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Alcoholism 2 Effects of Alcohol on the System 2 Delirium Tremens 3 The Liquor appetite '. 3 Varieties of the Impulse 4 Treatment 5 The Double-Chloride of Gold 6 Father Murphy's preparation a specific 6 Origin of the Discovery 7 (2.) The Morphia Habit 7 Pathology of Morphinism 8 A Sure and Permanent Cure 8 (3.) The Tobacco habit 9 The Cigarette habit 9 Treatment 10 (4, ) Neurasthenia or Nervous Debility 10 Symptoms ; 10 Treatment II Treatment at the Institution , 11 Special Apartinents for Ladies 12 Rules and Regulations 12 Holmes, S. H. , Testinion'al 13 Stewart, Dr. John " 13 Campbell, Dr. D. A., " 14 Slay ter, Dr. W. B., " 14 Oi; ^er, Dr. W. S., *" 14 Weeks, Dr. W. H., " ' . . , 14 Curry, Dr. M. A., " 15 Morse, Dr. C. J., " 15 Pearman, Dr. H. V., " 15 Dodd, Dr.?M. , " 16 Lindsay, Dr. A. W.H., " 16 Smith, Dr. W. F., " 16 Smith, Dr. M. A, B., " 16 Simpson, Dr. H., " 17 Stockton, A. A., " 17 McDevitt, W., " 17 Donovan, M., " 18 _g||^ 11 Rober8ton,G. E., Testitnouial . Fraser, A., " . , Woodburg, H., " Governor General » Lafleche, Bishop " Poster, G. E., " McDonald, D., " Booth, Rev. O. J., " DeBlois, Dr., " Grenier, Rev, C, " A Quick Cure, " O'Gara, Judge, " W. C. T. U., McDonald, Dr. John, " INDEX. Paoe ...18 ...19 ...19 ...19 ...20 ...20 . .20 ...21 ...21 ...22 ...22 ...22 ...22 ...23 Relapses 23 i)4 r '■;■,• \ "' f. . V ■I « « INTRODUCTION. The revelation of the double-chloride of gold as a curative agent in the common diseases of alcoholism, morphinism, and tohaccoism is one of the greatest and most beneficent revelations ever made to the human race. The salts of gold have long been used, and are still being used, suc- cessfully for various affections of the nervous system, by the best medi- cal practitioners. The special preparation of these salts, however, which has been found to act as a specific in the treatment of the alcohol, mor- phine and tobacco liabits, is a comparatively new discovery, and, as the experience of thousands has shown, is used successfully only in the Institutes of its groat discoverer, Father Murphy. That this preparation is the only known medicinal agent which has proved itself thoroughly effective in the treatment of these habits, or rather diseases, is acknow- ledged by many of the ablest physicians of the United States and Canada. They have been eye-witnesses to its results and give it their cordial endorsation. That these so-called habits are real diseases is now far beyond doubt. In every modern text-book of medicina they are classified and treated among the number of genuine diseases. The great Dr. Norman Kerr, of London, in a recent is8\ie of the " Annual of the Universal Medical Sciences," savs : " Nothing in the line of medical progress has been more satisfactory than the increasing recognition, within recent years, of the disease aspect of inebriety. A quarter of a century ago, practically the whole religious and temperance worlds and nearly all the medical pro- fession saw in drunkenness only the voluntary gratification of vicious Jft ^ i| desires, and denounced drunkards as willing and wilful offenders against order and morality. Punishment was considered the best method of dealing with it, as it was regarded as a crime. Now, happily, all is changed. Clergymen, lawyers and social reformers vie with police magistrates in insisting on the diseased condition of many inebriates, while boards of poor law guardians pass resolutions calling for the treat- ment of the drunkard as a sick patient, not as a criminal transgressor." The undisputed results of treatment are the best evidence of which view is right, the old or the new. Treated as a vice, of the millions who have been the special subjects of moral suasion the percentage of those rescued is not 5 per cent. Treated as a disease, the Father Murphy Gold Cure reaps an absolute harvest of not less than 95 per cent, of patients, and in . " every case where the patient is cured, if the patient is not willingly, aye, j • \ wilfully, at fault, the result is permanent. Let it not be understood that our method of treatment loses sight of the value of moral suasion and the strenuous exercise of normal will- 2 power. On the contrary, we deem the moral agency an absolutely essential counterpart to our treatment. But in a great many cases of drunkenness, before any moral forces can produce their normal effect, an existing physical disease mvist first be removed. Our gold treatment pro- duces in the wrecked constitution of the drunkard those physical, or rather physiological conditions which are absolutely necessary to, and which alone make possible for him, the free and healthy exercise of his moral nature. And it is owing to this fact that to-day we hold in onr hands abundance of undeniable proof that our treatment has rescued thousands of men and women from the verge of physical and moral ruin, and made them once more good and useful citizens. The most earnest prayers and exhortations from the pulpit and tem- perance platform, the earnest pleadings of friends, the prayers and tears of mothers and sisters and wives all failed. But a remedy was found in our gold treatment. To-day their prayers are prayers of thankfulness, their tears are tears of joy, and the wounded hearts are healed. )l ( . ALCOHOLISM. Acute. — Tlie t«;rm acute alcoholism is applied to that pathological con- dition whiclj results from the ingestion of a large amount of alcohol into the system at any one time. Chronic. — Chronic alcoholism is the term applied to that series of grave pathological changes which are brought about in the system by the habitual use of alcoholic beverages, This is the form which involves those degenerative changes in the nervous system which present as their great pathognomonic symptom the liquor " appetite," that too well known ungovernable crave for alcoholic stimulants. EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL ON THE SYSTEM. Digestive System. — Catarrh of the stomach is the most common symp- tom. The habitual drinker has a furred tongue, a heavy breath, and in the morning a sensation of sinking at the stomach until he has his dram. The appetite is usually impaired and the bowels are constipated. In the liver, too, degenerative changes take place. The liver is an organ made up of two different kinds of structure, (1) (glandular cells for the secretion of bile and the manufacture of other substances which are necessary for the nutrition of the body ; (2) connective tissue, which surrounds and gives support to these cells. The essential function of the liver is secre- tion, and this important function depends wholly on these glandular cells. The effect of alcohol is to increase the surrounding connective tissue which latter presses upon the glandular cells and causes them to degener- » « .,),,■■ ,';; 1 )( t # ate, 80 that ultimately the whole organ is nothing more than a mass of tough connective tissue which is no more capable of performing the func- tion of secretion than a body composed of so much leather. This con- dition is known as cirrhosis of the liver. Tlie Kidneys. — The kidney, like the liver, is composed of two types of tissue, (1) delicate little tubes which serve to carry off the various pois onous waste products of the body, which collectively are known as urine, and (2) connective tissue elements which are packed in between and around the little tubes for the purpose of supporting them and keeping them >in place. The effect of the habitual use of alcohol is to cause an overgrowth of this connective tissue auu a corresponding degeneration of the little tubes or true excreting structure, so that the kidneys are unable to perform their proper function. This condition is known to medical science as "granular " or " contracted " kidney. It is "the drun- kard's kidney." The Nervous System. — Of all the disorders produced by alcohol those connected with the nervous system are the most striking. Unsteadiness of the muscles in the performance of any action is a constant feature. A characteristic tremor is noticeable in the hands and tongue. The men- tal powers are dull, particularly so in the morning hours, and the patient is unable to transact any business until ho has had his accustomed stimulant. Irritability of temper, forgetfulness, and a change in the moral character of the individual gratlually come on. The perceptive powers are made imperfect and morbid. The power of attention is im- paired so as to become imperfect, unstable, and wavering. The judgment is seriously impaired, the will enfeebled, anf OF THE DISCOVERY. Several years ago certain preparations of the salts of gold were adopted by some German physicians in tlie treatment of various ner\t)us disorders. Stimulated by the success of their results several English and American physicians followed in their footsteps. About the same time the Russian government, becoming jdarmed at the prevalence and increase of drunkenness among officers of the army, directed Dr. Dabronravoff, chief of the medical staff, to ascertain whether there was notaremedy for the disease. Taking a hint from the work of the German physicians he began experimenting with the salts of gold, and'with wonder- ful success. Several doctors in America followed his example and some of them liave pretended to be the discoverers of the remedy. Al»out the same time Rev. L. W. Murphy, a Catholic priest at Buffalo, N. Y., who in hia college career distinguished himself as a brilliantoriginal Investigator in the chemical laboratory, and who in after life became an enthusiastic worker in the cause of temperance, also became actively interested in this new treatment for drunkenness. For some years he devoted himself to the study of the pathology of inebriety in the hospitals at Buffalo, at the same time making use of his chemical knowledge in the investigation of the gold preparations as administered by the German physicians. P>entu- ally he came to the conclusion that he had found a formula based on the Gorman system, which was a practical scientific remedy for drun- kenness, and after sufficient experimental verification of his discovery, began establishing institutions for its administration. ■■3-- , ' II— .THE MORPHIA HABIT. The scientific name for this disease is " morphinism " or " morphio- mania." It is a disease most terrible in its ultimate efiects. It is generated by the constant use of morphia — taken at first, as a rule, in this country at least, for the purpose of allaying pain. It is most preval- ent among women and |)hysicians wlio use the hypodermic syringe for the alleviation of pain, as in rheumati m, neuralgia, or sciatica. Tlie 's symptoms are at first generally slight, but gradually increase in severity as the disease progresses. As the effects of each dose of the drug wear off the patient experiences great lassitude and mental depression, and per- haps nausea and pain in the stomach. These symtpoms are always relieved by a fresh dose of the drug. At a later stage the general ap- pearance of the patient is very characteristic. He becomes emaciated and anaemic, presenting a strange sallowness of the complexion which is peculiar to chronic morphinism. Sometimes the hair turns gray and the patient becomes prematurely aged. He is irritable and restless, being unable to remain quiet for any length of time. The sleep is dis- turbed, the appetite and digestion deranged, and except when under the influence of the drug, the mental condition is one of marked depression. The disease may continue for an indefinite length of time, the patient usually requiring a gradual increase in the dose, until at last enormous quantities are taken. Finally all the vital powers give out and gradually wane, the victim takes little or no food, and dies from the extreme debility. PATHOLOGY OF MORPHINISM. Nearly all the symptoms of the disease are due to changes produced in th'' nervous .system by the pernicious action of the drug. The changes are akin to those nervous conditions occuring in the disease of Alcoholism, and a similar treatment is demanded A SURE AND PERMANENT CURE. As the pathological conditions, as far as the nervous system is con- cerned, are very much alike in both alcoholism and morphinism, and as the gold salts in all cases have an especial selective affinity for nerve structures, it occurred to Father Murphy that some modification of his gold treatment for alcoholism might prove serviceable in the treatment of morphinism ; and this, after a long chain of complicated experiments, he found to be so. Father Murphy's treatment of morphinism, which consists of the systematic administration of a certain modification of his gold preparation, together with the subjection of the patient to certain strict regulations regarding hygiene, diet, the withdrawal of the drug, and general tonic treatment, has, after a large number of most crucial tests, proved itself no less successful than his treatment of alcoholism. The results of treatment of this disease have been really marvelous. Weakness and disease of the nerv(! centres have, in the majority of the cases treated, been of such duration that the patients had entirely for- gotten what was really meant by manhood and womanhood, and yet all, without one exception, have been fully restored to the vigor of normal health, and pcrnranently freed from even the slightest desire for morphia or drugs of any kind. . t If i 9 III.— THE TOBACCO HABIT. t ?f The active principle of tobacco is nicotine, which is one of the most potent poisons known. Nicotine poisoning is classified under two general heads, the acute and the chronic. Acute: — The acute foi-m is a pathological state brought on by too large a dose taken at one time. The pul-e becomes slow and weak, the patient feels faint and oppressed, and often has an increased flow of saliva in the mouth, and vomiting. In severe cases there is loss of consciousness, tetanic spasms, with irregular action of the heiirt and respiration. Chronic .-—A chronic pathological state induced by the habitual use of tobiicco. The central disturbance is situated in the nervous system and this gives rise to various symptoms which are connected with the diff"er- ent functions of the body. Disturbances of the heart's action are the most characteristic. It is not the heart itself which is affected, but the nerves which regulate its action. Owing to poisoning of the cardiac nerve centres the action of the heart becomes irregular and rapid. The patient feels his heart throbbing violently and fluttering, and sometimes there is severe pain and a sense of impending death. The nerves gover- ing the respiiatory apparatus may also be affected, giving rise sometimes to severe paroxysms of asthma. Often the nervous system is more generally affected and all the functions of the body may become more or less involved. Frequently there is muscular weakness and tremor, loss of sleep, digestive troubles, chronic catarrh of the pharynx and larynx giving rise to habitual sore throat and hoarseness. Sometimes the patient is troubled with fits of weakness, staggering, and disturbance of vision. •^ THE CIGARETTE HABIT • - !■ '■ / Of all forms of the habitual use of tobacco, the cigarette habit is the most pernicious, and scarcely a day passes that the newspapers do not record the death of one or more of its victims. The evils of the cigarette are due to two causes : (1) the greater number of poisonous elements contained in the tobacco used in the ordinary cigarette, and (2) the manner in which these toxic gases are inhaled and directly absorbed by the system. In addition to the symptoms exper- ienced by victims of other forms of the tobacco habit, the patient is al- most constantly tortured with nervf)us heailache, feelings of dizziness, and sometimes complete nervous prostration. The mental faculties be- come confused and it is difficult to put ideas togetlier, or think ch^arly, the memory fails, and often the patient is seized witii terrible forc-bodings of loss of reason. Pi'blic Archives of Nova S(«tia ^ 10 TREATMENT. The pathological condition produced by the habitual use of tobacco is plainly a nervous disturbance — a disintegration of the nerve centres — and is very closely allied to the nervous changes induced bj' the use of other toxic substances, such as alcohol and morphine. It was this close relation- ship between all nervous diseases produced by toxines or poisons that finst suggested to Father Murpliy the application of his gold ren\ody in the treatment of the tobacco habit. Thousands of remedies have been tested, some with fairly good results, others with compleie failure. The experience at the various Father Murphy Institutes is thnt every patient who has undergone the treatment administered there, has been complete- ly and permanently cured. The Gold treatment eradicates all desire for tobacco in any form, and restores the nervous system to its normal •condition. IV.— NEURASTHENIA, OR NERVOUS DEBILITY. The American neurologist Beard was the first to recognize the impor- tance of this disease, and to give it its present name. He was at first inclined to think that it was mainly an " American disease ; " but this is by no means the case, as neurasthenic subjects constitute a large portion of the patients of specialists of various other countries. A complete list of its causes would include almost all those influences which in any way act unfavorably on the nervous system. Among the most frequent causes are : — great and persistent emotional excitement, mental over-exertion, improper methods of living, toxic influences, such as alcohol and nicotine, sexual excesses, such as onanism, etc. Besides these, there is often a hereditary predisposition or congenital weak resistance of the nervous system to untoward influences. SYMPTOMS. (1.) Most characteristic is a peculiar, subjective sensation of pressurfi in the head. This symptom varies with different individuals, but is essentially a feeling of pressure and numbness, and often causes the patient to doubt whether he is in full possession of his intellectual powers. It may be seated in the front or back of the head, and may sometimes rise to the height of actual pain. (2.) Intellectual debility, the patient being entirely incapable of performing the duties of his vocation. (3.) Lo^ of Sleep. (4.) Depression of Spirits. The patient loses all hope of recovery and gives voice to the most melancholy predictions. He dreads to go into society, to mingle with a crowd, or to be subjected to any physical jar. (4) Vertigo, or dizziness is frequent, (5) sometimes there is bodily weakness, the patient being unable to walk any distance without becoming weary, (6) the various functions of the tody may be impaired, — appetite diminished, bowels constipated, skin ■ I « '4 n I ^ a # 11 ■dry, circulation in extremities feeble and as a consequence cold feet and hands. ^(7) The eflPects of the deeply seated nervous derangements be- •come evident in the mental condition. The whole field of mental vision becomes clouded. The patient loses interest in everything, to him life has lost its charms, and seems not worth living. The warmth and hope ■of health have vanished and are replaced by cold apathy and dispair. No human being is more miserable than the unfortunate neurasthenic. ' TREATMENT. Neurasthenia is the general ty})e of all tliose various diseases produced by the action of toxines or poisons. In a great many cases it is the direct result of alcoholism, tobaccoism, or Morphinisni. In nearly all cases it is in all probability the result of the action of toxic matters circu- lating in the blood. In those cases which are decidedly due to hereditary influences. Statistics go a long way to show that in reality these heredi- tary influences are nothing more nor less than remote ett'ects of alcoholism, morphinism, etc., in the ancestors showing themselves in disguised form in the nervous constitution of the descendants. And this explains why we see so many of those people who are born with neurotic or neuras- thenic temperaments, at once becoming drunkards or morphine fiends or tobacco maniacs, without any individual habituation whatever. The double-chloride of gold is a radical remedy —it "destroys the j'oot of the disease. The root of the disease is the same in the various toxic diseases, alcholism, morphinism, &c., and neurasthenia, the only diff"erence being that in neurasthenia it lias been t' msmitted tiirough the nervous constitutions of perhaps several generations. As the gold remedy acts directly on this " disease-root," it will act on it in every possible combination of circumstances in which it may exist, and by whatever means it may have been obtained, whether by direct acquisition by the individual, or by hereditary transmission. Experience proves the truth and value of this logical induction. There is overwhelming testimony to show that our gold treatment if: the most successful treatment for neurasthenia that has yet been discoveied. In two or three days the ett'ects of the remedy become apparent. The appetite is improved, the stomach regains its normal function, and the whole physical machinery quickly gets into gootl working order. Sleep returns with its refreshing ett'ects. Buoyancy of spirits succeeds depres- sion, and work that had become a burden now is a pleasure. Life is again worth living and its pleasures seem doubly sweet. TREATMENT AT THE INSTITUTION. No treatment is administered outside of the Institution. The length of time required for treatment is not less than twenty-one days. Excep- tional cases may require a longer time, but as a rule a period of twenty- one days is suflficient. 12 The treatment administered at our Institutions is two-fold, — that is, two parallel courses of treatment are carried on at the same time. One course is radical. In it our special preparation of the salts of gold i» administered for the complete removal of the physical conditioiiS which lie at the root of the disease. The other course is tonic. It includes appropriate hygienic measures relating to sleep, food, exercise, bathing, etc., as well as a thorough course in medicinal tonics. The remarkable effects of the treatment are noticeable in a very short time. In the treatment for alcoholism, on the third or fourth day the desire for liquor is completely removed, and the anti-drink state induced is so decided and marked that the patient is unable to taste, and in many cases even to smell alcoholic liquors of any kind without provoking severe nausea and vomiting. Patients sufferingfrom even the most severe nervous symptoms, in less than two days feel decided relief. As the treatment pro- gresses the good effects increase and multiply, so that by theend of the second week the patient experiences renewed health and vigor, renewed life, and a life that is absolutely free from all desire for drink and all symptoms of alcoholic disease. And, best of all, this final condition is permanent. In the case of morphinism, tobaccoisni and neurasthenia the course of treatment is somewhat different, the nature of treatment varying more or less for each disease. The effects are more gradual than in the case of alcoholism, but in the end are equally remarkable, amounting in every case to a thorough, complete and permanent cure. ♦ I • » % SPECIAL APARTMENTS FOR LADIES. Well equipped and suitable apartments are set aside for lady patients. All lady patients are quietly shielded and protected, being entirelj' under the care of lady attendants, all in charge of the manager of the Insti- tution. • t RULES AND REGULATIONS. Patients will be obliged to comply with the following rules : ♦ 1. — No patient will be accepted for a less period than Three Weeks' course of treatment. 2. — All patients will be required to register as the Institute and arrange all financial matters with the t?ecretary-Treasurer on arrival. 3. — Strict regularity must be observed in the use of the remedy every two hours during the day, and promptness at the office for hypodermic treatment four times daily, viz : 8.00 o'clock, a. m. 5.00 o'clock, p. m. 12.00 o'clock, noon. 7.00 o'clock, p. m. 4. The remedy for internal use is compounded to meet individual needs, and loaning or exchanging is not permitted. 5. Bathing is essential, and patients are required to bathe at least twice each week. 6. The Physicians earnestly entreat patients to avoid saloons und bar-rooms and to use only what is prescribed at the office. « w 13 « \ % ♦ 9 1. Halifax, January ]7tli, I89G. From the x^x- Premier of Nova Scotia : The Father Murphy Gold Cure Institute has been in operation in Halifax for over two years, and since its establishment I have given careful attention to the work it has accomplished in the cure of dipsomania. During that period, over seven hundred persons have been treated in it, and I am personally cognizant of many of the cases. In all tliose which caine under my knowledge, the treatment has been universally beneficial, and in nearly all, the cure has been complete and eflective. W.'iile I am not in possession of the history of all the cases treated at the Institute, 1 have no hesitation in stating my belief that the cures have exceeded ninety per cent., and that the relapses, few as they are, can be accounted for by reasons other than the inadequacy of tiie cure ; and even some of those who relapsed luive been recovered by a supplementary course of treatment. I know of no instance where the treatment was conscientiously observed, with a sincere desire to l)e cured, in which it has failed. I feel, therefore, that I am not only justified in stating my unqualified approval of this humane institution, but would feel it a derilection of duty not to do so ; and I sincerely and earnestly recommend it to the most favorable consideration of all who seek to ameliorate the unhappy and deplorable condition of the victims of alcohol, and tlius promote the physical and moral well being of the community. The discovery of the cure is certainly one of the greatest, as it is one of the most beneficent, of modern times. The effectual cure of a disease wliich had hitherto balHed alike the physician, the clergy and the moralist, should certainly be wel- comed and recognized as one of the greatest blessings of the ages : because it cures that which always htis been, and now, periiaps, more than ever is, the fruitful parent of crime, vice, and unspeakable individual misery. It should command the instant attention and support of governments, temperance societies, philan- thropic associations, and of the clergy. It does appear a subject of astonishment that the temperance bodies, whose professed object is to battle with intemperance, but whose success has not been very conspicuous, have not laid hold of this effec- tive and death dealing weapon against the foe. I regret to know that the Halifax Institution, while it has proved a moral success, has, from a financial point, been a failure. The generous and open hearted manager, Mr. Quinn, has spent largely of his own private means in the gratuitous treatment of the poor, and to keep the Institution in operation during the past two and a half years. This cannot, of course, continue, and should not be expected ; and it is to be hoped that the temperance societies, benevolent associations, and public authorities, will all unite in securing the inestimable blessing it is calculated to confer on the community, and come forward to avert the calamity which its closure would involve. It is satisfactory to know that among the clergy and medical profession there are many ardent and sincere friends, who have done much to encourage aud assist in the good work, and it is believed that the temperance associations are not devoid of men who can appreciate the value of the Institute. I trust it will receive from the legislati\e and municipal authorities such aid and assistance as the meritorious work it is engaged in deserves. S. H. Holmes. Halifax, Jan, 20th, 1896. I HAVE been asked for a testimonial in favour »f the Gold Cure Institute of Halifax. I am well aware of the unusual course I take in recommending a inode of treat- ment, the nature of which is kept a secret. In doing so I transgress an ethical rule of the medical profession, a rule, as I believe, wise and beneficent. But most rules have exceptions and I take one here. 14 And 80, while I regret that the managers of the (iold (/ure Institute do not con- sider it advisable to make known their method of treatment, I must say that the results of their treatment which iiave come under my own notice are as remarkable as they are gratifying, results not to be obtained by any otiier treatment of which I have any knowledge ; and that I have not seen any injurious effect produced in the general health of the patients. John Stewart, M. B. Halifax, Jan. 20th, 1896. ' This is to certify that I am personally icquainted with a number of individuals who have been subjected to the "Gold Cu.e " at the Murphy Institute in Halifax. They have derived great benefit from tie course of treatment, and in most instances the improvement has been permaneuL. I think the Institute worthy of support and encouragement. D. A. Campbell, M. D. Halifax, Jan. 'iOth, 1896. Dear Sir, — In answer to your request *or a statement of my opinion of the *' Gold Cure " Establishment : Would sa;; .nat it is an institution which, in my t'udgnient, should receive the support and assistance of every public and private •ody who have the power to aid it. The treatment there received is tlie oidy form of treatment known, which will cure a large percentage of habitual drun- kards. My opinion is formed from personal knowledge of the complete cube of a number of men and some women, who are now sober reputable people, whereas formerly they were constant drunkards, a curse to their families and a disgrace to the community. In some of these cases two, three or more courses of treatment were required but they have been cured. I understand that an objection to the treatment has been raised, that it has caused the death of some. This objection, I believe, to be not true. Two men who were treated liere, did die some months after leaving the institute. I knew both intimately and can testify that the cause of death was, in both cases, disease of the heart and liver brought on by alcohol and made worse by alcohol. The so-called "Gold Cure" had absolutely nothing to do with the deaths. Yours truly, .W. B. Slaytee, M. D. " Thopoh I fear I may not be acting exactly in accordance with the usages of the profession in bearing testimony to the action of a remedial agent and a method of treatment which are kept secret, still, from my personal knowledge of many authentic cases which have been wonderfully benefited by what is known as the *' Murphy Gold Cure " for inebriates, I feel constrained to say that 1 consider the treatment genuine and most effective, and a great boon, not only to the sufTerers themselves, but the community at large, and that it deserves every public support and encouragement. . W. S. Oliver, M. D., F. R. C. S. Halifax, N. 15., January 16, 1896. Joseph E. Quinn, Esq., Manager of the Father Murphy Oold Cure Institute, Halifax. Dear Sir : — In answer to your inquiry as to my opinion regarding the efficacy of the Father Murphy Gold Cure, I have to say : That theie is not a shadow of a doubt in my mind that the treatment as administered at your institute is far superior and much more efficacious than any that has preceded it, and without at all treading on the ground which Father Murphy has deemed advisable to keep .sacred to himself, as a medical man, I have seen enough to opine that whatever his agent may be it is thoroughly in touch with most modern pathological science. Whether the remedy acts by increasing the white corpuscles of the blood (which I *,; 'H' '■1 ♦ ♦ 15 H' %/ 1 suspect) or directly on the interstitial plasma, (i.e.,) the numors deposited between the tissues, remains to be proved. But, as one or two of the medical gentlemen who have certified to the ethcacy of \\tQ "Cure" have stated, in effe^f it is a wonderful solvent and ahsorl)ent, and has the power of excreting thotie humors which no doubt are the primary lesions. It is with regret that I hear that the Institute is financially embarrassed. The community of Halifax and the Province owe it to themselves not to allow this heaven-sent institute to disappear from our midst. The influence of the institute has not been confined to the six or seven hundred that have been treated. The moral «ffect produced by the wonderful change i.i those who have been treat«id has worked upon many who were fast approaching the stage when treatment would be required in their case. 1 have a family in my mind of four brothers, all drinking, one became so bad that at last he was induced to go to your institution for treatment. The change in him for the better was so marked that the others have sobered down considerably. I also know of a club of some dozen who have tamed down since one or two of its members have taken the Cure. Hoping that you will be able to place your institute on a firm basis, I remain. Yours truly, VV. H. Weeks, M. D. Dartmouth, Jan. 20, 1896. Halifax, N. S., Dec. 25th. 1895. I HAVE great pleasure in testifying to the good which has resulted from the " Murphy Gold Cure " Institute, both in our city and throughout the province. I have learned that of the great number treated only a very small proportion have gone back. Since its opening here I have advised several who were unable of themselves to give up the drinking habit to take the cure, and in every case it has been permanent. I hope these institutions may continue to do good. M. k. Curry, M. 1). Amherst, January 9th, 1896. I have much pleasure in stating that so far as my personal knowledge and ex- perience of the Father Murphy Gold Cure Institute goes, that I consider it superior to any other of the kind for the treatment of the alcoholic habit or disease, and tliat 1 do and would unhesitatingly recommend it in preference to any other that I know of to those addicted to excess in the use of alcoholic stimulants. The Murphy Gold Cure will effectually eradicate both the de&ire and habit for indul- gence, and in my opinion, if our Dominion Government and Local Government would grant a sum of money to help such an institution, it would do more for the cure of intemperance than all the Royal Commissions and Temperance Acts that have been legislated for the last number of years. Believe me, to remain yours very sincerely, C. J. Morse, M. D., Edin. To Joseph E. Quinn, Esq., College Street, Halifax, N. S. J. E. Quinn, Esq., ManoAjer Father Murphy Gold Cure Institute, Halifax. Dear Sir, — In reply to your request for my opinion of the Father Murphy Gold Cure, I would say that it is unusual for medical men to recommend a mode of treatment which is kept a secret, but must say that in the course of my prac- tice 1 have seen several very gratifying results ; many who were a slave to the habit and are now living respectable lives asbribe their present condition to the IG treatment. I have not learned of any injurious effects produced by the treatment on the general health of the patients ; in fact tha very opposite, I am of opinion that your Institute is i»i every respect deserving of public support and assistance. I remain, Yours very respectfully, n. V. Pkarman, M. D., C. M. Halifax, January 2U, 1896. Havino been a patient of Father Mut phy's ({old Cure Institute, Halifax, under the supervision of Joseph E. Qulnn, I beg to state that I liave found it to be a perfect success. Makous Dodd, M. D. International Mines, Bridgeport, Cape Breton, Jan. 15, 1896. IJIIavino been asked for an opinion as to the merits of the " Murphy Gold Jure" I can only say that wliile I cannot justify the secrecy, wliich is considered an esssential element in carrying out the treatment, nor concede the extravagant claims which are made with reference to it over other known and accredited methods, nor yet admit its innocence— without medical supervision— yet at the same time I know of a number of cases wliere the results have been remarkable, and apparently all that could be desired, having while curing or arresting the diseased condition, been unaccompanied by any prejudicial etfects upon the pati- ent's condition. A. W. H. Lindsay, M. D. 241 Pleasant Street, Halifax, January 21, 1896. Halifax, January '28th, 1890. Several cases of dipsomania treated at the "Father Murphy Gold Cure Insti- tute " having passed under my notice, I am convinced that the regimen and treatment practised there has proven itself to be the most effective of any hitherto employed. I have visited friends at the Institute who were under treatment and have marked with what extraordinary rapidity the excessive humours deposited i:. the tissues (probably from the mal-assimilation caused by the alcoiiol) were broken up, absorbed and ultimately eliminated. Whether perchloride of gold is used, or something else, the remedy is certainly a very potent one, and I have no hesitation in recommending the Institute as the best place for the treatment of this hitherto refractory disease, and that it is worthy of support from both the Government and private philanthrophists. W. F. Smith, M. D., 64 Argyle St., Halifax Dartmouth, N.S.January 18th, 189B. At the request of one of the patients of the Father Murphy Gold Cure Institute for my opinion on this method of the treatment of inebriety or the alcoholic habit, I have to say that on the whole I believe it should be encouraged, and that it is doing more good in this disease than anything that ever came before it. While' 1 17 owing to the secrecy of the drugs used, and the cliiinriB made for it us a "sure cnre, ' it cannot be rocognized by the scientific profession of medicine, yet, from the results I have seen, I believe it has been a heaven-sent blessing to many, and has (lone what the medical profession could not do. It destroys the appetite for alcohol long enough for a man to assert his will power if he has inoral hrniness to assert it. r M. A. B. Smith, M. 1). ^ Dartmouth, N. S., January 16th, 18915. I have much pleasure in being able to testify to the efficiency of the " Father Murphy (ilold Cure." Having had occasion recently, to attend a friend while going through the treat- ment, I was struck with the marvelous rapidity with which the unhealthy humours of his body were absorbed and thrown off. I know something theoretically of the Perchloride of Gold, but had no idea of w * its solvent powers as applied in the Father Murphy Cure. The patient seemed . to fairly melt away under the treatment, and yet he said that he gained strength, except on one or two occasions during a fit of vomiting, or when tiie bowels were excessively moved. All the other patients, some seven or eight, reported the same result. Three weeks worked miracles with the patient first mentioned, and on the 4th day of the 4th week, he was up and at work long before any one else in the house. The institution is more like a happy home than a hospital. H. Simpson, M. D. St. John, N. B., Oct. 81st, 1895. J. L. Hayden, Esq., Manager Murphy Gold Cure, St. John, N. B. Dear Sir, — Thus far I think your institution has accomplished much good in this city. The zeal of Father Murphy in the temperance cause is deserving of the highest praise Those desiring to attend an institution for the cure of inebriety will find in your establishment in this city a fine building centrally and beautifully located. Let me say I wish you every success in your great work of stamping out " alcoholism " in our midst. Yours truly, A. A. Stockton. St. John, N. B., Nov. 4th, 1895. J. L. Haydf.n, Esq. Manager Father Murphy's Gold Cure Institute, St. John, N. B. Dear Sir, — Since I have graduated from the Father Murphy Gold Cure Institute nearly two years ago no desire for liquor affected me, so thoroughly was I cured, and the improvement in my general health has also been most remarkable as I was previous to my taking a course, completely run down and incapable of the responsibilities of life through alcoholism. My own case is indeed ample proof of what can be accomplished by Father Murphy's Gold«Cure and no man need dis- pair of ever being released from a life of sodden drunkenness if he makes up his mind to take a course at one of Father Murphy's lustiiutea. 18 .Many friends an well as myself have nnhounded confidence in Father Murphy's work and are constantly impressing on their aciiuainUuices and sufferers generally the niunifold benetits to be ubtained at your ii)Htitute. With best wishes for success, Yours gratefully, W. M(;Dkvitt. St. John, N. B., Feb. 4, 18U3. To the Manat/cr Father Murphy Hold Cure In>-titute, St. John, N. B. : Ihar Sir, — I will soon be in my tiiird year from the Faliier Murpliy Institute, and 1 do not want to allow this occasion to go by witiiout expressing to Fatlier ivlurpiiy my sincere and deep-felt gratitude for my having paH.se ;■'■ ' I Yours truly, V Geo. Robertson, Mayor. r« 19 « Halifax, Feb. 4th, 1806. I lidvc much pleaBurc in giving this statement of what I know of the Father Miitpliy |<| ('me. From perNonal experience and careful observation I can confirm tlie mosl siuinuine stateinentft niu(le by tiie uuiiiy friendH of tlie (Sohl ('ure an to iiH remarkahlo etl'ects on the human ttystem and the genuinenesH of the cure. For two yoarH I hiive been inieresied in tlie work done in this Institution, and during this tinu) iiavu availed myself of every opportunity for fair aud unpro- ("udiced slucly of patients, both while undergoing tieatnient and, so far as it has )een possible, after leaving the Institution ; asarestdtof which I am in jiossession of many facis which lead me to believe not only that the Father Murphy (Jold Cure treatment is all that is claimed for it as a cure for alcoholism and morphinifinr . but also that it is more general in its good effects, in all cases invigorating the whole system in a remarkable degree, and in many instances removing others,, accompanying physical and mental ills. With regard to t lie regimen of the Institution I may remark that in so far a» the treatment is eHscnliaily inv(dved the regulations are strict and in every case must 1)0 adhered to. 'I'lie treatment of the patient from a social standpoint is marked by that sympathy, kindness, and generosity which are the characteristics of the " true hther persons occupying % ^ responsible positions who recognize the value of your well-devised means of remedy .V -. - in that direction. I remain, yours faithfully, • . W. T. S. Hewett, Friv. Secretary. «\ 20 Unqualified endorsement of Father Murphy'n Work by the Honored Bishop of Thi-ee. Rivers. . , Bishop's Palace, Three Rivera, 2l8t April, 1895. Rev, Father Mi'rphy, Montreal: Rev. Father, — It is with unmixed pleasure that I bear testimony to the great good your treatment is doing in this country, where intemperance has brought so much ruin and misery. Your Institute is certainly destined to heal this social evil, and restore peace and happiness to our people. I beg, then, of you, Rev. Father, to receive my hearty congratulations on you immense success, and 1 can- not say enough to encourage you to continue a work so patriotic and Christian. The many you have cured in this district bless God for the great change you have operated in them. Each has taken up again the routine of his daily work with hopeful joy and renewed vigor. I reiterate mj' sincere congratulations, and remain Your devoted servant, t L- F. Lafleohe, Binhop of Three Rivera, P. Q. • # ¥{* From the leader of the Canadian Parliament. Minister of FiNANd&E, Canada, Ottawa, May 25th, 1895. Dear Father Murphy, — You asked me for a few lines of recommendation "with reference to your Gold Cure Institute. I have on every hand heard of cases which have boen cured by your treatment. Some of them have con)e under my personal observation, and the persons who have undergone the treatment declared to me that they have been thoroughly cured ; have lost all desire for intoxicants, and believe they will never touch them again. I am sorry I cannot give you a more definite statement, but do not think it well for me to go beyond wliat has come under my oan personal observation. If this is of any use to you I shall be very glad, for success in your work means the mitigation of much misery and suffering to the individuals who are benefitea by your methods, and their family and friends as v ell. I remain yours, very sincerely, Gko. E. Foster. K »i« From the Superintendant of the Montreal Street Railioay. Office of Montreal Street Kailway Co. Montreal, Aug. 10th, 1885. George Grant, Esq., Manager of the Father Murphy's Gold Cure Institute, Maisonneuve, Montreal. Dear Sir, — I am pleased to state that several of our men who have undergone treatment at your Institution have since then given most satisfactory service and appear to be completely cured of their former inclinatien to drink. Hoping this may help otbTs to rid themselees of the same habit and become useful members of society. 'I remain, yours truly, D. McDonald, Superintendent. 'vi:j::--vMt<" 21 ';T .^f-r-'fr ■'» • $ Noble Words from a Brilliant Episcopal Clergyman ivho took the Treatment. To Rev. L. VV. Mubpiiy, Maisonneuve, Monday Night. My Dear Mentor, Guide, Philosopher and Friend, — I have been so very busy since leaving the Institute that I have not had time to fulfil my good intention of dropping in upon you for a chat. 1 have been and am constantly possessed by the thought how grandly beneficent such a work as yours is — consecrated from the heart of God and sanctified by His eternal benediction. Surely, it is, in the highest sense a " working together with God " and hastening on " that one, far off, divine event to which the whole creation moves," when maimed humanity, no longer crippled and stained with flecks of sin, shall stand upright in the light. Here is something essentially practical — no theorizing, but the "doing" of Good. That this work should widen to include the open exhibition of Brotherhood in well doing, is to me a thought most beautiful — verily a new "Act of the Apostles " an unwritten book, luminous as was the face of Moses, with the reflected glory from on high. Far be it from me to offer you the clap-trap and small change of petty flattery. I write as I feel. Do but one half of what you claim to do, and still your work claims the encouragement and approbation of everyone, who like Ben Adliem, " loves his fellow man." Rev. Oliver J. Booth, Montreal. ii *!'* A Professor of Laval University takes the Treatment. Rev. Father Murphy, Gold Cure Institute : « Dear Father, — I owe it a duty to humanity and to your marvelous Gold Cure treatment to inform the public of the miraculous cure you effected in my case. I have been using morphine for three years until the morphine failed to produce the required sensations. Then I began to consume three pints of the best brandy each da}' and twenty grains of that deadly poison — cocaine. When 1 went to your famous and glorious institution I had given up all iiopes of recovery, and a swift and appalling death stared me in the face. My temperature was 102, and my pulse was 138, and at times running ip to 180. When I entered your insti- tute my body was emaciated and tortur d beyond desciiption ; my soul was a hell. The most hideous visions haunted .ne day and night. There was no respite from suffering ; no peace for my anguished soul. The most eminent medical skill was powerless in the presence of my disease, and I looked for the grave as a merciful exit from a torture infinitely worse than the most weird discriptions of hell. To-day, after a four weeks' course in your redeeming institution, I am as free from morphine, cocaine, and whiskey as the child unborn, the pains in my heart and limbs have entirely disappeared, and I am now enjoying perfect phys- ical health, my mind is clear and vigorous, my soul assured and radiant, everytiiing is now changed to me by the almost supernatural agency of your wonderful Gold Cure treatment. The clouds have passed away from my mind, the weight of sor- row from my heart, and the vision of hell that confronted every joyous aspiration of my soul has been transformed into the radiant and grateful vision of health, happiness and hope. In a word I am a new and saved man 1 would not go back to my former indulgence in the whiskey, morphine and cocaine, for all the money in the city of Quebec. On the contrary I loathe these agents as the re- leased prisoner loathea the thought that carries him back to the prison cell that deprived him of his liberty. May God bless you, Father Murphy, and your great merciful ministrations to a suffering humanitjf. Dr. de Blois, • Professor of Laval University, Quebec. Quebec, 17th March, 189-3. 22 ' The Superior of the Oblate Fathers. Presbytery, St. Sauveur, 13th July, 1895. Dear Father Murphy, — VVe have to congratulate you heartily on the success- your treatment for alcoholism has obtained since first you opened your Institute at St. Sauveur. Your success has surpassed our most sanguine hopes and is most consoling. The other day one of your patients told our Fathers that since taking the treatment at your Institute he no longer felt the insatiable desire for intoxi- cants, an / more than when he was a child. You have done well, dear Father, to put your marvelous cure witliin reach of our population for already you have Drought happiness to hundreds of families in our parish. Every Sunday we exhort our parishioners, who require your cure, not to delay in placing themselves under your treatment ; let us hope, with God's iielp, we will succeed. I trust, dear Father, you will continue this efficacious work in the province, in return we pledge our hearty co-operation to ensure the success t f tliis most desirable enter- prise. Your most devoted in Christ, C. Gremer, Superior of Ohlatei*, Quebec. K A Quick Cure. Our course of treatment for alcoholism is three weeks, in some cases patients require four weeks, but in almost every instance where the patient faithfully and conscientiously follows the rufcs, a cure can be efiFected in three weeks. For Morphine, Cocaine and the Opium habits, the time required is from four to eight weeks. When a patient leaves our Institute, he is in betier condition physically, mentally and morally than ever before. Father Murphy's Work. (Judge O'Gara, of Ottawa, praises it.) Father Murphy's institutions for the cure of intemperance are now becoming so- popular in every part of the Dominion, where they are established, that the lead- ing citizens and clergymen everywhere reconmiend them. Many of the clergy- men advise the people from the pulpit to take a course of treatment in Father Murphy's institutions. Judge O'Gara, of Ottawa, in the course of a conversation concerning the beteficence of Father Murphy's cure in Ottawa, said that it was the greatest blessing that ever was conferred on the Dominion. Why, said the judge, two hundred and fifty cures effected in this town seems miraculous. V # Montreal Star, April 13th, 1895. The following pleasing unsolicited testimony of approbation will be read witb pleasure by the many friends of Father Murphy s Cold Cure Institute in Montreal. Cornwall, April 3, 1894. Dear Mins Scott,— It gives me great pleasure to say in reply to " Enquirer's' question in late issue Journal re Gold Cure, that our local Union sent a man who for many years was a confirmed drunkard to the Father Murphy Gold Cure Institute in Montreal, and after an absence of three weeks he returned claiming to have no desire whatever for liquor. 1 his is upward of a year and four months ago, and he haa remained perfectly sober since and cannot find words to express his 23 4 V < f # thankfulness for the cure. Any one desiring further information may write me,, or I am sure tlie gentleman himself would gladly give particulars or answer further enquirers. I have heard of other cases where treatment was successful, but of this particular one we " know."—" Woman's Journal," April, 1894. Jennik Mac Arthur, Trmmrtr Ontario W. C. T. U. St. Pkter's, C. B., January 27th, 1896. J. E. QuiNN, Esq., Manager Gold Cure, Halifax, N. S. My Dear Sir, — Having tested the Gold Cure in my own individual case, T wish, to recd'd my firm conviction as to its efficacy in removing the morbi.l craving and eliminating the disease from the system. I can confidently recommend your treatment to any who may be suffering from the alcoholic habit. ' John McDonald, M. D. "RELAPSES." Perhaps the most difficult problem that we have to contend with is- that of the so called relapses. * Although less than ten per cent, of thgse that take the " Father Murphy Gold Cure " relapse into the drinking habit, they stand out in. bold relief as evidence of its insul^.oiency, and are pointed to by the enemies of the institution, while tne ninety who remain perfectly cured quietly resume their business and again merge into society without attracting the notice of the public to their new life of sobriety and industry. One case of relapse catches the eye of the public and shakes its faith in the " Cure," whereas twenty cases of permanent cures remain unnoticed. We have gone to some pains to endeavor to discover some of the causes of these relapses, and we find that so far they may be classed under the following heads : — I. Those occuring in patients of neurotic temperament. These cases- are few, and almost invariably return for treatment, especially when the patient is possessed of good moral insight and a fair general education. Such patients ,as a rule are not at all ashamed of being cured, as they know their misfortune is not a sin but a disease. They are found chiefly among business and professional men, and women in the upper classes of society. The primary cause is generally mental overwork and want of physical exercise in the open air. Under these conditions nervous derangements begin to appear, — the appetite becomes poor, and the patient becomes irritable, restless, despondent. Then the trouble begins. The patient resorts to bitters, or aromatic liquors, or perhaps ginger wine, etc. These bitters in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred are nothing more nor less than alcohol, the taste of which is disguised by bitter barks, roots, etc., nicely gotten up with aromatics, spices, sugars. '■ Wif^ ■ 7 ••.■•■"■ 24 • ■■-■■' ■ • ■■ ■ ■ ■ ' ■ • . ;■ ■■^ ,■' •^r-' etc., so that the taste of the alcohol is entirely covered. But the alcohol is there, and just as capalile of doing its insidious work as v'hen in its pure form. The dose before meals has a salutary effect, and the poor man thinks it is good, and has a bottle prepared to take with him to his office, and so by the habitual use of such bitters the old appetite for • ':.""'•. alcohol is ro-estaljlished, and on the very first pretext, a slight cold, , perhaps, or a business misfortune, or a convivial dinner party, the first -, full drink is taken and the old habits are resumed. ; ■ II. Those who have habitually given way to self indulgence. These peoi)le are naturally selfish and cannot endure to see others enjoy what they are deprived of. • III. Those without comfortable homes, and who seek recreation after toil outside of their abode. If our Temperance and Religiouo Societies would exert themselves a little and follow up the good work done by the Gold Cure, by inducing these men to join their societies and by provid- ing for them legitimate amusements, they would be doing some real work in the right direction. The Father Murphy Gold Cure Institute is always open to its graduates and their friends, wliere innocent amusements and reading material are provided. And there, evening after evening, may be seen many of its members enjoying themselves without the stimulating impulse of alcohol. But ittany of our graduates are living under circum- stances which preclude them from this beneficent privilege. >J IV". Those who really do not wish to be cured, but go to the Institute as pauper patients simply for what they can get. (This does not by any means refer to all patients treated for charity.) To this class belong those that are morally bad. They form the largest percentage of the relapses. The Institute is not one of restraint ; patients can go out when they please ; and it is known that many of those belonging to this class have been in the habit of forcing liquor down their throats during the whole course, notwithstanding the repugnance produced by the treatment. V. Those who have not strictly followed the instructions of the in- . ^ fititution as regards the taking of their medicine. The carrying out of the instructions laid down for the use of the internal remedies is left to the honor of the patients themselves, and not infrequently have we dis- covered cases of gross neglect in this respect. Unless our instructions are carried out to the letter we do not claim a complete and permanent ; •I ■ His Grace the Archbishop of Ottawa, -i ,„* His Grace the Archbishop of Halifax, N. S. His Lordship the Bishop of Three Rivers, P. Q. Rev. Dr. E. F. Murphy, Halifax, N. S. ;. ;;, . A. A. Stockton, Esq, St. John, N. B. Dr. M. a. Curry, Halifax, N. S. \ • Geo. E. Robertson, Mayor of St. John, N. B. Dr. M.lT)ODri, Bridgeport, Cape Breton. Dr. J. McDonald, St. Peter's, Cape Breton. Dr. C. J. Morse, Amhei-st, N. S. .\^^^ • t " " -,/*' ''-^i. i ■» ^^m .-^"-■i^ .-.«" MMI m\k Ar^>ii/:s of Nova Scotia HALIFAX. N, S,