The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-02-07

three score years and ten, 1t Is calculated ne
changes his whole system ten times-thatis to say,
about once IN every seven years. Every organ
every atom OF tho animal system participates in
the actions of the body, aud ia consequently sub
ject to wear and tear, and hence the necessity for
the reproduction--for, were there none, the body
must be reduced to skeleton in a very short
period-just as garment through continual wear
is made thin and threadbare, there being no means
In 1T OF supplying the portion of the fbc, OF
IoIeplacs this waste III the ANNA! economy, Zoo
ana olirents have been provided, and complex
system OF organs and functions contived TO prepare
ana bring the food to the state required for entering
into the composition of the living body. The prin-
cifaf organs concerned In this work are the mouth,
stomach, intestihe liver, heart, and lungs; 10 the
inst the food is Immediately brought in contact
with the teeth, by which it Is pulverized II dry as
bread, or cut or torn n.o fbrous PARTICLES ii flesh
a How OF saliva or spittle always accompanies the
process OF masticaton, which, mixing with the
food forms it into pulp, when it is passed down
the asophagrs or gulles, and received into the
stomach or organ which, il shape, has bsen com
pared TO the belly ct baSpipe. Though death
has been Geereed against all flesh, ths means Of
deterring or Fastening it are az our csmmand es
we SOW, VIC expect to reap, and IN like manner we
must expect cur physical frames 70 endure accord.
Ing to the mode wc treat them; II we rep.enish
them with poisoned air, poisoned laidS, sad I'M
proper solids, we must lock foran early and prema
lure death; if the supply be Of natures purity we
shall die, but naturally Mr.. Delavan proceeded
to illustrate his lecture with plates, showing the
effects of alcohol on the human stomach. The
drawings presented d9ilneation of the principal
morbid changes produced upon the stomach by in.
temperance and which MIR Deieyan hoped might
have some effect n deterripg the temperate
from the use OF alcoholic poison. These drawings
were alternately placed beside n printing OF q
healthy stomach, in order 10 contrast the different
phases OF disease arising from the use of liquors
In respect to drink, said Mr.. Dslayan, water is
the only fluid which does no. possess yitiating al
least stimulating qua tiles, and in proportion SIS we
the scale OF pOtAt from table baGr n
dent spirits, in the same ratio we educate the
stomach and bowels for that state Of natural ssnsi
biity which, in civilized life, will later
intervene. ii is by this moderate drinking tn II
the appetite of the inebrao is first acquired for by
nature man has no taste or desire fer alchOho l.
is as unnatural and Ggerss 10 his constitution as TO
that Of tie horse or the ex nor Is there any apology
for its By mar, that d9es not equally apply to
the brute. The last plate represented the appear
ance OF the stomach ct the drInkard who dies 10
a state Of mania or deiiriu1l tremens. The history
OF the case from which this drawing was made, and
which occurred few years since, will illustrate the
character Of the disease and the morbid condition Of
the stomach. The subject was man, amiable in
disposiioD courteous in manners, and high in pub.
lie life. By degrees he became Incorporate, and
although he drank, his excessive indulgence was
Several times during the continuance Of these
paroxysms he was drawn into @ state Of
delirium tremens, but from which no soon
recovered. At length one Of these paroxysms
CaMc Oh AiN, WHICH Was Oh longer uufAb,Qn
than usual, and Of greater severity. For moro
than week his mind was entirely deranged, and
it required two persons TO conhne him to his
room. He imagined that his nearest friends were
his greatest enemies and Prosecutors, and were
constantly laying plans for his destruction. Hc fan
cied that he saw spectres and devils, and files Of
armed soldiers entering his apartment, deadly
penis crawling over his body, and wild beasts ready
70 devour him. The late great and good Sir Asst.
Icy Cooper-than whom no one was better qualified
to give an opinion on the subject-has declared 81
never suffer ardent spirits in my house, thinking
them evil spirits; and if the poor could witness the
white lvers, the dropsies, the shattered nervous
systems, which have seen, as the consequences Of
drinking, they would be aware that spirits ald
poisons are synonymous terms" 1t is remarka ole
TACT, and ore from which the rulers and lawgivers
o. cur enlightened country would do well to accept
lesson for practical purposes that each of the
universal empires was remarkable for habits or tom.
peTance in its origin and for incompetence Of its
ial. Assyria-the fate Of this mighty empire pre-
sens an awful example OF the prosirating influence
Of irte mperanco. Whit temperate, the Assyrians
had conquered every enemy, and brought under
vassalage almost every known country, making
AssJria name Tor power and r,sguiioence among
The surrounding natioEs; but, IS in al other de.
cinipg empires, intemTerance hero loosened the
reigps of power and rrostrated its splcnlor
TO the out. Ninevah was o.ce the pride
and glory of the East. Whilst temperate,
its in IA btants had been enriched with tae spells
Of nations which, like giant, il hg5 troddcn under
for intcmpefance, than those very nations arose
and laid it PROSTATE, its inhabitants put 20 the
sword, ard its voluptuous and efeminate Monarch
slain IN the midst of his prohigacy. The lecturer
then went on to show that Babylon. the Persian
empire, and Rome itself, were undermined aud
!eN by intemperance. Between tie condition Of
the Roman empire, sometime previous TO it's fall.
and the present state CT Britain, there to BIO
one striking point OF resemblance. The power OF
tie former, while weakened By It's vast extension,
was also undermined at home by Incorporate
habits, despoilng its people Of their characteristic
valor and hardihood. such is the case with
Britain. The immense possessions she has ac-
qured. ard the cost Of maintaining them, press
down her energies like tho nightmare With
either hand she grasps pole, end stretches herself
from wet to east, to maintain her territorial pos
sessions, while her yitais are fostering in corrup-
tion, and her moral consultation is being corroded
by the ulcers Of intemperance That the British
empire is fast approaching its crisis the signs Of
the times sufficiently indicate; almost each success
sive year, for long period, has been adding TO the
extent fits dominiors, at the same time that IL
has added to its weakness The Romans Dictated
to, and whipt the world, as tar it was known to
the aEcients, but their domnons fell for short of the
extent of the territory which, at the present day. is
subject to British rule The sun never sets upon
tie empire OF Britain, but IN every period OF rovolv
ing time, shines upon one part o. other, fact
whereof no other nation can boast ia with the m
Gent mistress of the world with Britain, until
she had conflict with Brother Jonathan on thesea,
since which time Britannia does not. nor cannot rule
the waves. daughter and applause) The entire
population OF the British ises numbers about tween
ty.eight millions, and these have to maintain ar
empire conquered and wrested from others twice
the size Of the continent Of Europe. An analysis
OF the moral and social state of these masters of
large portion of the world would be curious anc
hunliliatng, nasmuch as it would expose the little
Of their greatness, and be instructive, since il
would show the physical feebleness of Britain.
First then, there four hundred thousand persons
living large in Great Britain, whose lives are d.,
voted to awlossress and yillany, the proportion Of
these characters to the population being one in
seventy. There are five hundred thousand druak-
ards, the proportion being one II City. Besides
these, one hundred thousand persons arc constantly
in prison, being one in two hundred and eighty
Forty thousand Britains inmates Ct lunatlc agy
lums. Two millions have AZ one time been either
inmates Of warehouses in the receipt Of parish
lief, but estimating one million as the regular
average fer the United Kingdom, tho prorortion
is one to twenty ight Paupe!Sm, Insanity, end
crime combined, occasion o necessity for almost
four thousand relieving officers, governors, and
gove1nesses Of insane, pauper, and criminal osy.
lums; five hundred chaplains and physic ,ne, abopt