Show COCAINE MONSTER IS 19 THROWING ROWlING TH ills HIS TENTACLES AROUND THE NATION the deadly drug whose influence carries men to insanity and death is becoming alarmingly popular how it grips its victims makes maes tho the sufferer forget tor for A ft time me his rain pain and the worried man ifan his troubles then ile ha will steal to get it medical science ras hoj not solved the th problem of its physiological action value valce of cocaine lo 10 leaves avea import od st at 1 the th rort port of now new york in I 1 imported I 1 in n 1837 indicated value of import tor asb in these simple figures are contained the elements of a warning sermon that would start startle 10 a all 11 america we seem 1 to 0 be rapidly be coming becoming a nation of co ca calao no bends if the number of those addicted to thi the use of the dreadful drug continues to increase at the pre present rato rate the importation 0 of what was originally regarded as a blessed alleviator of pain will have to bo be classed I 1 u with ith oft opium I 1 um and its use prohibited by law except for medicinal purposes at p present Y e sent the cocaine fiend can purchase t ho drug without trouble and the case with which it is taken 19 1 a fatal it ta recommendation to those who crave a nerve no laborious I 1 c cooking boking of pills ilia over a lamp cleaning 0 of implements or troublesome feces ity tor for secrecy as with the use of plum opium cocaine can be taken at any time with sear scarcely c ely any trouble and without a so boul u I 1 besides the user being aware of his being in the tolls at first firs that Is it will not be long lone before every intimate friend will observe a change a gradual and scarcely perceptible change cooie come over the a appearance p pe arance and general conduct ot abe cocaine cocain fiend it the ibe one who bo yields to to I 1 the he tolle toxic influence of the drug be a lawyer r it will be noticed that ills his language lano 0 6 as he pleads a case came in court has become particularly diffuse while his arguments are lone drawn out and lacking in lo 10 loarts ale others will mill notice this peculiarity and wonder the victim will be in blissful Igno ignorance ranco tt of anything wrong tor for another queer phase of the progress of cocaine poisoning Is that it lulls the user into a delightful feeling of self salt satisfaction and whatever e v er hla his shortcomings he Is a contented e d and ami happy until the influence of 0 the departs and leaves him only with ill the deadly craving for more that none can fight oft off the lecturer who becomes a victim of the cocaine habit will A fil to the surprise of his audience spend the entire period allotted to a certain subject on it ii hingle insignificant part of 0 it or F fra fm ra to forget the topic entirely and ad wander into something entirely foreign it will strike the listeners that the learned lecturer lias has bern drinking or Is 1 17 to get feeble minded there will wil I 1 bs be nothing in the apar ance or manner of the speaker to hi indicate di c that he be himself has the slightest knowledge know le dge that he lias has not been treating the subject in the brightest and ad rn most oat careful way cocaine la is a drug tent t deludes its ts vi victims t ime it Is the very devil himself in ili the form of 0 an inno cent looking crystal and the way aay the I 1 iauch to be bc pitied cocaine user js is i eflowly Flur ly but with awful 4 Ita don I 1 io Ini antty and 1 l 11 ath ill 1 I 1 a terrible tribute to tho the strength of the demon that lurks in the drug this confusion of 0 ideas and language la Is the first symptom of the toxic lahu enco ence of tho the cocaine beginning to work it if you have a friend in whom chese symptoms S are noticed it might oft be well nell to find out if he is 3 addicted to the bao so of cocaine for at this early stage the habit may bo be broken later it la Is almost hopeless bo tor for the victim to try and sunder bunder his chains begun in many cases in a legitimate dav as an anesthetic the surprisingly pleasant effect iss Is sought tor for again by the one who has had a a glimpse at the portals of the elysium ely slum this Is the beginning of the terrible habit the effect Is a sense of exhilaration followed by a quiet dreamy state that boica the worried man to forgot forget his troubles nod and the sufferer hla his pain once this freedom from physical and mental sickness has been experienced the co calao fiend will rob or kill to set get the drug enforced nonuse non u use 6 a of it will not cure tho the victim sentence him to a term of imprisonment and ho he will go co straight from the jail door to the nearest drug druc store to secure cocaine before lip hp vats eats or bleeps biceps this of course cannot last from an all occasional use of the drug to insatiable craving Is the rational course of 0 tho the cacano alend from thence to the insane asylum find and the chavre Is in a swift and easy descent in his fan fall from health to physical and mental disintegration the cocaine flond fiend undergoes a terrible experience when not in the temporary tem heaven that the drug provides the victim Is in the lowest depths of an inferno lie ile Is subject to apprehensions delusions and balled hallucinations A at ions ile he suffers from insomnia anorexia ano roxia ala and pains dyspepsia fleps la chronic palpitations and will paresis he la Is a terror both to himself find and others othere the life of the man la Is a living death lie ile knows it and with this knowledge staring him in the face ho he ruches for the drug and Is happy for a brief period under it its influences it Is 19 time something were done to keep keel from this high abruns nation a drug drugac so deadly cl chear ear minded medical men have recommended its exclusion front from the country believing that its uso use medicinally should be foregone forr cone rather than that such it a cursed temptation should be placed in the way of weak humanity what the real fiction action of the drug la Is and hoar to counteract its ita influence are at present puzzling questions question to the medical fraternity A leada leading ig member of the erlon to whom tile 8 e puy questions 9 allons were put replied after care mi e on as aa follows its phy biological hl action is practically unknown A AB an analgesic it la Is uniform in its action and fan 1 tills this ja is due to tile the suspension of the physiologic functions of tho the acile which it comes in contact with beyond this it la Is an excitant of the avinal axis later I 1 a t it hoa has a peculiar action on the one manifest in a wide of p psychical 9 phenomena beyond this a g great rest variety of 0 widely variable symptoms aal appear ear in some cases all tile the intellectual tel faculties are excited to th the high highest at degree in others a profound 10 lowering beetles ring of the senses and functional a activities ell occur takers can use large quantities of co cocaine caLino without any bad symptoms alcoholics are also able to bear large doses without danger not the excitement caused by cocaine goes on to convulsions and death benth sometimes its action la Is localized localized to one part of the cerebra spina gainal 1 axis and then to another in soma borne cases well marked cerebral anemia appears and tor for it a time I 1 Is alarming but soon passes away FC few cas casca a ot f death are recorded from an overdo overdose oo as aa they sto ai comparatively comparative iv rare and the poisonous states which follow usually give way to appropriate rem remedies edles small doses frequently given are more readily absorbed than large doses always use weak solutions solution lut ions file ho effects being more pleasing with alth ler lesa a excitation the morphine and alcoholic Mcbri ates very soon acquire a certain tolerance to large dages taken at once tho the cocaine user rites mes large quantities but in small doses frequently repeated repealed lie he becomes frightened c at the effects of 0 large doses and when ullen he cannot get the effects from small to him sate safe doses he resorts to alcohol morphine or chloral in many cases memories of the delusions and hallucinations are so EO vivid and distressing that other narcotics are arc used to prevent their recurrence in other cases the recollect recollection I 1 Is s ve very conron confused fused and vague and at strong suspicions eis lacin nil fill the mind that the real condition and gd lon fog Is arl grossly exaggerated exaggerate d by the tor r some deterring effect in common with opium and alcoholics there Is mor moral I 1 paralysis untruthfulness and low cu cunning in order to conceal and explain the condition by other than the real causes the prognosis is 13 always doubtful when aillen the addiction has continued any length ot of time the temporary re inoval of the drug and restoration A of the case casa occurs in nearly all cases came b but uc unless a radical change of 0 life and li un living Is made and the patient gives unusual care to his health and to the avoidance of every source of exhaustion of nerve and brain and every condition of peril to ills his health the danger or of relapse la Is very imminent the treatment must be pursued on general principles isolation and removal of all exciting causes and building up of the brain and nervous system comprise the general principles in every case certain special localized means are essential to meet the various conditions present the sudden removal of tile the drug Is tile the unit first step the continuous activity of the skin front rot hot air sweating ew ealine and baths Is cam essential forn and this should be kept up tor a long time among foods meats are arc to be used sparingly at first as the case improves their use may bo be increased A diet of eggs milk and grains with fru ault i t il 13 s best tho the patient should rema remain j n in 1 I 1 bed or reclining at full length most of the time during active treatment muscular exercise by massage for an hour a day should be given it if this Is not practicable walking in the open al air with lilt an attendant or a few moments fifth ropes and pulleys will aid in reducing r cing the muscular nervousness a exercise and massage depend tor for their value largely on the adoptability adaptability of the iho case to bear it in ia a brainworker less exercise or message massage Is required than in ili it a muscle worker or fir one who aho Is out in ili the open ale air much ot of the time in an overfed over fed plethoric person exercise la Is better belter borne born e a and n 1 f followed 0 laoue a by greater creator relief than in spare on ons ona s most cases should remain in bed the first wilc of treatment and then begin to sit up and take mild dally baths should bo be continued miah w ith cwi artl malty and care Vels latent watchfulness tell over alt all acts of the patient should shoud bl be kept up tip for six or eight weeks th then a a rigid course rouray ot of living and diet alto khouli uin be arranged and its ll 11 importance in IA misted upon for A a long iong period to come all thes them crises should be under medical cal caia e at and d control for a long time boro full ful I 1 i avary can be ba |