CUBE FOR DRUNKENNESS.
There is a famous prescription in use in England foir the cure of drukenness, by which thousands are said to have been assisted in recovering themselves. The prescription came into notoriety through the efforts of John Vine Hall, «omm»ndcr of the Great Eastern steamship. had fallen into such habitual drunkenness that his most earnest efforts to reclaim himself proved unavailing. At length he sought- the advice o£ an eminent physician, who gave him a prescription which he followed faithfully for seven months. At. the end of that time, he had lost all desire for liquor, although he had been, for many times, led captive by a most debasing appetite. The prescription, which' he afterwards published, and by which so' many drunkards have been assisted t» reform, is as follows:— Sulphate of iron, five grains ; magnesia, ten grains ; peppermint water, eleven drachms ; spirit of nutmeg, one drachm, twice & day. This preparation acts as a tonic and stimulant, and so partially supplies the place of the acenstomed liquor, and prevents that absolute physical and moral prostration that follows a sudden breaking off from the use of stimulating drinks.— Exchange.
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Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 81, 20 March 1883, Page 3
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190CUBE FOR DRUNKENNESS. Feilding Star, Volume III, Issue 81, 20 March 1883, Page 3
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