The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-05-13
HELPLESS WRECK
 THREE YEARS AGO
STRONG DRINK
 HAD HIM SECURE
WITHIN ITS TERRIBLE CLUTCHES.
Was Suffering With Delirium Ire mems When His Friends Brought Him to Memphis for Treat ment, Where He Was Promptly Relieved
 and Sent Home
 Happy.

Judging from statistics. which report an average of at least 50 per cent of deaths among delirium tremens patients treated at hospitals, the James Sanato- rum of this city justly feels proud of their record in treating such cases. They claim that although they have had pa- tients come to them in the last stages of delirium tremens, they do not lose one out of a hundred such cases, thus proving their treatment a great restorative The following testimonial from one who came to the James Sanatorium more dead than alive speaks well for their success in treating such cases:
 James Sanatorium. Memphis, Tenn: Gentlemen-It affords me great pleasure to inform you that 1 have not touched drop of intoxicating liquors since l took your treatment at the James Sanatorium in 1903, just three years ago. My YoeaDu- lary of words is altogether inadequate to express my heart felt gratitude for the wonderful benefits derived from your treatment.
 l consider the James Sanatorium one of the grandest institutions in the world Now feel like new man, enjoying life, am capable of transacting business with clear, level head, am in good health ana buoyant spirits, and pleasure to my family and friends whereas before l was seemingly a hopeless wreck of humanity. I saw that I was losing on every hand. I realized how the monster-strong drink was gripping me in it's clutches tighter and tighter all the while, but how to snuff ie off this monster was baffing my most strenuous efforts.
 In vain did my dear family plead with me to abstain from it. In vain did I make resolve after resolve to resist the temptation. but those resolutions were no sooner made than broken. My will power ba Gtp of min p6 pose was becoming thing of the past, and my appetite for drink was unsuitable.
 My physicians told me if I did not stop 1t would soon kill me. At last, while ir state of delirium tremens, some of my friends carried me to your most won derful institution, where I took a full course of treatment, and was completely cured. My friends and neighbors can tes- tify to this fact. If it were in my power to do so. I wouldn't exchange the bene- fits that derived from the Urea atment for miles of gold. Only redeemed drunkard can fully appreciate my situation.
 Your sanatorium is unauestionably one of the greatest blessings imaginable to our country. The remembrance of my stay there will always be a source of ineX- pressible pleasure to me, for then and there I was saved from a drunkard's grave, which you know Is 6 horrible thing to contemplate.
 There Is an air of mutual sympathy that seems to pervade the atmosphere of the surroundings: and there is no dis tinction made between the rich and the poor the educated and the uneducated, the banker and the farmer-all share equal privileges and are treated with equal courtesy.
 speak of the sanatorium in the highest terms of praise to men who indulge in the ruinous habit of drink. When a per son who Is addicted to drinking finds a difficulty in abstaining from it of his own free will, then without further delay he should take the treatment. which will en- tirely destroy the taste and desire for it. He should not wait until he is on the very brink of ruin, as I did.
 My advice to all boys and young men Is to never take the first drink; but if you have made that sad mistake. beware of the others that follow. for each drink Is as a link in a huge chain that will fasten you securely in the bondage of slavery.
 Wishing you unlimited success in your noble cause, I am, your true friend
 GEORGE w. BOYKIN.
 Catchings, Miss. April 2S. 1906.
 P. S.-Tf convenient I would be glad to see this letter in print for the benefit of my friends and others who may be influenced for good by reading of my case. G. w. BOYKIN.
 James Home Remedies.
 Whiskey, Wine or Beer ............ .S12. 30 Tobacco or Snuff Habits ............ 300 Cigarette and Cigar Habits ........ 800
 Hypodermic and Internal Remedies for Drug Habits of all kinds specially pre- pared to meet requirements in each in- dividual case. Free samples furnished Drug Users. Send for literature and testi- monials Should you order course of treatment, remit amount of order and save return charges money. Address. in confidence. Charles B. James. or James Sanatorium, Memphis. Tenn.: Charles c. James or James Sanatorium; 221 Missouri Trust Building, St. Louis, Mo.