The Detroit times., 1916-03-08
CHAPTER 81 BECOME A
MEDICAL DIRECTOR

CHAPTER 81 BECOME A
MEDICAL DIRECTOR
Near where lived was a flourish
ing little city, made so mainly BY
being one OF the popular health re-
sorts of the state. DR. b. wanted me
to 60 there and open up a perma-
nenr institute for him and become
its medical director. His own plan
had been to exhaust all the availa-
BILE material In one town and then
move on to another. He argued that
this health resort town was an ideal
place for . permanent institute;
that was the right man for its med
icai director. aud that there was big
money in IL for me.
He soon convinced me on all
these points, and We entered into q
contract. For the use Of his name
| and N consideration of his keeping
me supplied with his Renowned Dis
coveries." ready prepared for use. J
was fc allow him a certain percent
age OF my gross income. Financially.
made q success OF the business al
mort from the start. and kept 1t go
ing nearly year.
here relate the circumstance OF
my operation Of this institute. be-
cause IL was therein that l gained
some of the experiences that enable
me 10 speak with some degree OF
authority on the subject of habit.
forming drugs in general.
During the time I conducted the
institute I treated many cases Of al
c3holic addictions. and quite mum
ber each Of morphine and tobacco.
And. while q sufiicient number OF
my liquor cases remained cured 70
morally Justify the existence Of the
institute. the least said the better
a. To he final results in my opium
or morphine cases. But such cases
however, furnished me with vala
able fund of information and expe
rience. and the results were up u
the standard usually obtained IN
similar institutions
| We also advertised TO cure thu
cocaine and chloral habits. And
reader. let me right here tell yot
something conclusively proves
while Conducting this institute
There is no such thing a. . true CO
caine or choral habit; or. paradox
ical 90 It may sound, m addiction
to the use Of either of these two
, drugs IL q matter Of habit only. Ir
my FIRST use Of the word habit" ir
, the foregoing sentence. mean ar
. uncoutrolla BILE desire or physical and
nervous demand for the drug render
ing It's withdraw wal distressing. pain
fuI md dangerous. In my second
use ~ the word I mesn Q thing on
is simply used 10 or accustomed q
doing. And this 10 the great die
, | tinguishins difference between these
drugs and the opium preparations.
II A II 20 happened. every one o
, my opium or morphine cases were
|. also cooke" tcocaine) fends. BY ex
perimentation I soon learned tha
. the cocaine could be abruptly with
drawn without q particle Of the ter
|. rible phenomena following the with
crawaI of opium. I also found ths
II was the effects Of the cocaine. no
Of the morphine. that made such pa
TENTS untidy Of dress. unclean o
body. and untruthful OF tongue; tina
took away the appetite for fooc
emaciated the body. and left sore
4 At the points Of injection.
I. Furthermore. I found that vhe
l the cocaine was abruptly Withheld
. and the patient cleaned up insid
! and out. his appetite would retur
I. within ~ hours. and In q few day
hs would be eating ss ravenousl
I and gaining In Hesh ss rapidly a
though eonvsIescing from an sttac
OF typhoid fever. And this while sti
permitting the use Of his opium @
morphine. for soon learned that
was the best 10 let such patients n
cuperste from the physical. mora
and hygienic damages OF the cocsin
befBse tackIins the real ordeal q