Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 November 1886 — THE COCAINE HABIT. [ARTICLE]

THE COCAINE HABIT.

Tho Worst Slavery Known—Now Rovela- * tion* of Power. . ' , Cincinnati Timm-Star. When cocaine was discovered the medical world exclaimed, “lhank heaven!” But useful as it is, it is also dangerous, especially when its use is perverted from the deadening of pain for surgical operations, to the stimulation and destruction of the human body. Its first effects are soothing and captivating, but the thr&Udom is the most, horrible slavery known to humanity. J. L. Stephens, M. D., of Labanon, Ohio, was interviewed fey our reporter yesterday at the Orand Hotel, and during the conversation the doctor said: “The cocaine habit is a thousand times worse than the morphine and opium habits, and you would be astonished,” he said, “if you knew how frightfully &o habit is increasing.” “What are its effects?” —— *, “It is the worst constitution wreokor ever known. It ruins the liver and kidneys in half a year, and when this work is done, the strongest constitution soon succumbs.” “Do yon know of Dr. Underhill’s case here in Cincinnati?” “That leading physician who becamo a victim of the oocoaiuo habit? Yes. His case Was a very sad one, but the habit can bo curod. f have rescued mauy a man from a worse condition. ’[ “What, wtrso than Dr. Underhill’s?” “Indeod, sir, far so. Justin M. Hall, A M., M. D., President of the State Board of Health of lowa, and a famed practitioner, and Alexander Neil, M. D., Profos-or of surgery in tho Columbus Medical College, and President of the Academy of Medicine, a man widely known, Kcv. W. P. Clancy, of Indianapolis, Ind , from personal experience in opium eating, etc., can tell you of the kind of huccjss our form of treatment wins, and so cau H. C. Wilson, form “rly of Cincinnati, who is now associated with me.” “Would you mind letting our readers into the secret of your methods?” “Well, young man, you surely have a good bit of assurance to ask a man to give his business away to tho public; but 1 won’t wholly disappoint you. 1 have treated oyer 30,000 pat ents. In common with many eminent physicians, I, for years, made a close study of the effects of the habits ou the system and the organs which they most sevorely attack. Dr. Hall, Dr. Neil, and Mr. Wilson, whom I have mentioned, and hundreds of others equally as expert, made many similar experiments on their own behalf. We each found that these drugs worked most destructively in tho kidneys and liver: In "fact, finally destroyed them. It was then apparent that no cure could be effected until those organs could be restored to health. We recently exhausted the entire range of medical science, experimenting with all known remedies for these organs, and as the result of these close investigations we all substantially agreed, though following differott lines of inquiry, that the most reliable, scient fie preparation was Warner’s safe cure. This was the second point in the discoverv. The third was our own private form of treatment, which, of course, we do not divulge to tho public. Every case that wo have treated first with Warner’s safe cure, -then with our own private treatment, and followed up again with Warner’s safe cure for a few wooKB, has been successful These habits can’t bo cured without using it, because tho habit is nourished and sustained in tho liver and kidneys. The habit can bo kept up in moderation, however, if free use be also made, at the same time, of that great remedy.” “Yes, it is a world famed and justly celebrated specific! Like many other physicians, I used to deride the claims made for it, but I know now for a fact that it is the world’s greatest blessing, having sovereign power over hitherto incurable diseases of the kidneys and liver, and when I have said that, young man, I have said nearly eyerythng, for most diseases originate in, or are aggravated by, a depraved condition of tho kidneys.” “People do not realiz; thiß, because, singular as it may seem: tlie kidneys may be in a very advanced stage of decomposition, and yet owing to tho-fact that there are but few nerves of sensation in .them, the subject will not experience much pain therein. Ou this account thousands of people die every year of kidnev disease unknowingly. They have so-called disorders of the head, of the heart and lungs and stomach, and treat them in vaip, for the real cause or their misery is deranged kidneys, and if they were restored to health the other disorders would soon disappear. ’ r Dr. Stephens’ experience, that can be confirmed by many thousands whom ho lias treated, adds only more emphasis to the experience of mauy hundreds of thousands all over the world,, that the remedy he refors to is without any doubt the most beneficent discovery ever given to humanity. How to Succeed in Business. Don’t worry. Don’t overwork. Don’t make the field too broad. Be wary of dealing with unsuccessful men. Make friends, but don’t encourage favorites. Keep down expenses, but don’t be penurious. .. -ggop a -high vitality; Sleep well, eatwell, enjoy life. Stick to’vonr chosen pursuit, but not to chosen methods. Don’t tell what you are going to do —till you have done it. Enter your charges when the goods are sold. Don’t wait. Make plans for a little way ahead, but don’t cast them in iron. Be content with small beginnings — and f)e sure to develop them. f Don’t take fresh risks to retrieve your losses. Gut them off short. Be cautious; but when you make a bargain, make it quietly, and boldly. A regular system of sending out bills and statements is more effective than spasmodic dunning. Have a proper division of work, and neither interfere nor permit interference with your employes. . It is better for your creditors to postpone payment squarely than to pretend to pay by giving a check dated ahead, : Look after your “blotters”*—and all books of original entry. In litigation they are reliable evidence; copies are not. —The Merchant. ,