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Quassia for the Cure of tfee Brink Habit. j '* : I All sorts of "cures" for the drink habit have been rccom mended, from the humble meadew herbs to bichloride 01 gold, but one of the simplest remedies, according- to Dr. '1' l>. Cr others, is quassia, that tmtercsi of drinks. For office or hume treatment Dr. Crothers beeves it is of the best. "T have found," said Dr. Crothers, "a concentrated solution of quassia to be the most effective of 11 the remedies." He expluins tu„t an infusion of quassia shtruld be made and then boiled down once or twice in order to obtain double the strength. It should be given to a drinking man with strict or- ' . ders to take half an ounce every two hours throughout the day. j The drinking man drink his liquor quite ac usual, but under no consideration must he neglect his half ounce of quassia every two hours. Tbe remedy is, of course, best for the drink victim who is anxious himself to gain a victory over it. The way this works is that in a short time: a form of quassia poisoning comes on. This poisoning does not affect the victim in any way except to make all forms of spirituous liquors inten- j sely disgusting and actually re- j lulling to him. Ordinarily the result of this is at ' first surprise on the part of the drinking man when he discovers that he not only does not like li- j •{uor, but that it makes him deathly ; ill to drink it. Next he is pleased j —that is, providing he is anxious : to cure himself—and while the bitter j quassia is extremely unpleasant he j sticks to it and takes pleasure in ' drinking it, knowing that a cure is being effected. From a strong dislike of liquor the moment he tries to drink it he begins to dread trying to drink it, and finally all desire to make the attempt has left him. "Invariably," says Dr. Crothers, "such a drink victim who honestly desires to break himself of the habit expresses his deepest gratitude to i his physician after he has taken the f cure." j