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June, 19 SO The Health Bulletin 19 berries, onions, spinach, lettuce, peas, etc, of your own raising. There must be something in every life to break the monotony—to relieve the nervous tension—to give it relish and zest and beauty. Everybody must have a pop-off valve, so to speak—a hobby. The means are always at hand through a garden. Gardening has no rival as a means of putting color into life for it has a quadruple reaction. First, there is the joy of making things grow; second, there is the increased health and vigor that come from that form of labor; third, there is the fun of beautifying that part of the world, no matter how small. My garden directly and indirectly saves me doctors, hospital and dental bills, increases my income and pays my taxes. My garden is my golf field for which my game is my gain in health, happiness and prosperity. NARCOTICS From School Address of J. W. Ashby, M. D. George Bernard Shaw makes the statement that it is futile to advocate prohibition to an individual who wishes to drink in order to forget his misery. But it is a far cry from the subject of his remarks to an audience such as we have before us today who represent cheerfulness and happiness and who have the best years of their lives before them. But it is not such a far cry between the effects of the alcohol which he mentioned and the effects of narcotic drugs about which we are going to say a few words. Each is indulged in for the same reason and because the individual is of the introverted type and wishes to be extroverted. The normal person does not fall a victim to the drug habit, but it is the psychopathic individual, who wishes to escape the trials and stress of life. It is the line of least resistance and is frequently entered into without the thought of the dreadful consequences. Morphine heads the list of narcotic drugs. It cannot be legally obtained without a physician's prescrpition and the physician who prescribes it and the druggist who furnish it are required by the Harrison Narcotic Law to state for whom it is prescribed and to whom furnished. But like a good many other things there are illegal dealers in morphine who might be termed bootleggers. Unfortunate- ly doctors are sometimes careless in giving this drug. A midnight call, a patient in distress, real or imaginary—a hypodermic injection of morphine and the patient is soon asleep; also the doctor. If the distress is due to the lowering of consciousness of the patient or disintegration of the nervous system the person realizes the fact and soon learns to resort to the use of the drug without the aid and expense of the physician, and we must add in fairness to the average physician that they are careful in such matters but it is the man who isn't careful and the first dose that does the damage. The continued use of morphine or its derivatives lowers the vitality of any person and alters one's entire personality. They become anemic, have a sallow complexion and their mental and moral tone are decidedly lower. They cannot be trusted and prevaricate from choice. Luminal and veronal are two other drugs that claim their proportion of victims and also many of the so called coal tar products which are used to allay pain; and unfortunately Luminal, Veronal and the Coal Tar products can be obtained without a prescription. Veronal is exceedingly dangerous and more than one person has died from the effects of an overdose. Only recently a brilliant young authoress
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1930 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-045 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Volume Number | 45 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
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Fixed Title * | Page 19 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1930 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-045-0185 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; article; article title |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 45 |
Issue Number | 6 |
Page Number | 19 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | June, 19 SO The Health Bulletin 19 berries, onions, spinach, lettuce, peas, etc, of your own raising. There must be something in every life to break the monotony—to relieve the nervous tension—to give it relish and zest and beauty. Everybody must have a pop-off valve, so to speak—a hobby. The means are always at hand through a garden. Gardening has no rival as a means of putting color into life for it has a quadruple reaction. First, there is the joy of making things grow; second, there is the increased health and vigor that come from that form of labor; third, there is the fun of beautifying that part of the world, no matter how small. My garden directly and indirectly saves me doctors, hospital and dental bills, increases my income and pays my taxes. My garden is my golf field for which my game is my gain in health, happiness and prosperity. NARCOTICS From School Address of J. W. Ashby, M. D. George Bernard Shaw makes the statement that it is futile to advocate prohibition to an individual who wishes to drink in order to forget his misery. But it is a far cry from the subject of his remarks to an audience such as we have before us today who represent cheerfulness and happiness and who have the best years of their lives before them. But it is not such a far cry between the effects of the alcohol which he mentioned and the effects of narcotic drugs about which we are going to say a few words. Each is indulged in for the same reason and because the individual is of the introverted type and wishes to be extroverted. The normal person does not fall a victim to the drug habit, but it is the psychopathic individual, who wishes to escape the trials and stress of life. It is the line of least resistance and is frequently entered into without the thought of the dreadful consequences. Morphine heads the list of narcotic drugs. It cannot be legally obtained without a physician's prescrpition and the physician who prescribes it and the druggist who furnish it are required by the Harrison Narcotic Law to state for whom it is prescribed and to whom furnished. But like a good many other things there are illegal dealers in morphine who might be termed bootleggers. Unfortunate- ly doctors are sometimes careless in giving this drug. A midnight call, a patient in distress, real or imaginary—a hypodermic injection of morphine and the patient is soon asleep; also the doctor. If the distress is due to the lowering of consciousness of the patient or disintegration of the nervous system the person realizes the fact and soon learns to resort to the use of the drug without the aid and expense of the physician, and we must add in fairness to the average physician that they are careful in such matters but it is the man who isn't careful and the first dose that does the damage. The continued use of morphine or its derivatives lowers the vitality of any person and alters one's entire personality. They become anemic, have a sallow complexion and their mental and moral tone are decidedly lower. They cannot be trusted and prevaricate from choice. Luminal and veronal are two other drugs that claim their proportion of victims and also many of the so called coal tar products which are used to allay pain; and unfortunately Luminal, Veronal and the Coal Tar products can be obtained without a prescription. Veronal is exceedingly dangerous and more than one person has died from the effects of an overdose. Only recently a brilliant young authoress |
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Article Title | Narcotics |
Article Author | Ashey, J. W. |
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