Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1906-08-02
Removal OF the Craving F..' 1,l--!.o.i
StimuIants Successfully Accom-
PIished by the Oppenheimer
Treatment.

Alcoholism in its advanced stages Is
4 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 Syery motive for so
briefly bat he fell many times and
Wept bitterly over his humiliation. He
never dared pass saloon unattend-
ed by friend or member of his fam
Ny. Reformed as he was morally and
spiritually, he yet carried with him to
his grave a diseased nervous system.
y mar on whom the alcoholic craving
fs C.g Ga tyus} Is aS much II vic
u'u "a uIa1.taa aS q sufferer from pncu-
W3nia or smallpox. 1t is Il disease re-
,uirng special medical treatment, not
punishment o. Imprisonment. As a dis
"aa. it q 'atlv hrir~ idleness, i'm
le "a sne attendant
o,.' yet f.a1 the disease it
itse.. Il .,aEcDs tLy ull, Injuries the
body degfades the manhood and de-
stroys the earning capacity of the suf-
for Re-" ~" the disease and You
&. NJ so. be ian.
fur ,mcnal principle of the
II men 5r =, Oh J!iam is the de-
suuction OF that craving which
@ nts tie desire for intoxicating
.i. .nts. Previous to inception Of
ji.r ethod cf treatment the effort;
u a medical trofeSsion were directed
10 80 agthou. tie mental control Of
'Gr .ieut, unmindfuI that the liquor
IdNua was not a perverSion of idea,
II Cisea resulting from irritation
et 1he narvogs mechanism of the indi-
'iGHaE Tie craving being direct
;Gtapu,e of neurotic Impulse. necessi
.ates ;fatsaent peculiarly adapted to
OyercJuc ,ha melting cause
u. isaac 1ppenheimer, graduate
ol tI2 olIg%c of Physicians and Sur
E-Jila. New York medcal departmeut
Of Columbia university. class of 1876,
r." tFt years devoted careful uttcn
iian q tive study of diseases due t.,
Die a. drug adGictions.
Ia the tenement districts on the east
....c s., %g.. ok among lue su1eping
= h found lis field Of study There
.lss4 te pathos and HE tragedy of
h0Eles and lives wrecked by iAtempcr
uo-o hc toiled with unwearying Ger
r.an no tHcc for yea!s and solved
Jc rp' ri, I finding au ideal medical
lr,..l .lcat
For some time he maintained pri-
vGt2 e3siit;riUm wi ere cases along these
lin,5 we're treated. His success in this
work was so mari ed that it attracted
,la at.n'- on of & number of pronli-
ncit &ew York business men and phi
lnnthrarists who were interested in
ten perdnce reform. They realized the
social ana commercial value of a treat
mcnt that would actually remove the
craving for alcohol or ddusS without
leaving any harmful after effects.
Ai.rf Il most careful investigation
they were convinced that DR. Open
hcimGl had such treatment and de
cii ed to lend their names ANA financial
support 10 the 0ppenheimer Institute
organized for the purpose of extending
its field of usefulness.
The Institute is conducted on thor
oughly eJhical lines, none but expert
enced physicians being employed The
management is on Il strictly business
basis. A large proportion { { The ne I
ical profession is now co-opera ing
with the Institute by referring eases
to it FOR treatment. Every effort is
made to fully merit the confidence AMI
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 tie
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.