ABSTRACT
Among the really valuable remedies added to the list of agents with which to combat disease is the morphine derivative, Heroin. In one of Dr. Sickler's cases his clinical notes show that he gave the drug five days in succession and then discontinued it. Pawinski and Adelt are equally non-specific as to the length of time they gave the drug in any case, but say no sign of habituation could be noticed. Others have attempted to cure themselves of the morphine habit by substituting Heroin for morphine only to find themselves addicted to another drug which they were no better able to leave off than they were the first. As compared to morphine, Heroin does act so greatly impair the working of the excretory organs, but it does retard their action to a considerable extent.
