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Show CINCHONA HOBHA. Dr. D'Ungcr'a cinchona rubra euro for drunken noaa U still performing wondora, if tho uowspapers can be relied upon as trutu-toUora. Among tho latest remarkable cures is one reported in tho Detroit iV rress-That rress-That paper tolls of a man there who has been a great drinker for twenty years. He a ay a that during the past IwgIto months ho baa drank Dot leea than a quart of pure alcohol a day. lie has spent a vast fortune in drink, and lately ho has been indulging to such excess that he baa become a pauper. 1m vo years ago bo was worth $2,000, and the other day ho pawned hia wifo'a cloak to get liquor. Fori months he has been earnestly trying to euro his craving for stimulants, j and baa taken chloral, ncrvino, opium and various other alleged remedies, but all without eucce83, unt)l two weeks ago ho began taking large quantities of cinchona rubra, which apparently has tho desired effect. He ia no longer bothered by a craving for drink, and though he has not yet had time to tell whether the euro will be permanent, be considers himself a free man, Xhia ia only one of many similar curea that are reported re-ported in the papers. Meantime physiciana are writing long letters to the Chicago journals denouncing Dr. D'Unger and his cinchona rubra as bilka. Tho doctor tried to defend himself at first by replyiug to the raftDj' communications in tho paperB "setting him up" aa a fraud, but has lately eeltltd down to the- practice of hiaprofesaion of drunkard curer, paying pay-ing no attention to tho criticisum. It there ia anything in the cure it should not take long to ascertain the fact, and settlo the dispute a to the vir lues of tho remedy. |
