The evening world. Newspaper, January 10, 1922, Page 13

These Days, Under the Ban, i Perry M eight years has ure, for a says, has caused more b AD tran te World War caused He whiskey and gin, these analyses that dients of the home the physician to the City Prison. observed and treated several sand such individuals. I have ja’ since the advent of d to note the Mquor. alcoholism is on the Dy Lichtenstein, LJ resident physician to the Tombs Prison and who during the past treated thou sands of narcotic ‘victims, com- monly known as drug addicts or fends, declares that Prohibition is responsible, in a large meus- large increase of in- sanity. Present day “booze,” he insanity TOMBS RESIDENT PHYSICIAN SAYS INSANITY HAS INCREASED UNDER THE PR Dr. Lichtenstein Declares Hooch Consumed| Because Honest Liquor Is Is Rank Poison—Cites Cases Under His Own Observation to Prove It, and Reveals the Deadly Ingredients of “Up-to-Date Booze.” also gives the result of analyses made by city chemists of the “rot-gut" concoctions sold by bootleggers to the public us He shows by ingre- made whis- key and its by-products are rank poison, causing irritation of the intestines, kidneys and stomach. By Dr. Perry M. Lichtenstein. During the past eight years I nave! had an opportunity to study the alco- 1 holic by personal contact with him as I have thou- had ample opportunity to study these peo- Prohibition effects produced by the yarious concoctions now sold as| I do not mean to say that| increase, but I wish to emphatically state that the stuff now sold is nothing short of| poison, It is my opinion that We have been too radical in attempting to reform 1 Nation, so to speak, “overnight. In this great land of ours there are joney mad. to wood alcohol poisoning. ad several patients during tion when they arrived sion. recollection. my office to have a } dressed. When usual reply | scalp asked who hit rength. P| @ ALCOHOLIC INSANITY. Atcoholic — psychosis, the increase as a di present day drinks. 1 have vy forty-eight years ‘toxteation, insanity. He of his family. He ran out the new “stu rat! ) qua! to fit many an odd room, fame ine. 0 “2 aneere eT exceptional Heavy all-wool ru manu Bnitth, There ar such ay (heme have never id ” tel I don't know, had one ball of booze and dropped. *eople often complain of pressure within the head and loss of memory = For twenty years he had en a bartender avd a constant drinker but never drank to in- ; There was absolutely fhothing in his history to indicate had been a good man and was the main support old fashioned brandy and took to He didn't dare ‘al million people who had been rinking daily for from ten to twenty years and had developed that habit. | PROHIBITION HAS NOT STOPPED DRINKING. Haye such individuals ceased to drink? They certainly have not. They have taken to making “their own" and to drinking poisonous mix- | tures manufactured by people who! quiness. Recently there w. ly mention by newspapers of deaths | many instances J have notic a that d who were in a, dreadful condi- at our Insti- mn. The symptoms complained of severe abdominal pains, vomit- headaches, dizziness and dimness 4: As a rule the individuals were disoriented and had committed | > erimes of which they had but a hazy | Frequently a prisoner is brought to wound h d Algoholism jis usually part of the pi nt's history. Otner symptoms ny are great loss of weisht, nes- ri and swelling of the lower ex- 1MMB ities and abdomen and great loss SENT DAY DRINKS BRING ON commonly ipowa as alcoholic insanity, is aleo b ot result of geon more persons under the influence of adcohol, suffering from delirium tre- Y and from alcohvlic insanity in t t year than I have seen in alt u xperience as Tombs physician, of of a 55C Sq. Yd. Heavy 27x54 Axminster Rugs, $1.89 4.6x12 Axminster An odd size rug that is often sought for Bigelow Seamless Brussels 9x10.6 Heavy Axminster Bost quality nigh pile of rue ftern. An 9x12 Seamless Axminster below wholesale cost 9x12 Wilton Velvet 9x12 Royal Wilton many Wiltons offered OHIBITION LAWS fo stop suddenly; fact, vould not. When he began drinking present-day whiskey he became quarrelsome and found fault. He became convinced that, his sister was persecuting him and accused her of throwing over chairs so as to awaken him. | He thought she and his brother were in collusion to drive him from home to live in a cellar, Finally, subject to these delu- sions, he cut his sister with a razor , twenty-nine ) d a bad fam- ily history, his father having died in an insane asylum and a brother in a home for epileptics: | Bo was a heavy drinker for years | and had a’ criminal record He was arrested for forgery. 1 suw him when he was adinitted to the prison. He complained | that somebody passed his cell and | blew dope powder in his face I placed him under observation He became wildly excited, turned | on the water and flooded’ his cell | and kicked at the vent in the | cell, aming that — somebody | kept “peeking” out at him and calling him names. He then stated that a tank was passing up and down the corridor mak- ing much noise and that both his mother and sister were dead. He kept the other prisoners awake at night and refused to eat. I was finally forced to send him, to Belevue for observation. Cc. was a Federal Upon admission he but the sar prisoner. was quiet, night he began to talk loudly aad kept pointing to the toilet! He complained that men were coming Into his cell and that they wanted to kill him. He was transferred for observa- the gastro-intestinal tract. Old fo 1, Biack bottle. T am calling loned beer and ale did produce deieter- this the black bottle because of jous effects when taken for a tong appearance of the contents. bottle to, Analysis lcohol and carmel. alcohol of fusel oll. period, but home brew produces much ‘This more serious effects and in much r quicker time. Present day whiskey has caused more insanity than nas the World War Very seldom do we meet with individ- uals who have been subjected to battle and shell shock who are truly insane, | They may need hospital care. But when it comes to the present “rot gut’ we find produced a real form of in- sanity accompanied by delusions, nal- lucinations and, as a rule, maniacal | outbursts } LIQUOR FORBIDDEN, MEN BE- COME DRUG ADDICTS, I lave treated more than 16,000 drag addicts and can say with wr- tainly that Prohibition has caused | an increase in addiction. 1 frequently | receive a prisoner who states that he is addicted to drugs although ex- amination fails to disclose any marked evidences of addiction. 1 have kept such individuals under ob- servation and have as a rule found that they were heavy drinkers and had just begun the use of drugs in order to obtain a “nerve” stimulant, I recently had occasion to visit the | city laboratory at No. 425 Worth Street, where analysis is made of all Nquors sei by the police, In a way, it is really a blessing that the! police have seized this stuff, The| laboratory was literally packed with cases containing quors. Mr Kelly, | the chemist, showed me a bottie which contained a viscid, coal-black substance. He asked me'to smell it, found in nisi liquid brandy had tric irritation, kidney Dausea and vomiting, gin The odor milky solution was the turpentine and water. titles, Ty It produc: kidney irritation, as has carbolic acid. internally in small doses, quantities it medicine in Taken in whiskey, produces nausea and violent! 1 believe that Mr. Kelly, the city chemist, an ex- pert in analysis, gives me the follow- ing records of analysis ple. 4 pad y* showed is the principal Fusel ol! jonous substance and “up-to-date 2. Nothing more or less (than i Its contents were de- natured alcohol and benzine. The the appearance Taken even in moder- ate doses \t would produce gas- irritation, 3. A bottle supposed to contain was decidedly pungent and when some of the liquid was poured into water a The contents of this bottle were Turpentine is used internally in medicine but only In small quan- ken in large quantities gastric irritation and This .nay be accompanied by bloody urine. 4. A bottle of “Scotch.” When opened there was a vapor which is usually present in good Scotch. What was the principal ingredi- ent of this beverage ’—Creosote. This drug has the same action Tt is used produces nausea, abdominal distress, vomiting and severe irritation of the kidneys. ‘ e Besides the specimens mentioned, and I guessed that it contained amyl| many samples contained wood alco- alcohol. My guess proved correct,| hol. Those who take it and escape Amal alcohol which with prune|dcath are usually left blind and with juice and ether masquerades as|some defect of kidneys or stomach. I have shown that headaches. | Prohibition has not benefited the peo- Physicians fear to prescribe al- cohel for fear of offending the au- thorities, and few have made appll- THE EVENING WORLD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1922, OTHER MARRIAGES HALTED AT ALTAR): | Rebuk: Bridegroom for Interruption ot WAT Embarrs followed the interrupted w which Fitzsim: of th made t Sunday while Fi Ing Ed man, and Miss Ma’ both of this city, leading a three-year-old. boy. ullar and to the astoni congresation demand Fitzsimmons dropped hin ud seemed on the) verge of one of scorted the girl and her child chureh, he proceeded with eful acene which at- ling would never have i¢ the families of either of the contracting parties had had the candor to inform me of this girl's aim: sald) Father er ae es s F: jlie- ide A new cule has been drawn up to es Families of Bride cad ee ee ee ean een an obs curren He fter it will be the duty of parishioners to come and in- fori me of any reasons for which they think @ marriage should not be performed “T have suffered great mental an- gulsh from the country-wide pub- licity this marriage has received. But 1 want to state that [ was perfectly justified in taking the course I did. Both the civil and canon laws exoner- ate my stand. The couple had the marriaie license required by law, and the girl who interrupted the wedding had three weeks’ time after the mar- riage had been announced in which to make her complaint to me. | Instead, she chose the moment when the ea- cred marriage vow was being taken. Under these circumstances L was jus. Church Ceremony. ERBURY, Conn, Jan. 10.— by the publicity that ding at the Rey, Luke mons, pastor of the Church Immaculate Conception, he episode the subject of his sermon, Several weeks ago, father Fitzsimmons was marry- ward T. Farrington, a Yale aret Hodson, Loretta Rodden, assed he offciated, cation we had would physicians are against the use of al- cohol, bi rather than the “rotgut" which is now sold to the public. point, | better stations and there sell the pure alco- holics, viduals tifled in refusing to stop the mar- for Heenses to prescribe. If an epidemic of influenza, we certainly be baffled. Many ng the congregation to which Fit mmons addressed his remarks were members of the Hod- son and Farrington families. Mr. and Mrs, Farrington went on a wedding trip to Canada and there the bride was stricken with pneu- monia. For weeks she lingered be- tween life and death In a Quebeo hospital. ‘The couple are now at their ut even these physicians would see pure whiskey dispensed From a medical view- t is my bpinion that It were for the Goveriment to open home here, having returned a few including beer, limiting indl-|days ago. "The bride is still im frail to a certain quantity. health ' walked | b= ehild Father A “balanced diet” may sound confusing to many people The facts, as explained here, are simple. ‘The secret of a “balanced diet” ts to have food containing all the elements needed for proper nutrition. These elements are protein, to nourish the tiseues; starch and sugar to furnish energy; fat to supply heat; and mineral salts to provide the material necessary for building nerves, brain, and tooth and bone structure. Grape-Nuts, the nourishing cereal made of whole wheat flour and malted barley, served with cream or milk, is a complete food for young and old alike, Go to your grocer today and get a package of Grape-Nute Eat it with milk or cream for breakfast; or with stewed fruit, jelly or jam, as a delicious dessert for lunch or dinner. Every member of the family will relish thie palatable and nourishing food— Grape-Nuts—the Body Builder “There’s a Reason” tion | The history showed that this man had been drinking “up-to. date’ whiskey and had even re sorted to drinking lintment, tak- ing a few drops in about one half glass of water EVILS OF “HOME BREW" AND PRESENT DAY WHISKEY. Practically every man you meet downtown nowadays who has been accustomed to drink tells you of his dandy “home brew.” As a rule, this beer is cloudy and the bottle contains 4 sediment. Home brew drinkers usually are loaded with gas. They complain of acid stomachs and of headaches and It makes them listless and mplain of loss of am} ition, In red- face, particularly the Home brew drink- many |dening of the nose, and pimples. ers frequently complain of boils on dif- ferent parts of the body and many in of aches and pains which may be directly attributed to hyper- acidity. The main effect is to upset ORTVAM PSHOE 1912 TENTH 1922 Anniversary Gift A Pair of Brilliant Rhinestone Buttons Given Free to F I 2 ER Every Purchaser of a pair of Satin Pumps at $10. 611) ustrated lack. White ini i All Sizes, 1 to 9; < widths, A to E Anniversary Reductions 10°%, to 259%, Qn all Boots. Oxfords. 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