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FIFTEEN TEAKS AGO.
MH. T. B. HODGES WAS (TIIEDOF
THE 01’1 I'M HABIT—ASAFE AND
ri.i:MASi:xr<Tß». he, as well as sev-
I UAI. I KcMIM S r SAVANNAH PEOPLE,
TESTIFY AS TO THE EFFECTIVE I SE OF
UK. JI. M. WOOLKY’It TREATMENT —
WHAT A <ONSTHI 11O.N ICEroIU'SK SAW
AND HE Alii).
Mr. T. B. Hodges, of Savannah,
is stopping at the'Kimball for a few
days. He is one of the most promi
nent and substantial citizens of the
Forest City, having been connected
with the treasury department of the
Central Railroad and Banking Com
pany for the past thirteen years.
Airs. Hodges is a fluent talker and
is up on all questions of the day.
By the way, there is quite an in
teresting story connected with his
life. Not every person has had such
an experience as he. The state
ments may seem almost incredible,
but they arc true. A Constitution
representative in conversation with
him a few evenings ago,learned much
from Lint that would interest the
public.
When quite a young man ho was
stricken with rheumatism, and in or
der to relievo the severity of the
pain, wadindugmi io take some very
radical medicines and among them
waOQorphine.
"Flo you think, Mr. Hodges, that
the opium and morphine habit can
be permanently cured?” said the
reporter.
“Certainly I do. I am a living
witness of that fact. I used mor
phine constantly for nearly six years
and in that length of time took a
great deal of it. The latter part of
the time I was diseased, I used
about thirty grains a day. Os course,
when I first began the use of it, 1
did so unconconsciously, but grad
ually the habit or disease rather, got
hold of mo and I was bound in chains»
as it were, for six years. Dr. B. M‘
Wooley, of Atlanta, Ga., thoroughly
cured me fifteen years ago.”
“You look like you were a strong
and hearty man now. Before you
began the treatment referred to what
was your condition?”
“It was simply fearful. The phy
sicians who attended me, and I had
the very best in the whole country,
said that I would not live six months,
1 have this to say, tliat the human
system could bo in no worse condi-
tion physically than when saturated
with morphine. It paralyzed, as it
were, my nerves,deadened complete
ly my will power and rendered me
wholly unfit for business and the
social enjoyments of life. I was
apparently alive, but practically dead
to every sense of love, honor and jus
tice.”
“You say you have been thorough
ly cured by Dr. Woolley’s treatment.
How long did it take the doctor to
effect the cure?”
About six months. The treatment
is not a heroic treatment. I mean
by that, there is nothing violent
about it. The medicine as prescrib
ed by Dr. Woolley effected the cure
in a gradual way. I had tried a
heroic treatment as well as many
other cures, but none of them did
me any good, except Dr. Woolley’s.
I am convinced that he has the
greatest opium cure in the world.
Ho is doing great good with his rem
edy. As you probably know, the
doctor is a charming man in every
way, A perfect gentleman, a true
Christian, a genial friend and a sym
pathetic helper. I think he under
stands more thoroughly the science
of medicine than any man in this
country.”
“What has been your condition
since you were treated for the opium
habit?”
“You, see that lam in perfect l
health now. 1 have been this way
for the past fifteen years, that being
the length of time I have been cured*
I have been connected with the treas
ury department of the Central Hail
road and Banking Company for many
years, and you know to retain that
position I must not only be well
physically cut mentally and morally.
I have been able to do any kind of
work since my restoration, it matters
not how arduous. In fact Ido not
feel the need of morphine, and have
not since I was cured.”
“Thon there is no comparison be.
tween your state of health now and
before you were treated by Dr. Wool
ley.”
“None in the world. When sick
I was on the verge of the grave. It
looked to ino that I could see my
empty coflin. It haunted me by day
and by night. There was nothing
real. Everything was imaginary.
No friendship was true no love
sacred. My idea of life had vanished
THE CHRISTIAN INDEX: THURSDAY DECEMBER 15. 1892.
and I seemed and felt to be a mere
cypher in God’s creation. That feel
ing and that state of existence has
been completely eradiated, and now
a new self a now man, ambitious and
active, has for these fifteen years
taken its place, and I say truly that
Dr. B. M. Woolley, of Atlanta, made
the change. My general health
since the cure was effected, has been
perfect.”
“Do you think, Mr. Hodges,” said
the reporter, “that there are many
persons afflicted with the opium habit
or disease, as you more properly call
it?”
“Yes, a great many. Whenever 1
know of a person using the vile drug>
1 invariably advise them to put them
selves under the cure of Dr. B. M.
Woolley, and in doing this I feel that
I can assist many that are ignorant
of the doctor’s skill, and
them. to their family and friends-
Yes, sir, I am grateful to God that
he spared my life, and am grateful
to Dr. Woolley for restoring tne to
my normal condition. He has done
for me what no other institution,
could do. As I said in foregoing, I
had tried many other cures, but none
with success. My family physician,
as a last resort, advised me to put
myself under the care of Dr. Wool
ley. You see today the result of his
treatment of me more than fifteen
years ago.”
In these times of doubt mong a cer
tain class of people, as to the ability
to cure aud cure perfectly the opium
and whiskey habits, the statement of
Mr. Hodges should have much weight
A representative of the Constitution
had this personal interview with him
and know that his statements are
true. Ho is to-day physically and
mentally as well poised as any man
in this country. His eyes sparkle
with that intelligence that character
izes a pure and noble manhood. Ho
regrets the step ho took in using mor
phine to relieve his pains, for the use
of it for a short time put him under
its influence for nearly six years. He
thanks God that his attention was
directed to Dr. B. M. Wooley, of this
city. The treatment and cure was a
remarkable one, but it is not more
wonderful than hundreds of others
effected by the doctor.
In order to show the public, for
the public has a great deal of interest
in this question, that the statements
of Mr. Hodges are true and accurate,
the following letter was received
from the wife of Mr. Hodges a few
days ago: i
Midville, Ga., October, 17th. —Dr.
B. M. Wooley, Atlanta, Ga.—Dear
Sir: I write you relative to my hus
bands cure of the opium habit. He i
was afflicted with the awful disease ;
for a number of years, and could not
have lived a year longer had he con-.
tinned to take morphine. He tried
several so-called antidotes, put him-i
self in the hand*, of physicians, k&t.
could not free himself from the tor-,
rible disease. His friends and I did
everything in our power to aid him
n his endeavors to get well, but he
had despaired of eve® doing so until
his physican advised him to try your
, treatment. This hajmid as a last re-
I source,and I can say that he improved
J from the day ho started to take your
medicine, and Appeared to suffer lit
. tic or no inconvenience. He has now-
been cured of the morphine disease
about fifteen or sixteoh yeares and is
lin perfe jf health and strength. Mrs*
T. B. Hodges.
The foregoing is a letter from one
who has shared the sorrows of Mr,
Hodges while afflicted and his joys
since his recovery, and is therefore
valid, strong testimony. She writes
i this letter after the cure has been ef
fected for many years. It is a true
statement and a jnst one. That Mr-
Hodges is a man of considerable rep
utation and influence in his native
. city, and is well and favorably known
here is a letter from Mr. Bussell,
. treasurer of Chatham county, bear
i ing witness to that fact.
i Savannah, Ga., October 17.1892.
i Dr. B. M. Wooley, Atlanta, Ga.—
i Dear Sir: I am personally acquanted
i with Mr. T.jß. Hodges, and know
i him to be a gentleman of veracity
and a man that is above reproach.
Warring Russell, Treasurer Chatham
> county.
i Hero is a testimonial from Mr. H*
• 0. Morgan, superintendent of the
> troasu ry department of the Central
i Railroad and Banking Company:
Savannah, Ga., July 1,1891. —To
i Whom It May Concern: It gives me
i pleasure to testify to the ability and
i worth of the bearer, Mr. T. B. Hod
ges, who has had a connection with
• this company for thirteen years
: working during the whole period in
the same department as myself, and
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not only 7 as to the character of his
work, but in the zealous and hearty
■ co-operation given his supervisors.
• H, C. Morgan, superintendent Treas
ury Department Central Railroad
and Banking Company.
i Mr. Hodge’s broth er, who is a
1 prominent Savannah gentleman also,
makes a statement as to the condi
i tion of his brother. It will be of in-
I terest to every person afflicted with
I the morphine and opium habits:
Savannah. Ga., October 17, 1892.
Dr. B. 51. Woolley, Atlanta Ga.
b—Dear Sir; By request of my broth
er, T. B. Hodges, 1 n lake the follow
ing statement relative to his condi
during the period he was addicted
to the habit of taking opium, and his
subsequent relief from said hab
it. It was a miracle to me to find
that a person could take morphine
suoii qualities as he did without it
producing serious results almost im
mediately. But it is a fact, however
that I have seen him pour it from a
bottle into his hand and take at least
a half teaspoonful. He was surely in
a very critical condition,
from which the most hopeful did
not expect to see him recover, when
he commenced taking your medicine.
The cure from your treatment was .
perfect, to which his robust ’ frame
and good health of today bear ample |
testimony. To the best of my recol
lection,. it lias been about fifteen
years since the above facts occured.
Yours respectfully, J. T. Hodges.
These statements vouch for the
aoccracy and truthfulnes of what Mr.
Hodges has said in the foregoing.
The people of Atlanta, and for that
matter, the people throughout the
south, know of the scientific skill
and efficiency of Dr. Woolley.
His record is a noble one having
accomplished so much for bis fellow
man, restoring them to healthfulness
of body and mind. The foremost
physicians of this country recognize
Dr. Woolley’s ability and place him
in the front rank of specialists. He
is indeed a great man, a noble man,
true man and one worthy the confi
dence of every person afflicted with
the opium or whiskey habit.
The Constitution could not afford
to speak thus in indorsement oL any
man whoso record was less known to
them and it is therefore a great
pleasure to us to furnish the public
this interview which gives such
strong evidence of the justice of our
frequent indorsements of Dr. Wool
ey and his treatment.
At the risk of being told that it is
none of our affair, we beg our breth
ren of the Western Recorder and
the Religious Herald and the Bap
tist Record to waive their differences
until the present crisis in the work
of missions is safely passed. There
is really too much to do in the short
time remaining in order to make the
centennial movement a success, for
these earnest and godly men to be
wasting their strength on each other.
At such a time as this it is far better
as it seems to us, to suffer in silence
than to attract public attention to
. matters which are of interest only a
' few. And specially are crimination
[ and inundo to the last degree un
■ seemly.
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