The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-20
Doctors Responsible for Many Victims

n OCTORs have been responsible innocently usual
- ly, for establishing narcotic habits in many ind
viduals particularly in those who suffer from tunc-
tional disturbances relating the system
and these have perceptiby increased since the intro
duction and promscuous use OF the hypodermic
syringe. The pain habit is common in women these
days. Men not exempt from it. In all such ind
viduals OF either danger turks in oft-repeated
porific drugs Remedies more benign in action in
Oftrecurring attacks required to be increased and
later certain of tolerance is established
those OF greater potency must be called into USE
While visiting in small town few years ago
happened to witness vivid scene, the star per
former being a midde-aged woman from the city,
who also visiting in the place. The poor crea
ture had worked herself into historical frenzy of
unusual severity and furnishing grim sort of
entertainment for yardful OF excited but sympa
thetc villagers. Messengers were out trying to To-
the two local physicians and during the interim
the village policeman and two other big husky men
had the little obstreperous woman so thoroughly
anchored that she could not move hand or foot
They could not, however, suppress her voice and
lungs and she continued to yell quite Justify. pc
liceman is often looked up to having very
versatile knowledge and in this that important
individual allowed the might have hydro
phObia.'
When the physicians finally arrived their first act
to fire" the stalwart men who fearful
that the little anemc would do herself
others bodily harm A hypodermc of morphine
administered and she soon gained her mental and
physical composure. From brief history of the
learned that the lady had been subject to at
tacks OF sick headache accompanied by nervous
paroXysms OF a more or less severe type, and that
expedite manner by hypodermics until she
suffered from both the original disease and
cotic habit we'll Being away from home she
must necessarily call upon strange doctor for
lief, and the one who had attended her the
ing of the day in question had refused to resort
hypodermc medication The attack of headache
coupled with the denial of the remedy which gave
her much solace brought a of in
stability which, under the peculiar conditions de-
scribed, eventuated in vertable cyclone and
the raising of pandemonium in the village. So de-
termined she to be lulled into passvity and
forgetfulness that she voluntarily gave her
free rein She simply had the habit to that extent
that she unwilling suffer physical pain for
few hours. Perhaps in few months more she would
seek the same relief for disappointments and vari
mental ills.
This case is typical of thousands. Physicians have
unconsciously and in answer to that far cry that
they must relieve pain helped to foster these
habits in innumerable persons who suffer from
functional and periodic ailments. And pain can be
driven away and oblivion secured expeditey!
The after effects often nothing with the
patient compared with the termination of pain The
rebelious stomach of the next day. lockedup secre-
tions and a skin yellow Chinamans not
taken into account when physical suffering appears.
A few shots at not too long drawn intervals whip
the vital forces into submission until each
sive administration meets with less opposition and