Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-09-27
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
The Prohibition snn.c.

Almost anywhere any day. IL :'nu will look
about YOU Will SEQ hoys ranging in acc from
- TO Is years. according to the general moral
depravity Of the community. smoking cigar
cites and doing IL in manner that plainly
swclls showing SH" You and |, whether We
smoke or drink or not. remember such boys
in day. II trace them We find that
many ct them turned out bad and
dead, in prison or human derclCts OF
type or another The trouble with such
boys isn't Just devilishness or rowd yism; tho
truble is inherent mental defect: they are
morons mental weakings and TO make any
thing of them requires great deal more
and watchfulness on the part Of parents
than IL docs 10 train boys OF average or
NAL mentality You will recollect how such
boys were invariably slow and backward in
school. worldly wise to be sure and danger
ously in view OF their close association in
school with normal youngsters. but high grade
imheciles nevertheless.
As late as twenty years ago drinking WAS
still. VOL. counivcd at by the business and
professional world and the public =, large. y
doctor. Ia wyer, merchant or thief might make
a beast OF himself at more less frequent
intervals and still keep his place in popular
esteem. There were stil few very old
fashioned folk who actually argued that a
carousal made the doctor. lawyer, merchant
thief all the better when he sobcred up:
But for several years before prohibition set
tied over the country drinking had come to
be mark OF tho inefficient and resort Of
the incompetent and public opinion had vecred
around to point which encouraged man
IN say any occasion and without any
apology that he on the water wagon.
have received numerous letters from read
crs. chiefly women, who toll how n brother.
a father or husband has become a prohibit
ton drunkard" Usually the man has always
been moderate or occasional drinkcr. but
that even mod"r1te occasional drink
ing Is discouraged ~ the government. the
man proceeds to "show 'en" by making n
bigger fool OF himself than he has been
before and incidentally bringing unhappincss
and humiliation upon those who by rights are
entitled to respect from him. Is there any
nope for such specimen? Can he +" restored
by any form Of discipline or treatment?
The ordinary alcoh9iic may he successfully
freed from his craving by a comparatively
simple and inexpensive course OF medical
treatment by any good physician in any hos
pital or sanatorum home If the services
of wcll-tra incd nurse or attendant be
had There are various methods Of treat
ment successfully admin stored such as the
method given TO the medical profession sew
eral years by Or. Alexander Lambert.
and which has restored some awful huns to
sobricty and industry. Don't write TO me
about tho method. 1t Is familiar to. or. at
least readily available TO every physician.
or course, no secret treatment Is worth a
boot and only hunhugs rurport to be OF any
value against alcoholism. drug habit
bacco habit when administered without the
victims knowledge. Indeed unless the
habitue himself earnestly desires to be cured
and earnestly co-opcrates In the treatment
1t is useless to undertake any treatment.
The prob biton souse' Is n very low or
der. Only n thoroughgonE fool will swallow
the stun that the booilcSGcrs supply. Yet
such defective may be saved