Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-01-04
DRINK HABIT NOW
TREATED AS A DISEASE
Removal of the Craving For Alcoholic
Stimuants Successfully Accom-
pished by the Oppenheimer
Treatment.

Alcoholism in its advanced stages is
D disease, not vice, crime or sin.
The eloquent John B. Cough, re-
formed inebrate, was devout Chris
ton. Besides, he stood upon the Amer
lean platform as the apostle of total
abstinence, with every motive for So
briefly, but he fell many times and
wept bitterly over his humiliation. He
never dared pass IA saloon unattend-
ed by Il friend or member of his fam
tly. Reformed as he was morally and
spiritually, he yet carried with him to
his grave Il diseased nervous system. p
y man on whom the alcoholic craving
has become fastened is as much vic
tim of disease as sufferer from pneu-
monia or smallpox. 1t is Il disease re-
quiring special medical treatment, not
punishment or Imprisonment AS Il 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 is the de-
struction of that craving which
prompts the desire for Intoxicating
stimulants. Previous to inception of
this method of treatment the efforts
,,E, I,
TO strengthening the mental control of
the patient. unmindful that the liquor
craving was not Il 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 inciting cause.
DR.. Isaac Oppenheimer graduate
OF the College of Physicians and Sur
geons, New York (medical department
Of Columbia university, class of 1876,
for many years devoted careful atten-
ton TO the study of diseases due to
alcoholic and drug addictions.
In the tenement districts Oh the east
poor he found his field of study. There
amid the path0s and the tragedy of
homes and lives wrecked by intemper-
ance he toiled with unwearying Ger
man persistence for years and solved
The problem of finding an ideal medical
treatment.
For some time he maintained pri-
vate sanitarium where cases along these
lines were treated. His success in this
work was SO marked that it attracted
the attention of Il number of promi-
ncnt New York business men and phi
lanthropistS who We're interested in
temperance reform. They realized the
social and commercial value of treat
ment that would actually remove the
craving for alcohol or drugs without
leaving any harmful after effects.
After most careful investigation
they were convinced that DR.. Open
hcimer had such a 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 Il strictly business
basis. \ large proportion of the med
ical profession is now cooperating
with the Institute by referring cases
to it for treatment. Every effort is
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.