The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-03-06
DRINK HABIT NOW
TREATED AS A DISEASE
Removal Of the Craving Fer Alcoholic
stimuIants Successfully Accom-
PIished by the oppenhsimsr
Treatment.

Alcoholism In its advanced stages ID
q disease, not vice, crime or sin.
The eloquent John B. Cough, a re-
formed inebriate, was a devout Chris
ton. Besides, he stood upon the Amer
lean platform as the apostle Of total
abstinence, with every motive for go
briefly, but he fell many times and
wept bitterly over his humiliation. He
never dared pass saloon unattend-
ed by friend or member OF his fam
lily Reformed as he was morally and
spiritually, he yet carried with him to
his grave diseased nervous system.
man on whom the alcoholic craving
has become fastened is as much a vic
tim Of disease as sufferer from pneu-
monia or smallpox. 1t is a disease re-
curing special medical treatment, not
punishment or imprisonment. As dis
ease it frequently brings idleness, i'm
morality, poverty and crime, attendant
evils quite distinct from the disease it.
itself. 1t weakens the will, Injuries the
body, degrades the manhood and de-
stroys the earning capacity Of the suf-
ferer. Remove the disease, and you
can restore the man.
The fundamental principle Of the
treatment for alcoholism Ia the de-
struction of that craving which
prompts the desire for intoxicating
stimulants. Previous to inception OF
this method Of treatment the efforts
~ tho medical nroPaaafov, xrra,<, -
to strengthening the mental control Of
the patient, unmindful that the liquor
craving was not a perversion Of idea,
but disease resulting from irritation
of the nervous mechanism of the indi-
vidual. The craving, being a direct
outcome of neurotic impulse. necessi-
tates treatment peculiarly adapted to
overcome the melting cause.
DR.. Isaac Oppenbeimer, a graduate
of the College of Physicians and Sur
geons, New York (medical department
Of Columbia university. class Of 1870.
for many years devoted careful atten-
ton to the study of diseases due to
alcoholic and drug addictions.
In the tenement districts on the east
side of New York among the suffering
poor he found his field of study. There
amid the pathos and the tragedy Of
homes and lives wrecked by intemper-
ance he toiled with unwearyinR Ger
man persistence for years and solved
the problem of finding an ideal medical
treatment.
For some time he maintained a pri-
va fo "a faT.iYIro xUharo 40 oaS 1o,,-, &S,o~.
lines were treated His success in this
work was so marked that # attracted
the attention Of a number of promi-
nent New York business men and phi
lanthropists who were interested in
temperance reform. They realized the
social and commercial value of treat
ment that would actually remove tho
craving for alcohol or drugs without
leaving any harmful after effects.
After a most careful Investigation
they were convinced that DR.. Open
heimer had such treatment and de-
cided to lend their names and financial
support to the Oppenheimer Institute,
organized for the purpose of extending
its field of usefulness
The Institute is conducted on thor
oughly ethical lines, none but expert
enced physicians being employed. The
management is on a strictly business
basis A large proportion Of the med
zeal profession is now cooperating
with the Institute by referring cases
to it for treatment Every effort ID
made to fully merit the confidence and
support of all physicians and to assist
them by placing the facilities of the
Institute at their disposal.
The work Of the Institute. at first
confined to New York city, is gradually
being extended to many sections Of the
United States. 1t has recently been
introduced into England and other
countries. where it has met with strik-
ing success. receiving the direct per-
sonal support of many of the most
prominent and influential persons.
Every one interested in the subject
should write or call at the Open
heimer Institute, New York city, and
receive full information.