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DR. FLORENCE T. TRUAX,
Wife of Dr. Truax, and one of the
most noted woman physicians in the
South.
HEN I left my home in Mie-
W sissippi two weeks ago to come
to Atlanta I had no idea that 1
would now be telling my own unfor
tunate story and that of other human
wrecks. I came here with the inten
tion of hiding out—of disappearing.
There is jast one person among those
who know me who knows where I am.
That person is my brother. And,
I would not have told him except that
I feared 1 might die and I wanted him
10 take charge of my estate and to
know the circumsiances of my deats,
if it occurred.
But, after seeing what 1 have seen,
and after my own remarkable experi
ence I have decided to tell evervthing
While I am concealing my identity
in this story I bave such a feeling of
gratitude and 1 am so filled with hope
for the future that I will not conceal
my identity to anyone who writes me.
1 will answer letters or T will receive
callers, and | will cheerfully tell of
this wonderfu! incident of my life
~l,’n-ld this was a story about hu
man wrecks. It Is and when I came
here 1 was one. 1 had no hape for the
foturé. and death, which 1| feared,
weemed welcome.
Morphine'
That one word tells why, for it was
morphine which made of me a human
wreck.
1 am one of the best-known busl.
ness men in my State. 1 have been
Successful. In the city where I live
Itake a prominent part in business
And soclal affairs. If it had not been
for the new Harrison law | probably
would have gone on heing secretly a
slave to deadly morphine and to an
early grave. There was one man in
my ecity who knew that I took mor
phine. Not another soul knew it
That man was the druggist who sup
plied me. When the law went into
#ffect I asked him if 1 could get a
supply to last me a year, He told me
taat 1 probably could, but he ex
plained how my plight would become
& part of government records. It was
then 1 realized that 1 must either get
rid of accursed morphine, die or be
come ruined finapcially. 1 have large
dealings with banks and bankers and
1 knew that confidence in my ability
would be destroyed if my business
Asvociates knew that | was a slave to
morphine
_Then and there 1 decided to try to
M some competent specialist break
the shackles which held me. 1 had
F faith in so-called “drug cures”
2 ‘dreaded the pain and suffering
M 1 thought would be necessary
#or me to endure. 1 had heard of the
experiences Of others who suffered
fortures while undergoing treatment,
only to die a miserable death. | se
m a list of sanitariums and began
ng inquiry. 1 was afrald to ask
m- of anyone because 1 want-
P to keep my condition a secret,
. Among the sanitariums | wrote to
was the Southern General Hospital,
201 Capitol avenue, Atlanta. Before
became a slave to morphine 1 had
he of Dr. Herbert E. Truax and
e remarkable work he had accom
) In his profession, and this,
with the letter 1 received
r Mr. H. M. Owens, General Map.
ng of the Bouthern General Hos
made me feel as if 1 would be
8 the hands of sympathetl: friends
T welghed the matter carefully, be.
BANee 1 felt that it meant life or
Math to me, and finally 1 came to At-
My friends and business as.
soclates even now think that I am in
the East on business. My brother
alone knows where |am
I arrived at the Southern Genera)
[ I on Aug. 26, and tmmediately
B 8 courteous welcome of Dr Trigux
and Mr. Owens made me fecl at hom,
‘M with e 40 grains of morphine
a 1 did not know what might hap-
PN, and rather than suffer the tor.
fures of the damned | determined to
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talk with Dr. Truax I handed him
my bottle of morphine. The personal
magnetism of the man, together with
his frankness and his sympathetic
nature, won my complete confidence.
I was determined to play fair with
him and put my life and future com
pletely in his hands,
When 1 did this I was taking 10
grains of morphine each day--enough
to kill 10 men. That was on August
26. On September 2—one week later
-1 WAS NOT TAKING ANY, and 1
did not want any. The craving was
gone. My strength was rapidly re
turming. My appetite had already re.
turned, and I felt as if 1 could never
get enough to eat. 1 began gaining
weight until to-day [ am in better
health and weigh more than four
years ago, v hen 1 did not know the
effects of morphine,
Did 1 suffer?
This was one of the most surpris
ing features of my say with Dr,
Truax. 1 had dreaded pain and suf
fering which 1 had found resulted
from the lack of morphine. | was
prepared to suffer some, and when 1
found an entire absence of any suf
fering whatever | was astounded. In
fact, I did not know when | had
ceaged to take morphine. The tran
sition from a drug slave to a free man
took place without me knowing it
1 went to Dr. Truax then and therc
and asked him to let me tell my story
to the world. 1 received his consent.
Whisky wae the indirect cause of
my becoming a drug vietim. 1 dally
consumed quantities of It, and when
under its influence about three years
ago 1 mot a Man who used morphine.
i met him several other times, always
when 1 was under the Influence of
whisky, und on seversl occasions 1
observed him injecting something in
his arm. On one of these meetings
I was in pretty bad shape phys
feally because of constant drinking of
whirky for & month previous, and this
man gave me my first dose of mor
phine. My '} ysical condition was such
that he gave me several other doses
until one day 1 realized that it had a
hold upon me, and then | quit one
evit for another — 1 gave up whis-
Ky for morphine, Some of those who
knew the hold that whisky had upon
me were elated to think | had quit
drinking. | was congratulated by
many of mv friends and my business
assoclates had more confidence in me.
But nope of them knew that 1 was
worse off than | was hefore
1 would not change my condition
to-day to what it was a month ago for
all the money in the world. Thank
God, 1 am a free man once more,
While my story ie interesting and
should be instructive to all those who
are slaves of this and other accursed
drugs, 1 met others during my stay at
the Southern General Hospital whose
stories were even more interesting. |
could write volumes about fellow suf
ferers | met during my stay here with
Dr. Truax. 1 could tell about the
South Georgla lumberman, or the
aged woman from Tennessee, or the
Georgia banker's only son, or a dozen
Others whose stories show the re
markable work Dr. Truax is doing.
He is doing just what the title of
this story indicates—he s making
men of humpn wrecks, No story of
the work of Dr. Truax would be com
plete without sometking about him.
Probably no man in the country has
devited more time, thought and study
to drug addiction cases than has Dr.
Truax. He is well qualified to prac
tice his profession. His father, his
grandfather and his great-grandfath
er before him were noted physicians,
He is & graduate of the three differ
ent schools of medicine, .
Assoclated with Dr. Truax n the
Southern General Hospital is his
charming wife—herself 4 well known
and abie nhyslrxm-—br Florence T.
Truax. No mother could have been
more sympathetic with a son than Dr,
“Florence Truax has been with me. In
the hospital are a number of women
from citles all over the South, and to
these Dr. Florence Truax devotes par
ticular attention. Tt is for that rensogn
ro woman should hesitate for a min
ute to put herself confidently in her
handa. |
There are no bars, nor bolts, nor
locks at the Southern General Hospi
tal. T have heard of sanitariums for
the treatment of drug victims where |
the patients were locked up to -umri
and pray for death. When Dr, Truax
cpened the Southern General Hospita)
he threw the keys away. 1 come and
|lu ar | please, and 1 have done nu‘*
!fmm the first day | was here. Dally l‘l
tave taken exercise by walking In the
vieln'ty of the hospital. | would have |
done more than I did had 1 not been
afrald of being recognized bY a chane |
visitor from my home gity. The point
1 wish to make is that neither the
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luthor. grandfather and greatgrandfather having preceded him in the profession. noted y physicians,
treatment nor the conduct of the hos
pital prevented this, Nurses are com
petent and sympathetie, just like those
who manage the institution. Many a
talk 1 have had with Mr. Owens, gen
eral manager. since | have been here
He is congenial, well educated, and a
man of wide experience. In my talks
For those who wish to call on
me or write me regarding my
| wonderful experience, address
] Business Mah, care Southern
|| General Hospital. 201 Capitol
1} Avenue, Atlanta, Ga.
with him I have received lots of good
advice, which I intend to use for the
future conduct of my Husiness inter
esta
1 do not wish to convey the impres
slon that because | am well fixed
financially ‘n my coemmunity that the
Southern General Hospitel s rich
man's Institution. It i« not. The rates
are reasonable-extremely so--and |
would have willingly pald ten times
the amount asked of me. A flat fee in
charged for the complete treatment,
Which covers a period of twenty -eight
dayr, including medicines, sanitarinm
nursing, board, «tc. Ido not mean by
this that it requires twenty -elght dnyw
In all casen. It did net in my Caae,
And 1 expect to leave within & day or
two.
I suppose 1 eould have gone to a
high-priced sanitariom in the East,
where | would have been charged an
exorbitant fee, and where 1 doubt nr(
much that | would have been cured,
In fact, there 1 po other place in this
country, outside of the Bouthern Gen
eral Hospital, that | would recommend
to & friend or relative, | know this
piate, | know the wonderfyl thinge
which are being done every de, ftor
drug victims, and for that reason |
an recommend it It is within the
reach of every white drug slave in the
Houth,
| Dr Truax and his assoclates sre 5o
interested In this work of reciaiming
human wrecks that they have made
arrangements where patients may be
treated at a cost which amounts to
pmuc.n{ nothing. They ate so sin
core in their work of relleving man
kind of the curse of morphine and
other drugs that they want to make
It possible for even the poorest vietim
to be freed from drug bondage, Thev
shoald Rave the thanks, support and
Cosoperation of every man in the
country who has the welfare of ynfor.
tunates at heart. 2o grateful am 1
that when 1 ienve here | will make it
n part of my Ife to And drug victims
and send them hiere for trentment.
There is one word of warning 1
G Wp i R
H. M. OWENS,
General Manager of the Southerr
General Hospital. It was through
the able efforts of Mr. Owens that
the Southern General Hospital has
been put within reach of a multi
tude of drug victims.
want to give to drug victims. Do
not be deceived into thinking that
there is one formula, or one fixed
treatment, which will apply to every
body. There is not. People differ,
and they must be treated differently.
The treatment which would apply in
some cases might not apply in yours
It is for this reason that the success
of Dr. Truax has been so remarkabie
He makes a close study of every pa
tient and treats each case individual
ly. He does not resort to such treat
ments as “twilight sleep” and “knock
oul.” These methods are similar te
the locks, bars and bolts of some in
stitutions. He does scientifically
what others try to do crudely. He
succeeds where they fail.
It would not be right to end this
story without telling of the Atlanta
business man in whom Dr. Truax
wrought such a change. He is here
with me now completely cured after
being a drug slave for fourteen years
I have told how 1 got into the habit
of using morphine. 1 don't believe
anybody ever began taking drugs de
liberately and intentionally. Some do
it through ignorance and others
through carelessness, while others are
victims of doctors. This is true of
the elderly business man I mention.
He owns several houses in Atlanta,
and fourteen years ago a certain doc
tor lived in one of them. One day,
while collecting the rent, the business
man mentioned to the doctor that he
was not feeling well, and seemed to be
run down. The doctor assured him
that he could give him a tonic which
would change things. He did. This
alleged tonic made the business man
feel better than ever—when he was
taking it. But one day, while on a
businesg trip, he ran out of the “ton -
le,” and almost died before he could
drive through the country eighteen
miles to a doctor with whom he was
acquainted. When he arrived there
he collapsed, and, after an examina
tion, he learned the awful truth—he
was a confirmed drug slave. For the
“tonic” the doctor had been glving
him was no more than a solution fill
ed with heroin, which placed the
business man In this unscrupulous
doctor's power. And he remained un
der his power until the doctor died.
He pald this doctor hundreds and
hundreds of dollars for drugs, and aft
er the doctor's death he learned to ad
minister the drug himself. He kept
this up until the Harrison law went
into effect, when he recognized that
something must be done.
“When I came here,” he told me, “1
really believed that I was going to
dle. For a number of years | had been
"-kin‘ heroin, and when I came here
1 was taking each day enough to kil
50 men. From 187 pounds I dwindled
down to a mere skeleton, I felt that
‘my case was hopefess and that T would
be taken from the hospital by an un
dertaker. From the first Dr. Truax
assured me that I would get well. He
encouraged me by his sympathy and
‘words of hope. 1 know that he saved
my life, because [ could not have con
hlnurd much longer as I was doing”
‘ This man has had none of the drug
‘nhk-h has been a curse to him in two
weeks. Like m 3, he does not want it.
His strength is rapidly returning, and
e Is & new man, but his case is noth
ing out of the ordinary here. Thera
are others whose cure has been just
as remarkable,
) Lam going heme In a few days, but
before I go I hope 1 will be the means
of rescuing other victims, | am wil
\llnc and anxfous to answer letters or
to recelve callers at the hospital while
lam here. If you are a drug vicetim, I
WALt to meet you face to tace and tell
You what Dr. Truax did for me. It
does not make any difference what
drug you Rave been taking, nor how
long you have been taking if, Dr. Tru
ax will cure you. ‘He will do for you
what he has done for me-—save vou
‘f’t:m‘n future which is worse than
(Copyright, 18015, W. H Alston, )
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