CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 5, Issue 1325, 12 March 1883, Page 2

CURE FOR DRUNKENNESS.

There is a famous prescription in use in England j»r the'cure. of.;,drunkenness, by'which thousands are have baon assisted in recovering" The prescription came into notoriety "through the efforts of John Tine Hall, commander of the Great Eastern steamship. He had fallen into 'such habitual drunkenness that'his most'.; earnest efforts, to reclaim lumselt proved unavailing. At-length lie sought the advice of 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 lie had been, for many a- time, .led captive by a most debasing appetite. The pre-' scription, which he afterwards published, and by which so many drunkards have, been : assisted lo reform, is as follows; Sulphate of iron,five grains; magnesia, ten grains, peppermint water, eleven draelims of liulineg, one drachm, twice a day. This preparation: acts as a tonic and stimulant, and so partially supplies the place of ; the accustomed liquor, and prevents.that absolute physical and moral prostration .that follows a sudden breaking off of' the use of sfcimu king drinks.