Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1910-11-22

pdIlldI Ddldly DID VI the hiuoSuAdi
coat of the stomach, and an in
famed .or liberated condition of the
mucous coat. Such condition pro-
duces a vitiated appetite and i'm
pairs the action of the stomach,
which is the most important of the
digestive processes. To relieve this
condition. when produced by any
agent other than alcohoi, surgical
measures are demanded. Why not
apply the same principle in the al
coholic case?
Reasoning along this line con-
WINGED me that all hope of curing
case of chronic alcoholism lay in
surgical direction, and 1 resolved
to try the operation l had in mind
upon the first case that would grant
me the privilege. An ideal case
soon presented itself-a young man
of high degree, who had descended
to the lowest depths of saloondom,
and had floundered about in it for
several years, presented himself
with the request that l do some
thing for him.
After a two weeks preparatory
treatment, ppsterior gastro-jejun-
ostomy by simple suture was per-
formed upon him. He left the hos
pital thirty days later This patient
was about 80 years old, and had
been drinking for about ten years.
During the last three years business
had so interfered with his drinking
that he quit business and drank all
day and night, consuming from one
to two quarts of whiskey during
each "a hours. He was one of the
| best-known drunkards in the city
and no one could remember having
seen him sober during the three
years preceding the operation, and
he was looked upon as past re.
demption and absolutely valueless
from the business standpoint To.
day he is assistant manager of q
large mercantile establishment ir
this city, and sober, respected
citizen.
Case No. 2 is that or a young
dentist about 80 years of age. He
stated that for several years he hat
consumed all the liquor he coult
get during the day and took a bot
tie to bed with him at night. Hi.
constant drinking had made yer
liable neurasthenic of him. He con
suited me regarding the operation
and was advised to have it per
formed.
He finally came to the sanator
ium and had the operation per
formed. From a vagabond dentist
bounded by dozens of people who's
money he had taken during half
sober intervals as advance paymen
on work which he was never abb
to perform, he is now, and has bee
ever since the operation, a sobe
man, and no one hesitates to trus
him with work.
Case No. is that of travelling
man, about 35 years of age. Fl
had been drinking at irregular in
tervals for a number Of years. TIL
intervals had gradually grown close
together until life became just on
long drunk. He entered the sana
forum and had the same operation
performed. He is today united wit
his family and holds good posi-
ton.
These cases have been selecte
at random from a series of seven
teen. The result has been equal
as good in all of the cases, with tn
exception of two--one dying and tn
other relapsing. The death too
place two days after the operatio
and was due to angina pectoris
The relapsing case was that of
middle-aged half-witted man.
1T is not my purpose to advc
cate SO grave surgical operatio
in all cases of chronic alcoholism
but only in those apparently hope
less cases where everything els
has failed, and the patient is sti
in fair mental and physical cond
ton and wants to be cured. Th
results at my hands has thus ia
| exceeded aynentation-