Portland gazette and Maine advertiser. (Portland, Me.) 1805-1818, 1816-06-18

mixture OF deleteriousaficlss Justly ranked ano1e
the remote causes Of nervous disorders, pasies and
a.'oPlsxies."-LeciWre erdent spirits.
In 1919, the Rev. Joshua Bates of Dedham sng-
sested,iH sermon On incompetence that 81 If proper
Substitutes were carefully provided it would be
found ultimately best for all, entircy to abstain
from the OF ardent spitits.'
But Il may be said that ardent spirits have been
necessarily employed in the spotted fever.
Ii is trje that when this disease made its appear
ance ia New England, in 1906, spurious liquors
were resorted to medicine, and full trial OF their
power was made. Vet the disease was attended
with great degree Of mortality.
Ia 1910, DIR. Oliver Fisk Of Worcester, published
the result OF his extensive observations on the spot
ted fever, and called il question the proprety Of
using spurious sliRulants either preventative CT
curative nlealls
This :" bold & liberal use OF stmuiadtS,'' he SAVE
" was not followed as general practice, by any Of
the physicians with whom he associated, and liiat
great success lad attendeds different course.n
Physician in other parts of the uu.on, indiag,
upon dissecgons, that the blood vessels OF the BRAIN
IL this disease, Rere uniformly distended or rGptur-
sa, have mot considered spurious liquors as beng
el sibie. --lEed. HsPcs. No. 81.
gain. 1t may be said that ardent spirits are
necessarily used in making tinctures and exirs.
But it may be observed that a substitute has been
discovered by DR.. Mcbride, an eminent physician
in Dublin, as appears IN bis treatise on the dissoi
vent pos er of quick lime ia water, printed in Lon
don, 1867, in which he directs this menstrum, as
being preferable to spirit extracting the virtues
of medicine. His method has been adopted by ply
sicians, and found fudy adequate to the purpose.
In wounds, bruises and putrefying sores, the lye
of wood ashes has proved to be more ecacious than
ardent spirits and in burns mixture Of olive oil
with lime water after the Application OF cold wa
ter has been foundro be more congenial than this
liquid FIRE.
Hence we infer that distilled spirits may be dis
pensed with in diseases OF every denomination, be-
ing happily furnished with substitutes, which an
swer all the purposes of spirit, ard may be used
with safety. Besides tLey attended win little
expence.
That ardent spirits are improper in health, every
rational and uprejudiced person, it is presumed,
will readily grant. This may be argued from the
consideration Of their being unknown 10 some ma.
ions,and disused by others who are acquainted with
their destructive effects yet these people bless
ed with health--lt is we'll known that Ia the Uni-
ted States of America considerable proportion of
| the inhabitants, particularly women aud children,
make use of ardent spirits, and that these enjoy
much greater share OF health, than those who use
! them.
| For person in health, to complain of the want
of ardent spirit, which sbvert the laws of the an
NAL economy, is inconsistent as to complain Of
the want of any other deIeterious article, whose
known tendency is TO derange the system and de.
stroy life.
| We are commanded to do all that ia us lies to
preserve our own lives and heiiyes of others but
it does not appear that due attention paid TO this
| highly important mandate.
In nealth, all the sustenance required for bodily
support, is that which is simple aud natural. Bot
il seems as though great part 81 mankind take as
much pains to destroy their health and lives, by the
use OF artificial productions, as the author OF nature
does for their preservation
Happy would il be for ma1'ind, ifevery distilery
of ardent spirits from the deserts of Arabia 10 the
interior of America, should be converted to some
other purposes SO lhat, this liquid FIRE might be
known To the rising generation, only in history
which, i. is believed would be held in as great de-
gree of adherence and dread, by every rejecting
mind as the poison OF the Upas tree, upol The
island of java. MEDiCgS.