. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . ient, incapable, and usually so immoral thatlife is not worth living. Antikamnia and codein tablets are liable to pro-duce the drug habit. However, they are more certain to produce constantheadaches. They poison the nerve cells and the blood cells so that theybring about the condition they are supposed to cure and that they dosometimes relieve. MORPHIN CURE 335 Morphin Habit.—C. C. writes: Do you think it possible for a persontaking from two and a half to four grains of morphin sulphate daily toovercome this habit? Reply.—I do not think it possible. The morphin
. Dr. Evans' How to keep well; . ient, incapable, and usually so immoral thatlife is not worth living. Antikamnia and codein tablets are liable to pro-duce the drug habit. However, they are more certain to produce constantheadaches. They poison the nerve cells and the blood cells so that theybring about the condition they are supposed to cure and that they dosometimes relieve. MORPHIN CURE 335 Morphin Habit.—C. C. writes: Do you think it possible for a persontaking from two and a half to four grains of morphin sulphate daily toovercome this habit? Reply.—I do not think it possible. The morphin habit is a worse dis-ease than the whisky habit. The person should go into a good institutionprepared to stay long enough to get built up. Drug users are usuallyneurasthenics and they need mental and nerve upbuilding. Must Give Up Morphin.—Mrs. M. C. C. writes: During an illness andafterward for insomnia, a doctor prescribed morphin. Since then I havebeen unable to sleep without it. One-eighth of a grain will insure sleep. North Carolina Health Bulletin. Fig. 145.—Sunlight. for two nights. Kindly inform me if this dose will harm me and what willbe the effect on my system? Can I effect a cure at home? 1 am a womanpast middle life. Reply.—You are taking a small dose. Nevertheless you must stop will have no difficulty in curing yourself. Eat sensibly; take a purge;repeat in a day or two. Take a warm bath at night; stay in the bath longenough to get quiet. Remember that it makes no great difference whetheryou sleep or not as long as you worry and fret. Go to bed and sleep if youcan, or stay awake if you must, but do not worry. Bars Morphin Users.—R. W. writes: I have three friends who aremore or less addicted to the use of morphin, and they fear the humiliationof exposure when the new law goes into effect on March 1. What shouldthey do? Reply.—The Commissioner of Internal Revenue has ruled that drugusers shall not be allowed to buy the blanks necessary for the
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