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Rescue from drug bondage by Dr. Starnes in Atlanta
A Georgia man recounts his descent from wealth to addiction, detailing morphine cocaine and whiskey use after a leg injury led to a hospital morphine habit. He credits Dr. W A Starnes and twilight sleep with a rapid recovery, career rise, and urging others to seek treatment, praising Starnes’ methods and urging letters to him at 230 Woodward Avenue.
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Dr. Starnes
W. A. Starnes
Woodward Avenue
Atlanta