OPERATION REFORMS A DRUNKARD
By a simplo operation on the' head, removing pressure on the brain, caused by an injury, Dr. Herbert L'. Northrop has changed a: man from a drunkard and a thief to an honest, industrious man, respectcd by his employers. i The patient declares that; his desire for drink and to steal has entirely disappeared, and during twenty-two months ho has lived: an-upright life, and been twice promoted by his employers. He was a man of good' habits when at the age of 48 a timber, struck him on.the head, causing contusion- of the scalp and a hematoma (swelling produced by infusion of blood beneath,the skin) in the upper frontal region close to the middle line on the right side. He was unconscious for sixty seconds. During .the twelve years following he developed drinking and Stealing habits, neglected his family, and was finally discharged from a ;good position for drunkenness and for misusing the company's funds. The operation was theh performed, and after 'twenty-two months of weir doing with no relapses, Dr. Northrop announces a complete cure. —" Science Siftings."
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 5
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182OPERATION REFORMS A DRUNKARD Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 416, 27 January 1909, Page 5
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