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What seems to be a positive cure for most cases of morphine addiction appeared in last week's Journal of the American Medical Association, in an article by Drs. Theophil Klingmann & William Hillebrand Everts of Ann Arbor, Mich. Although there are not many more than 100,000 narcotic addicts in the U. S., they occur in every section of society and corrupt their friends. Most of the addicts take morphine...
...their treatment Drs. Klingmann & Everts deprive the addict of morphine suddenly and completely, give him small, frequent doses of the drug used in twilight sleep, scopolamine hydrobromide. After the third or fourth dose of scopolamine, wrote they, "the patient develops a mild, low mumbling delirium. He is quite busy, and often amused, by figments of his imagination and the occasional visual hallucinations of a not unpleasant variety-picking at imaginary insects on the bed and the like. He cooperates very well, obeys commands promptly and partakes freely of food and drink, and the enteric and urinary elimination is good...
After 48 hours of scopolamine, Drs. Klingmann & Everts stop its effects by using the antagonistic drug, pilocarpine which stimulates sweating and salivary and pancreatic secretions. After five doses of pilocarpine the patient "is mentally clear in every respect," and cannot recall any physical or mental distress. He has no desire for morphine, but has a healthy appetite. After six to eight weeks of body buildup, helped along by small doses of scopolamine and big doses of mental hygiene, patients are cured. Most stay cured...
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