Show I Narcotic Habit Cured Painlessly in l Six Days by Use of New Compound S I By HOWARD W W. BLAKESLEE Associated Press Pres Science Editor ITHACA N N. Y Jan 16 Six 16 Six da days S 'S to break a narcotic morphine habit la ss j the record of the first trial of or a n anew anew new remedy discovered at nt Cornell university The results of this case which involved involved in in- a man who had taken morphine morphine morphine mor mor- phine for 16 years are arc to appear in inthe inthe inthe the January number of the proceedings proceedings proceed proceed- ings of the National Academy of They are reported by Wilder D D. Bancroft Ph D. D Robert Hobert S S. S Gutsell Gutsell Gut Gut- sell seIl M. M D. D and John E E. Hutzler Jr Treatment was wa in Ithaca Memorial hospital Sodium effected the speedy cure For every reduction in morphine an equal amount of or this remedy was given until after six days the man received no more narcotic Shortly afterward the sodium rhoda rhoda- nate pate was discontinued This was on December 9 since when the report Elates the man has had no further urther narcotic desire The new treatment is based on a discovery at Cornell under research of the Foundation for the Advancement of or Science that the craving for tor narcotics which follows ordinary stopping of or the drug is due to coagulation that coagulation that is a thickening ot of of proteins in brain and nerves This thickened condition is really the habit accord according In to the Cornell experiments Normally the co coagula coagulation ula tion is likely to disappear i if left Jell to itself but only er very slowly and md with painful nervous disturbances Sodium works directly on the brain proteins speedily reducing reducing ing the excess thickening doing in ina a few days das what nature requires weeks or months to accomplish |