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Show TEMPERANCE. IN porter you will find opium, henbane, capsicum, cocculus ?? copperas, tobacco and sulphuric acid. DRINK-??. In most of the gin sold there will be found oil of vitrol, oil of turpentine, oil of almonds, sulphuric ether, and ?? of grains of paradise. SYDNEY Smith on intemperance. "According to my computation, I have eaten and drunk between my tenth and seventieth year forty-four horse wagon loads more than was good for me." IN beer alum, opium, ??, green copperas, vitrol, subcarbonate of potash, and ?? are used. In the foregoing poisonous list sufficient is shown to make the greatest topers' face blanch. YOU can purchase oils and essences from which whisky of any age can be produced. This style of whisky, when tested, will show sulphuric acid, caustic potasse, benzine, nox vomica, and other poisons. This is the sort of stuff that bores into the coatings of the stomach and creates ulcers. NOVEL treatment of drunkards.-Dr. ??, a prominent physician of Vienna, tells of two complete cures of dipsomania effected by him in an extraordinary manner. One of the cases was that of an habitual drunkard, who was picked up out of the gutter by the police and was handed over to the Doctor's treatment in the ?? Hospital for a period of fourteen days. The Doctor at once ordered that every article of food or drink given him should receive a liberal addition of whisky of a not over refined quality. Water, milk, soup, meat and vegetables were all treated in this way and whisky was even infused into the air that he breathed, through saturation of the walls, floors and bedding. At first the man proclaimed himself highly satisfied with his treatment, and said he would always like to have such a sensible physician. The second day, however, he began to feel nausea, the third day he vomited immediately after eating, and thereafter not a meal was taken that was not followed by vomiting. From day to day he experienced increasing torment, and finally begged piteously for relief. The result was that at the end of two weeks, though much reduced in flesh, he was filled with such repugnance for strong drink that he was never afterward able to indulge in it again. The other case mentioned by Dr. ?? was of a similar character, and was treated by him in the same way and with equal success. |