Show new cure for alcoholism that alcoholism in russia is widely treated with success by hypnotism Is asserted by the writer of a note in cosmos the method has been adopted in government institutions but it is believed that the peculiar adaptability of the russians to this mode of treatment is largely response res ble for its good effects says the writer the cure of alcoholism by means of hypnotism is the order of the day recently dr legrain communicated to the society of and apsy ich some very interesting anfor nation regarding the treatment of al co holics by hypnotism in russia in the cities of st petersburg moscow effi and amtrak jhan there have been established for several years under government au spices dispensaries to which the suf resort by hundreds and where hypnotism is the principal if not the bole therapeutic agent Is required 0 the alcoholics that they desire sin birely to be cured and that they ab stain from all liquors during the period of treatment this Is per haps to ask of them a colossal effort since their will power has generally been destroyed but they are obliged to accept a continual surveillance and it is attempted to ameliorate their conditions of life as much as possible these means succeed very yell in russia but as has often been re marked the french drinker Is much less tractable and consequently the cure of alcoholics in france Is much more difficult and much less durable than in russia with us in tact tho alcoholic poisons himself with es ances as various as they are in jurious and it Is on ly exceptionally that he submits to treatment tor a long enough time to effect a lasting cure it Is none the less true that at the present time hypnotism Is almost the sole means of cure for alcoholic mania literary digest |