Cure for I> r ti taken saessu 



To the Editor of The JV. Y. Tribune. 



Sir: I have copied this " Cure for Drunken- 

 ness" from another print, and send it.to you with the 

 request that you will publish it in The Tribuke, for the 

 benefit of all victims to this prevalent vice. 



New- York, July 22, 1865. 



TheVe is a famous prescription in use in England for 

 the cure of drunkenness, by which thousands are said 

 to have been assisted in recovering themselves. The 



Srescription came into notoriety through the efforts of 

 bhn Yine Hall, commander of the Great Eastern 

 steamship. He had fallen into such habitual drunken- 

 ness that his most earnest efforts to reclaim himself 

 proved unavailing. At length he sought the advice of 

 an ancient physician, who gave him a prescription 

 which he followed faithfully for seven months. At the 

 ond of that time be had lost all desire for liquor, al- 

 though he had many times been led captive by a most 

 debasing appetite. 



The prescription, which he afterward published, and 

 by which m many other drunkards have been assisted 

 to reform, is as follows : 



Sulphate of iron, five (5) grains; magnesia, ten (10) grains; 

 peppermint water, eleven (11) drachms ; spirit of nutmeg, one 

 ^1) drachm ; twice a day. 



This preparation acts as a tonic and a stimulant, and 

 00 partially supplies the place of the accustomed liquor, 

 and prevents that absolute physical and moral prostra- 

 tion which follows a sudden breaking off from the use 

 #f stimulating drinks. 



