The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-12-18 00:00:00

DR RICNIARDSON ON TEMPERANOS AND

HEALTH.

Dr. B. W. Riehardaon. ILA, I.R.S. delivered an
interesting teat ire, entitled, " Totupor no. es. Illa t rd
Health," at Welthematow, on Touretay. He excla and
flat his o ,ject 1/0.1 ti make kuo•n to the meedne to,
results of hts onquiiim reepeating eicoh li, and their effect
upon to, human body. Be coat wino d the.. ingliii.s
quite apart boot toe torup-rauce question. Up ti 1544
oely one adattol. thet ak.m rim itrica -ii Ito 'ern, b
sines then many citlarre bad been disc ...red. It was
purely an accident teat this common aleonol found in
wines sod beers came Into common use. At thri time he
aommenoed tam studio, he we, not an &botcher, and had
no idea of becoming on.; but he came up in • series of
reeulta which c impletely wounded him, s • Wyly differ-
out were they hi anything he bed previously known and
believed. In to* end he came to that c inclusion which
hi should ask those of his &alliance who wrre
not already abetelnere tn 040111 to. U ah,,ald only odor
tar p Ont. fore ,nsid-ration with regard to the eadon it
alcohol He had always treard thet oloihul wed foltell:i41
to retain the normal warmth of the body. His ex dales-
tion of the subject proved t him that for • title time
after alc •hol hid been taken into the system there was a
glow of warmth, but it only leeted from a querter of sin
hour to t vent? minute.. The rse in the temperature of
the holy was about one d.,trio. but wh-n the reaction
commenced tne 1511 WU from three io foot d„,,carnea. na
r ,melned down for •v, Ti considerable time. If eimaplet•
totogication was jprolueed the wit reduced
from four or five d,rer,re., ant :maw IronANiwod,y.
Then be hal b on .ed io li•ilevl tow al ohio guys it .h
to the toady ; but hie tess uches prove-1 that Ili. WM U,t
to. Wnen • man drank pirlts and int ,xication begin tr.i
✓at in,. trot 4114 of moreinew. of tmt blob, wee sem.
then after • while the lip, boom. hoc rain, then the
hands horAtOt the some. the limbs got meek, and at Is d
the body fell. The mind ant bolt, in tea% went togeth r.
Tale proved 014 &look .1 did nit produce stre•.gth.
There gem nothing whatever in it that ciuld b sill up the
timues of the bad,. Oath. other hind. milk Produ •ed
everything necessary ti build up the b idv. It contained
water, which was necereary for the body. It ale, con-
Wood butter and sugar which were requisite for the
warmth of the writtem, and it had a little lime in it, which
formed b•ne. A good deal had been mid about &cob d
iberessing the action of the heart, and ho qei'• eda tt ••1
that it did increase it, but at what an en irmone
It had the effect of Wearing the heart out liefo•• its
time, end male • woo old at .ho age of from 50 to 65
year.. Bedlam this. it produced insanity, Id .t, elected
the heed quite as much as the heard It as. Ile canoe
of crime of slaot t
United Kingion caused at leas: 1,000 deaths • week.
apart item to is. due to v.oleoce resultiul bout drama. It
&Igo 1,311.10,d INMOOII LOOM *utoj Ct to every tint of
on I 'hones t lan thoy oth be. Toe
late ns idlest offiar of 0 sia•T Hatch. D Sheppard, hod
smarted that 40 per ceut. of the 'unities in that asylum
ha I bee one so the .uth drink. Anyone wiai thornuahly
studied Op, question must come to the silllo ooncludon
se hinuolf—netuely. that eichol tekett evidt very
In Ideratflif had • 'WY h 4 etl=at neon the body, and
tinled .o $ orlon the (Cheera.)
Votes of thank, wain hi:ea-raid ti Dr. Rttnarrlem and
chairman, and the meeting separated.