CURING DRUNKENNESS.

The little town of Membrolle, near Tours, is “in the news.” It has produced a doctor who has discovered a cure for drunkenness. The interesting thing about this cure is that it has been successful every time it has been applied. Dr. Lhospitalier has not the least “amour propre” about his discovery; he has sent it to a medical journal and to those of his colleagues who would like to try it. It looks very simple, this remedy. When an inveterate drunkard presents himself for treatment Dr. Lhospitalier takes a small quantity of blood from him. This is made into a serum and subcutaneous injections are made. After an injection the doctor declares that the drunkard does not desire to drink any more. However, the effects last only ten days, but in the meantime what the doctor calls “moral and hetero-suggestive treatment,” combined with isolation if necessary, can be applied. Dr. Lhospitalier discovered his remedy quite by chance. One day a family asked him to cure one of its members of the drinking habit. He thought of the remedies used in times past. Then he remembered that at the present moment auto he mo therapeutic s was being used with success in the treatment of certain ailments. This made him think that perhaps he could find in the blood of drinkers the antidote he was seeking. He risked the operation, and it succeeded beyond his hopes. He has so far cured sixteen persons ranging from 30 to 70 years of age, and in not one of these cases were more than three injections necessary.