioux City will sell 1t x
sept under q doctors prescription, yet
h dope fends get II. Otherwise they
Will be liable to serious entangle1nents.
The law passed by the Iowa state legis-
lature " years ago forbids Its sale
tors prescription The hospitals for
insane have been taxed to their
limits the past few years, with inebri-
-Ates addicted to tho use of this drug.
II attacks the delicate nerve tissues OF
the brain and excites them as does 10
other drug. It came into use as a
medicine for the y and ear. When
used In q prescription for the eye or ear
1t is in . solution Of five grains of co.
catna to one ounce of water. One
tenth Of one-half grain Is the amount
usually administered hypodermically,
while two grains IL the limit.
Some addicted to Its use will place q
little quantity on q stick and suck the
stick az do h snuf users Of the south.
while otheru will use 1t as they would
tarrh remedies are mostly cocaine, and
many Of the hends use these continu-
ously- These they can buy when the
real unadulterated article Is not to be
had.
Thers arr regular opium dens in
Anted by colored people where original
packages Of opium direct from the
Joints In Chinatown. San Francisco, can
BE purchased. Its users in Sioux City
are said to DO negroes.
Morphine dends are said to be fewer
sthan formerly. This 10 due to the care
sfulness Of the physician in Its prescrtp-
tAon, and to the fact that 1t IL mora
commonly administered hypodermical-
ny than otherwise. But in the oper-
.atins room or asa dsadener Of pain in
these day. OF numerous accidents and
surgery there 10 nothing which will
take its place. The mode Of admin
dstration now 10 almost always hypo-
sdermic since in that way 1t gets into
the blood Immediately and does its
work more quickly.
Sioux City druggists are suspicious of
buyers of poisons. When any one of
the deadly poisons is asked for, the ap-
spltcant is required to sign a register
n H. a satisfactory explanation for
demanding 1t.
a woman came into our store one
night not long ago very much agitated"
said q Fourth street druggist. She
.asked for prlssic acid, one OF the most
deadly drugs known to the profession.
She was wild-eyed, excit and her
a G showed the marks Of dissipation.
Z asked her what she wanted 1t for
n she gave q am excuse. I told her
We didn't have any of 1t in stock. I
then admonished her that 1t wal a
deadly poison and could not be bought
~ HSAS 0AA6 ' Z llldl
woman on the street now. I wonder ii
b II glad she couldn't get that prussic
acitf"
Arsenic, generally regarded by the
dntty ~ . comparatively mild drug.
yet known to the profession as one OF
grain being the ordinary dose and one
Twelfth being considerated dangerous, Is
= favortte with the demi-mondes. 1t
has q peculiar way Of putting out the
hollow places in the face and about the
syes and whitens the complexion. It's
diseases often develop as a result,
oftentimes the patient dying in great
agony from an overdose. 1t attacks
tissues and causes them to slough away.
1t is the medicine ordinarily used by
che dentist to kill the nerve of a tooth.
Dentists also use cocaine, bu with
great caution.
Some college athletes are becoming
strychnine tends. but it's use in Sioux
City Is not common. Strychnine, one
of the deadly poisons. is a great heart
stimulant and athletes are often able
winner OF the broad jump at the recent
iowa state field meet Is said to be a
-devctee of this drug. A trainer in one
Of h big colleges of Iowa Is also one
1ta advocates.
JUS what the criminal uses for
knockout drops 10 a puzzle to the drug
Etsts. although most OF them believe it
ito be choral hydrate. A physician in
prescribing this drug seldom puts in
more than twenty grains. The GRIMM
al uses fifty to eighty for Knockout"
drops, and 120 grains ii he wishes to
Kill. The stuff Is usually given to the
victim in an innocent looking drink.
With the physicians and pharmacists,
Q certain amount Of the deadly poisons
10 recognized as entering into a pre-
Acription and should a doctor send a
prescription to q drug store with more
than the ordinary amount of the poison,
he is Immediately called up by the
pharmacist and asked about it. In
sEinl1Y Eftv az in other cities s~trychnine