The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-02-27
LADY HENRY SOMERSET.
Distinguished Enslishwoman and Phi
ianthropist Strongly Endorses the
oppenheimer Treatment For
the Cure of Alcoholism.

Lady Henry Somerset of England,
who has expended the best energies of
her life In trying to reclaim the drunk
ard, declares she has found in the Op-
penhsimer Treatment for alcoholism q
most powerful ally In her work for
temperance in the United Kingdom.
For many years Lady Somerset has
been foremost with voice and pen in
every movement that promised to be
of benefit to the slave to alcohol. Most
of her work has been done among the
people of the east end of London,
where drunkenness. poverty and desti-
tuition are rife. Inebriety among wom-
en- In that quarter is prevalent, and
their reclamation has been her chief
solicitude
After careful study she became con
vinced that habitual drunkenness Is
a disease and should be treated az
such. She saw that not only was the
moral nature of the individual i'm.
paired, but the intellect was weakened
Notwithstanding all this, Lady Som.
srset discovered many who sincerely
endeavored to break the habit of drink.
ing, but lacked the will power. Shs
tells Of meeting a man who once had
been a prosperous tradesman, but
whose love for liquor had brought him
to the gutter. She had induced him
previously to sign a pledge to abstain
from strong drink for a certain period,
but the poor fellow had kept it but q
short time
why did you break your promise? p
she gently asked. Il did not want to
break it." he replied. II tried hard
to live up to 1t. but the terrible crav-
ing for liquor came upon me and I
could not resist it." And this terrible
craving she found was the first OBJ
stacle to be overcome before good re-
suits could be hoped for in the condi-
ton Of the inebriate.
While on her last visit to this coun-
try her attention was called to the
unquestioned results in the cure Of al
cohOlism that were being obtained by
DR.. Isaac Oppenheimer of New York
city, and on her return to England a
small house WAS opened in the east
end Of London and DR.. Oppenheimer
went over to administer his treatment.
How well be succeeded is told in the fol-
lowing description by Lady Somerset:
II carefully watched the cases which
passed under his care, and l am quite
prepared to state that Dr. Oppenheim-
e. has accomplished what he under
took to carry out. / frankly own that
at first l was skeptical as to what the
result would be. 1 had seen SO many
failures and had hitherto little faith In
such remedies. From the first DR.. OPP
penheimer maintained that he would
destroy the, craving which patients
might have for stimulants, that he
would restore them to health and that
they would remain cured.
''It would have been difficult to find
more disheartening cases than those
FIRST submitted to the doctor. | had
gathered them myself and knew their
histories, and think that when / en-
tered the patients waiting room
never saw a group of people who ap-
parently were more absolutely under
mined physically and mentally or a
more typical set of habitual drunk
ards"
The Oppenheimer Treatment is now
firmly established in England and is
accomplishing great good, Lady Henry
Somerset having become director of
charities for the kingdom of Great
Britain. To any one interested in the
subject full information concerning the
Oppenheimer Treatment will be sent
upon request to the Oppenheimer Insti-
tute, New York