Author: Charles Towns

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Published: 2016-07-18

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 9781535340458

"One of the best books on narcotics that has yet appeared." -Medical Review of Reviews, Volume 22, January, 1916 "No one can be better fitted to place such a treatise before the public than Mr. Towns, who is, in a measure, responsible for the present legislative campaign against the wholesale distribution of habit-forming drugs heretofore considered almost harmless by druggists and consumers, which, however, insidiously undermine the health, progress and prosperity of the individual, and the community at large, by whom a habit is formed from which the victim can not easily, and perhaps never, be released. He justly claims that the physician is almost invariably to blame for the development of this drug-using curse, due to his ignorance of the length to which he can safely go in the administration of narcotics. We should say that all points of importance, i. e., causes, warning against the danger, help and hope for the afflicted, treatment and cure of these unfortunates, are covered herein. Mr. Towns faces a terrific problem, and handles the subject manfully, truthfully, bravely, yea, and despite all that he knows of it - hopefully as well....No one especially interested in these subjects among the profession or laity, should be without a copy." -Medical Times, Volume 43, January, 1915 "A solemn note of warning against the perils of the drug habit." -The Rock "The work is interesting and deserves to be read by members of the medical profession." -Medical Record "The recent sensational legislation against the traffic in habit-forming drugs has brought to light startling facts about the prevalence of drug-addiction among all classes of people, not excluding doctors. Mr. Towns, whose life-work is the study and treatment of the victims of these habits, and who is largely responsible for the present legislative campaign, here sums up his experience in regard to the prevalence of drugs, and the methods of treatment and cure; and he extends his discussion also to alcohol and tobacco. It is almost as important, he believes, that the public should be wary about sanatoriums and even about many doctors as about drugs themselves, and he outlines a practicable mode of cure, the success of which he has himself repeatedly proved. The work is at once interesting and instructive and should be in the hands of every practitioner." -Pacific Medical Journal, Volume 58, January, 1915 "A few years ago he successfully treated some four thousand Chinese for opium" -The Bellman, Volume 19, August 21, 1915 CONTENTS I THE PERIL OF THE DRUG HABIT II THE NEED OF ADEQUATE SPECIFIC TREATMENT FOR THE DRUG-TAKER III THE DRUG-TAKER AND THE PHYSICIAN IV PSYCHOLOGY AND DRUGS V ALCOHOLICS VI HELP FOR THE HARD DRINKER VII CLASSIFICATION OF ALCOHOLICS VIII THE INJURIOUSNESS OF TOBACCO IX TOBACCO AND THE FUTURE OF THE RACE X THE SANATORIUM XI PREVENTIVE MEASURES FOR THE DRUG EVIL XII CLASSIFICATION OF HABIT-FORMING DRUGS XIII PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTION APPENDIX