Show THE KEELEY GORE i I Experiences of a Salt Laker at the Institute NATURE OF THE TREATMENT The Unfortunates Come From AH Parts of the World and Every Walk e of Life A HERALD reporter met yesterday a prominent young business man with whom he is well acquainted He had missea Him out of the city for quito a while and naturally the question arose as to where he had been keeping himself The young man stated that ho had been east on business busi-ness and recognizing that ho had contracted con-tracted the habit of liquor drinking and feeling that it was getting the betterof him ho felt anxious to try some cure Where it was to bo had ho did not know He decided however to co to an institute in Dwight Ill whore the Keeley system of curing the drinking habit had been in practice for some time What induced you to try the Keeley treatment at DuigLt Illinois asked the reporter Well said the young man you have been acquainted with me for years you are familiar with my habitsi ou know I always liked to be one of the boys and insidiously the love of drink grew upon mo to such an extent thrt I felt I was gradually gradu-ally becoming a wreck So a few weeks ago I had business in Chicago and there I had n conversation upon my caso with several prominent business mon They advised me vory strongly to try the Keeley treatment which they considored one of the greatest on earth in curing tho drinking drink-ing habit So I took their advice and went to Dwight determined to give the treatment treat-ment a trial Upon arriving at tho institute the ofticial inquired as to what had been my habitswhether 1 had become adicted to drinuing liquors taking morphne or opium or bmoidng cigars or cigarettes I replied that I had been a steady drinker of liquors for eight or ten years Ho then commenced the treatment Ho pave what is called a shot What kind of a shot Well it is a hyperderinic injection of 3ichlpride of gold in the left arm This injection causes no particular sensation It is accompanied by taking some kind of medicine every two hours In fact the routine of the treatment is simply this First thing in tho morning take medicine then breakfast then a shot at 8 oclock medicine every two hours another shot at noon and another at 730 in the even ingHero Hero the young man produced a book showing the interior of the institute and tho patients standing ready for tho shot11 It is a curious picture The patients aro arranged in four rows with one doctor at tho had of each row The left arms are all bared and as the injection takes but a second the work is soon over Are the patients all confined in the institute in-stitute I No they are scattered all over the town and live in boarding houses and hotels according ac-cording to their means Many nationalities among the crowd I was surprised tp find from all parts of tho globe Switzerland Australia England Eng-land Ireland Scotland Canada Mexico and from all parts of the United States Among tho number wore many wealthy men many celebrated lawyers ministers editors reporters painters musicians insurance in-surance agents architects etc etc Was there any feeling of shame exhibited ex-hibited by the various patients No I was surprised at the sociability all around We chatted and told each others experience and you may be sure that some of these experiences wero very interesting and some very sad To give instances in-stances would take up too much of your time What is the medicine composed on I That I dont know The medicine or dope as it is called is not very palatable It has a tendency to mako tho mouth and palate dry and tho food does not taste nice for some days Do they keep any liquor in tho institute to soothe some thqhard cases that a ay have arrived The doctors from the day you enter the institute keep feeling your pulse and asking you questions to your appetite how you sleep and if you have any desire for liquor In regard to the latter question ques-tion in most cases the reply is yes ana a certain amount of liquor is dealt out There are very few however who have a desire I for liquor after being under treatment for fortyeight hours In some cases the desire for liquor remains for a longer period The liquor is still given but in smaller doses And from what I could learn from some of my friends whenever any of the patients complain that they continue con-tinue to have u desire for liquor then the doctors give them what is called the barbers bar-bers pole This barbers pole is a severe shot of the combined medicines which is intended to and certainly does knock the stuffing out of the desire of being served with liquor daily In my caso I had no desire whatever after the second week By that time even the smell of liquor was sufficient to make me gag notwithstanding not-withstanding that I had been in the habit of drinking liquor for ten years attending to business of course all the time Still as I say after the second weeks treatment in the institute I had absolutely no desire for drink aud as 1 repeat the very smell of it made me gag Since you left the institute have you ever had the desire fordrink return either for whisky beer wino or any other Kind of intoxicating liquor I No because as I have said the very i smell of it makes me inclined to gag 1 J look upon liquor with a kind of horror I have no ill feeling against my companions who continue to take their drinks but I have a profound sympathy for the man who is doing what God has given me courage cour-age to withstand I hope forever During my three weeks treatment i saw many end scenes I saw some of the most brilliant bril-liant men brought to the institute from all parts of this and other countries through the curse of tho drinking habita habit which might have been in many cases inherited Those who get through with the treatment which lasts for a period of three weeks aro called into a private room to listen to a lecture before taking their departure The lecture is a recital of tho treatment the patients have gone through The doctors had guaranteed guaran-teed to cure the liquor drinking drink-ing habit By tho patients own admission they had been cured They are advised to keep out of temptation as much as possible They are now as they were when children a period when they did not know the taste of liquor They could of course afters onto months create a now appetite for liquor but the lecturer asserts that not one in a hundred over returns to the habit Those who had returned had killed themselves in nine cases out of ton H the desire should return tho patients are adyised to send to tho institute for medicine to thwart the desire The expense of his treatment for three weeks was 73 and board and lodgings can be had as cheap in Dwight as anywhere else |