Assoc. Prof. V. V. Muravyev (Moscow). About the basic principles of national clinics for alcoholics in Russia. Korsakov Journal of Neurol. and Psychiatry, 1902, Vol. 1 and 2

For the treatment of alcoholics, especially in relation to the masses, almost nothing has been done in Russia yet, and the need for this is denied by some, and even by doctors: Dr. Favr says that "it is not very expensive, and not so useful." Hospitals are being arranged for hopeless patients: epileptics, idiots, progressive paralytics are treated, according to statistics from foreign hospitals for alcoholics, you can strongly rely on 27-30% of their full recovery and 50-60% of temporary recovery: the device is already a merit, and therefore for alcoholics there is a national issue.