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THERE WAS A TIME WHEN GOING TO DWIGHT HELD A SPECIAL MEANING.
WHEN GOING TO DWIGHT HELD A SPECIAL MEANING. IT WAS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE
SPECIAL MEANING. IT WAS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THAT TOWN TO PARTAKE
IT WAS A TIME WHEN PEOPLE FLOCKED TO THAT TOWN TO PARTAKE OF THE CURE.
FLOCKED TO THAT TOWN TO PARTAKE OF THE CURE. >>
DR. LESLIE KEELYE WAS ASSISTANT SURGE SURGEON IN THE UNION ARMY. DURING THAT TIME HE BECAME
SURGE SURGEON IN THE UNION ARMY. DURING THAT TIME HE BECAME INCREASINGLY AWARE OF ALCOHOL
DURING THAT TIME HE BECAME INCREASINGLY AWARE OF ALCOHOL ABUSE.
INCREASINGLY AWARE OF ALCOHOL ABUSE. AND THEORIZED IT WAS A DISEASE
ABUSE. AND THEORIZED IT WAS A DISEASE AND AS SUCH SHOULD BE MEDICALLY
AND THEORIZED IT WAS A DISEASE AND AS SUCH SHOULD BE MEDICALLY TREATABLE.
AND AS SUCH SHOULD BE MEDICALLY TREATABLE. >> HE HAD A SMALL MEDICAL
TREATABLE. >> HE HAD A SMALL MEDICAL PRACTICE IN THE BACK OF A
>> HE HAD A SMALL MEDICAL PRACTICE IN THE BACK OF A DRUGSTORE.
PRACTICE IN THE BACK OF A DRUGSTORE. THE CHEMISTS THAT WORKED FOR THE
DRUGSTORE. THE CHEMISTS THAT WORKED FOR THE DRUGSTORE WAS YOUNG IRISH
THE CHEMISTS THAT WORKED FOR THE DRUGSTORE WAS YOUNG IRISH IMMIGRANT BY THE NAME OF
DRUGSTORE WAS YOUNG IRISH IMMIGRANT BY THE NAME OF JRAUTEN, AND THEY TEAMED UP
IMMIGRANT BY THE NAME OF JRAUTEN, AND THEY TEAMED UP TOGETHER AND WORKED FOR A JUMP R
JRAUTEN, AND THEY TEAMED UP TOGETHER AND WORKED FOR A JUMP R NUMBER OF YEARS DEVELOPING WHAT
TOGETHER AND WORKED FOR A JUMP R NUMBER OF YEARS DEVELOPING WHAT THEY FELT SHOULD BE A WORKABLE
NUMBER OF YEARS DEVELOPING WHAT THEY FELT SHOULD BE A WORKABLE CURE FOR ALCOHOLISM.
THEY FELT SHOULD BE A WORKABLE CURE FOR ALCOHOLISM. FROM THAT STORE, GREW THE KEELEY
CURE FOR ALCOHOLISM. FROM THAT STORE, GREW THE KEELEY INSTITUTE WHOSE BUILDING STILL
FROM THAT STORE, GREW THE KEELEY INSTITUTE WHOSE BUILDING STILL LINE THE STREETS THE DWIGHT.
INSTITUTE WHOSE BUILDING STILL LINE THE STREETS THE DWIGHT. IN AN AGE WHERE MOST ALCOHOLICS
LINE THE STREETS THE DWIGHT. IN AN AGE WHERE MOST ALCOHOLICS WERE COMMITTED TO ASYLUMS, HE
IN AN AGE WHERE MOST ALCOHOLICS WERE COMMITTED TO ASYLUMS, HE GAVE EACH PERSON PERSONAL
WERE COMMITTED TO ASYLUMS, HE GAVE EACH PERSON PERSONAL TREATMENT IN OPULENT
GAVE EACH PERSON PERSONAL TREATMENT IN OPULENT SURROUNDINGS.
TREATMENT IN OPULENT SURROUNDINGS. THAT INCLUDED THE INSTITUTE'S
SURROUNDINGS. THAT INCLUDED THE INSTITUTE'S HOTEL FOR THE WEALTHIER CLIENTS
THAT INCLUDED THE INSTITUTE'S HOTEL FOR THE WEALTHIER CLIENTS WOULD STAY.
HOTEL FOR THE WEALTHIER CLIENTS WOULD STAY. IT WAS A VERY RELAXED AND
WOULD STAY. IT WAS A VERY RELAXED AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT.
IT WAS A VERY RELAXED AND PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT. PATIENTS WERE NOT ONLY ALLOWED
PEACEFUL ENVIRONMENT. PATIENTS WERE NOT ONLY ALLOWED TO ROAM FREE IN THE INSTITUTE,
PATIENTS WERE NOT ONLY ALLOWED TO ROAM FREE IN THE INSTITUTE, BUT ALSO AROUND TOWN.
TO ROAM FREE IN THE INSTITUTE, BUT ALSO AROUND TOWN. >> EACH PERSON HAD THEIR OWN
BUT ALSO AROUND TOWN. >> EACH PERSON HAD THEIR OWN CARETAKER THAT STAYED WITH THEM
>> EACH PERSON HAD THEIR OWN CARETAKER THAT STAYED WITH THEM IN THE BEGINNING OF THE
CARETAKER THAT STAYED WITH THEM IN THE BEGINNING OF THE TREATMENT.
IN THE BEGINNING OF THE TREATMENT. SO IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A WALK,
TREATMENT. SO IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A WALK, YOU ARE WELCOMED TO DO THAT, BUT
SO IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A WALK, YOU ARE WELCOMED TO DO THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF
YOU ARE WELCOMED TO DO THAT, BUT YOU HAVE TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF THE CARETAKER THAT WAS WITH YOU.
YOU HAVE TO ENJOY THE COMPANY OF THE CARETAKER THAT WAS WITH YOU. SO IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A
THE CARETAKER THAT WAS WITH YOU. SO IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A STROLL OVER TO A LIQUOR STORE OR
SO IF YOU WANTED TO TAKE A STROLL OVER TO A LIQUOR STORE OR A TAVERN AS THEY WERE REFERRED
STROLL OVER TO A LIQUOR STORE OR A TAVERN AS THEY WERE REFERRED TO THEN, HE WOULD SAY, ", NO,
A TAVERN AS THEY WERE REFERRED TO THEN, HE WOULD SAY, ", NO, NO, NO, WE NEED TO GO THIS WAY
TO THEN, HE WOULD SAY, ", NO, NO, NO, WE NEED TO GO THIS WAY INSTEAD."
NO, NO, WE NEED TO GO THIS WAY INSTEAD." FIRST ASPECT OF THE TREATMENT
INSTEAD." FIRST ASPECT OF THE TREATMENT WAS THE DOUBLE CHLORIDE OF GOLD.
FIRST ASPECT OF THE TREATMENT WAS THE DOUBLE CHLORIDE OF GOLD. A SERIES OF INJECTIONS YOU WOULD
WAS THE DOUBLE CHLORIDE OF GOLD. A SERIES OF INJECTIONS YOU WOULD RECEIVE EVERY DAY.
A SERIES OF INJECTIONS YOU WOULD RECEIVE EVERY DAY. INJECTIONS WOULD START IN THE
RECEIVE EVERY DAY. INJECTIONS WOULD START IN THE MORNING AT 8:00 AND ANOTHER ONE
INJECTIONS WOULD START IN THE MORNING AT 8:00 AND ANOTHER ONE AT NOON, ANOTHER ONE AT FIVE,
MORNING AT 8:00 AND ANOTHER ONE AT NOON, ANOTHER ONE AT FIVE, AND ANOTHER ONE AT 7:30 IN THE
AT NOON, ANOTHER ONE AT FIVE, AND ANOTHER ONE AT 7:30 IN THE EVENING.
AND ANOTHER ONE AT 7:30 IN THE EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, EACH
EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THAT, EACH PATIENT WOULD RECEIVE A BOTTLE
IN ADDITION TO THAT, EACH PATIENT WOULD RECEIVE A BOTTLE OF MEDICINE AND THEY WOULD TAKE
PATIENT WOULD RECEIVE A BOTTLE OF MEDICINE AND THEY WOULD TAKE A DOSE OF THAT EVERY TWO HOURS
OF MEDICINE AND THEY WOULD TAKE A DOSE OF THAT EVERY TWO HOURS UNTIL 9 THAT EVENING.
A DOSE OF THAT EVERY TWO HOURS UNTIL 9 THAT EVENING. ALONG WITH THE ME DESNAL ASPECT,
UNTIL 9 THAT EVENING. ALONG WITH THE ME DESNAL ASPECT, GOOD QUALITY FOOD AND EXERCISE
ALONG WITH THE ME DESNAL ASPECT, GOOD QUALITY FOOD AND EXERCISE WAS PART OF IT.
GOOD QUALITY FOOD AND EXERCISE WAS PART OF IT. THEY GAVE LECTURES ON A WEEKLY
WAS PART OF IT. THEY GAVE LECTURES ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO SHOW THE ALCOHOLIC OF
THEY GAVE LECTURES ON A WEEKLY BASIS TO SHOW THE ALCOHOLIC OF WAY OF RESTRUCTURING HIS LIFE IN
BASIS TO SHOW THE ALCOHOLIC OF WAY OF RESTRUCTURING HIS LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY.
WAY OF RESTRUCTURING HIS LIFE IN A POSITIVE WAY. ALSO THEY REFERRED TO GOING FOR
A POSITIVE WAY. ALSO THEY REFERRED TO GOING FOR TREATMENT AS GOING TO DWIGHT.
ALSO THEY REFERRED TO GOING FOR TREATMENT AS GOING TO DWIGHT. INDEPENDENT PEOPLE DID RESEARCH,
TREATMENT AS GOING TO DWIGHT. INDEPENDENT PEOPLE DID RESEARCH, AND THEY FOUND THE CURE CURE
INDEPENDENT PEOPLE DID RESEARCH, AND THEY FOUND THE CURE CURE RATE WAS AROUND 51%.
AND THEY FOUND THE CURE CURE RATE WAS AROUND 51%. >> TREATMENT LASTED THREE TO
RATE WAS AROUND 51%. >> TREATMENT LASTED THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, AND THE CURE WAS SO
>> TREATMENT LASTED THREE TO FOUR WEEKS, AND THE CURE WAS SO POPULAR IN 1890 IT WAS DECIDED
FOUR WEEKS, AND THE CURE WAS SO POPULAR IN 1890 IT WAS DECIDED TO OPEN BRANCH CLINICS.
POPULAR IN 1890 IT WAS DECIDED TO OPEN BRANCH CLINICS. >> WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS,
TO OPEN BRANCH CLINICS. >> WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THEY WOULD OPEN 118 BRANCH
>> WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS, THEY WOULD OPEN 118 BRANCH INSTITUTES, NOT ONLY IN THE
THEY WOULD OPEN 118 BRANCH INSTITUTES, NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT FOUR FOREIGN
INSTITUTES, NOT ONLY IN THE UNITED STATES, BUT FOUR FOREIGN COUNTRIES AS WELL.
UNITED STATES, BUT FOUR FOREIGN COUNTRIES AS WELL. >> AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR,
COUNTRIES AS WELL. >> AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, BUSINESS WAS DECLINING, DUE IN
>> AFTER THE FIRST WORLD WAR, BUSINESS WAS DECLINING, DUE IN PART TO THE GROWING PROHIBITION
BUSINESS WAS DECLINING, DUE IN PART TO THE GROWING PROHIBITION MOVEMENTS.
PART TO THE GROWING PROHIBITION MOVEMENTS. DR. KEELEY AND MOVED HIS CLINIC
MOVEMENTS. DR. KEELEY AND MOVED HIS CLINIC TO THIS LARGE HOUSE.
DR. KEELEY AND MOVED HIS CLINIC TO THIS LARGE HOUSE. >> THAT'S WHERE THE PATIENTS
TO THIS LARGE HOUSE. >> THAT'S WHERE THE PATIENTS WERE LODGED, AND THEY HAD A
>> THAT'S WHERE THE PATIENTS WERE LODGED, AND THEY HAD A KEELEY CLUBHOUSE THEY WOULD CALL
WERE LODGED, AND THEY HAD A KEELEY CLUBHOUSE THEY WOULD CALL IT WHERE THE PATIENTS WOULD GO
KEELEY CLUBHOUSE THEY WOULD CALL IT WHERE THE PATIENTS WOULD GO AND EXERCISE AT ROOM UPSTAIRS.
IT WHERE THE PATIENTS WOULD GO AND EXERCISE AT ROOM UPSTAIRS. GROUNDS WERE BEAUTIFUL FOR
AND EXERCISE AT ROOM UPSTAIRS. GROUNDS WERE BEAUTIFUL FOR WALKING OR HIKING.
GROUNDS WERE BEAUTIFUL FOR WALKING OR HIKING. THEY HAD PONDS AND BEAUTIFUL
WALKING OR HIKING. THEY HAD PONDS AND BEAUTIFUL WINDMILL THAT PUMPED FRESH WATER
THEY HAD PONDS AND BEAUTIFUL WINDMILL THAT PUMPED FRESH WATER INTO THE POND.
WINDMILL THAT PUMPED FRESH WATER INTO THE POND. >>
BUT ENROLLMENT CONTINUE TODAY DECLINE. >> ALSO CRITICS WERE BEING
DECLINE. >> ALSO CRITICS WERE BEING CRITICAL OF KEELEY'S TREATMENT
>> ALSO CRITICS WERE BEING CRITICAL OF KEELEY'S TREATMENT AND HIS TECHNIQUES.
CRITICAL OF KEELEY'S TREATMENT AND HIS TECHNIQUES. MANY OF THESE -- THEY WERE SO
AND HIS TECHNIQUES. MANY OF THESE -- THEY WERE SO CRITICAL OF HIM, ACTUALLY HIS
MANY OF THESE -- THEY WERE SO CRITICAL OF HIM, ACTUALLY HIS COMPETITION, BUT AS THE NEWS
CRITICAL OF HIM, ACTUALLY HIS COMPETITION, BUT AS THE NEWS MEDIA PICKED UP THE NEGATIVE
COMPETITION, BUT AS THE NEWS MEDIA PICKED UP THE NEGATIVE REPORTS AND THEY WERE PRINTED ON
MEDIA PICKED UP THE NEGATIVE REPORTS AND THEY WERE PRINTED ON SOMEWHAT OF A REGULAR BASIS, IT
REPORTS AND THEY WERE PRINTED ON SOMEWHAT OF A REGULAR BASIS, IT CAUSED THE PUBLIC TO LOSE
SOMEWHAT OF A REGULAR BASIS, IT CAUSED THE PUBLIC TO LOSE CONFIDENCE.
CAUSED THE PUBLIC TO LOSE CONFIDENCE. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, MANY PEOPLE
CONFIDENCE. SO BECAUSE OF THAT, MANY PEOPLE SOUGHT TREATMENT IN THEIR OWN
SO BECAUSE OF THAT, MANY PEOPLE SOUGHT TREATMENT IN THEIR OWN LOCALITIES.
SOUGHT TREATMENT IN THEIR OWN LOCALITIES. AT THAT TIME THE GOVERNMENT WAS
LOCALITIES. AT THAT TIME THE GOVERNMENT WAS STARTING TO OFFER PROGRAMS
AT THAT TIME THE GOVERNMENT WAS STARTING TO OFFER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE SO THEY
STARTING TO OFFER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL AS FAR.
AVAILABLE TO THE PEOPLE SO THEY WOULDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL AS FAR. NEW TECHNIQUES WERE COMING ON
WOULDN'T HAVE TO TRAVEL AS FAR. NEW TECHNIQUES WERE COMING ON AND IT JUST GRADUALLY STARTED
NEW TECHNIQUES WERE COMING ON AND IT JUST GRADUALLY STARTED WINDING DOWN.
AND IT JUST GRADUALLY STARTED WINDING DOWN. >> FINALLY IN 1966, THE LAST
WINDING DOWN. >> FINALLY IN 1966, THE LAST KEELEY CLINIC WHICH HAD ALSO
>> FINALLY IN 1966, THE LAST KEELEY CLINIC WHICH HAD ALSO BEEN THE FIRST CLOSED ITS DOORS.
KEELEY CLINIC WHICH HAD ALSO BEEN THE FIRST CLOSED ITS DOORS. TODAY THE BUILDINGS REMAIN,
BEEN THE FIRST CLOSED ITS DOORS. TODAY THE BUILDINGS REMAIN, INCLUDING THIS ONE WHERE THE
TODAY THE BUILDINGS REMAIN, INCLUDING THIS ONE WHERE THE SECRET FORMULA FOR THE CURE WAS
INCLUDING THIS ONE WHERE THE SECRET FORMULA FOR THE CURE WAS MIXED.
SECRET FORMULA FOR THE CURE WAS MIXED. >> THEY NEVER DIVULGED WHAT THE
MIXED. >> THEY NEVER DIVULGED WHAT THE INGREDIENTS WERE TO THAT.
>> THEY NEVER DIVULGED WHAT THE INGREDIENTS WERE TO THAT. THE GENTLEMAN THAT DID KNOW
INGREDIENTS WERE TO THAT. THE GENTLEMAN THAT DID KNOW PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, AND
THE GENTLEMAN THAT DID KNOW PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT WILL NEVER BE REVEALED I
PASSED AWAY A FEW YEARS AGO, AND IT WILL NEVER BE REVEALED I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT THE
IT WILL NEVER BE REVEALED I DON'T BELIEVE WHAT THE INGREDIENTS WERE.
DON'T BELIEVE WHAT THE INGREDIENTS WERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TYPE OF
INGREDIENTS WERE. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TYPE OF TREATMENT, HUMANE TREATMENT THAT
I UNDERSTAND THAT THE TYPE OF TREATMENT, HUMANE TREATMENT THAT WAS INVOLVED TOOK A TRUE
TREATMENT, HUMANE TREATMENT THAT WAS INVOLVED TOOK A TRUE PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE
WAS INVOLVED TOOK A TRUE PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE INDIVIDUAL, AND MANY OF THE
PERSONAL INTEREST IN THE INDIVIDUAL, AND MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT KEELEY HAD STARTED
INDIVIDUAL, AND MANY OF THE PROGRAMS THAT KEELEY HAD STARTED HAS BEEN ADOPTED BY AA.
TODAY THE TRAIN STATION IS HOME TO THE DWIGHT HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION, AND IT IS
TO THE DWIGHT HISTORICAL SOCIETY'S COLLECTION, AND IT IS ALSO A GREAT STARTING POINT IN
SOCIETY'S COLLECTION, AND IT IS ALSO A GREAT STARTING POINT IN TOURING THE CITY.
TO REACH THE DWIGHT HISTORICAL SOCIETY CALL (815)584-1652 OR E-MAIL THEM AT THE ADDRESS SHOWN
SOCIETY CALL (815)584-1652 OR E-MAIL THEM AT THE ADDRESS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN.