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could not handle his knife. the COM
pany doctor gave him a 'shot" of
morphine.
Had for the Asking.
After that he could get the drug
Tor the asking; the company sup
piled it, for it deadened the pain
Of the cold and enabled the men to
work. Many contracted the habit,
for the ships supply of whiskey had
been exhausted and the cold was
deadly.
Thirty Of the ships crew re-
ceived their "shot of hop" regularly
- every day from the ships doctor,
fulfilled their contracts, and the
ship owners lost nothing.
These cases are taken from. the
records Of Just one conscientious
and intelligent physician in one
very well-regulated and well-run
penitentiaIy.
Wouldn't 1t he interesting II every
doctor in every such public lnstitE-
ton kept such a record and would
let US see them?
We might begin getting some
vague glimmer of the truth con-
corning the connection Of dope"
and crime. and also, we might
begin to wander IL tn doctors are
at all to blame for the teliib:e curse
Of dope" addiction.
Private Sanitariums Menaces.
- The conscientious and intelligent
doctor of today sets his face hike
q flint against "dope"-hut why is
there not some concerted action in
the medical profession along two
lines in which every doctor in this
country should be interested.
One thing the reputable physi-
clans of this country should do is
to demand competent and cour-
= ageous investigation Of the private
sanitariums which pretend u cure
the "dope" ;abit.
At Ieas = zen out Of ten Of them
are nothing but traps where the
poor victims are dragged deeper
: and deeper into the degradation OF
the habit which the keepers Of the
ganitariums pretend to cure.
A dope" sanitarium is an ex-
; ceIlent base for blackmailing opera
tions, too.
Observe the joyous existence Of
: one Dr. Barker, Of Oakland. Cal.
Posed As Civic Leader.
DR.. Barker owned, operated, rep
resented, and controlled large and
: 0ourishing sanitarium in Oakland.
DR.. Barker was also an earnest
leader in the fight on dope"
! He made speeches at women's
clubs on the horrors of the dope"
. evil. formed committees, organized
q movement to fight the drug ring,
and was entertained about a month
ago at an elaborate luncheon given
in his honor at the Hotel Oakland
! by various enlightened and leading
clubs and associations.
At the very moment when DR..
Barker was acknowledging with
easy grace and almost too smooth
. O courtesy his honors at the hands
OF his enthusiastic followers, State
and city authorities were on his
trail.
And it now develops that the good
doctor is not a doctor at all but
. O sleight-of-hand man from the cir
Gus, and that he had turned many
q Joyous dollar and rubbed together
many more shining gold pieces in
the pursuance Of binding the chains
Of dope" more strongly upon the
poor wretches who came to him for
help to get rid Of the chains al
together.
Charged Fat Prices.
DR.. Barker charged a good big
price to cure the dope habit, and
when he got the patient to the
state where he had to have his
dope" or die in mortal agony,
he raised the price.
And this was not all of DR.. Bark
er's clever little scheme.
When the patient left the sani-
tarium, DIR. Barker made 1t his
business to discover his source OF
income, the extent of it, etc.,-and
after that, either that patient went
on getting his daily dope" from
Or. Barker at DIR. Barker's price
or exposure followed.
Blackmail Is the stepsister Of