Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-05-29

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once to tllc MEDICAL faculty, and let
them speak for themSclYcs.
Dr.. Rasb.-"Nlcn in all kinds, of
business would bo better without .he
use of spirituous liqnors"-nnd There
was but one or Two cases in which
they cohld bu used without essential
injury"
DR.. Frank.-" The use Of lllcsc Ii,
quors ought 10 be entirely dispensed
with, on account Of their tendency,
even when taken in small doses, ,oini
ducc disease, premature old age, and
DEATH"
DR.. Pris.-"Artlent spirits pro-
ducc more than half of all chronic
diseases"
Sir Ast'ey Cooper-"N Nevqr suffer
ed spirits to be in his house, declaring
that spirits and poison arc SYNONYMOUS
terms"
Dr.. Harris:-Thc moderate Use Of
bpirituous liquors has destroyed many
who were never drunk"
Dir. Daniel DraLc, of Ohio -" Ar
dent spirits are great quickcncr and
tlisturbcr Of tho animal system, in mo-
tlcratc doses, imparting an unnatura!
excitement in excessive draughtS
suddenly cxtinguisbing life; thus re,
sembling in their effects, u number of
dcleterious vegetable substances, such
as strautouium, hcmlock, the Prussic
acid and opiam, which we label poison
DR.. SewaV, a man eminentiy distin-
guislled as u physician, and respected
for his high moral worth-gives the
pathology of spiri'uous liquors as fol-
lows : "Dyspopsia, Jaundice, Emaci,
alton, Corpulenc', :, Dropsy, Ulcers,
Rheumatism, Gout, Trcmors, Palpita'
tion, Hysieriu, Epilepsy, Palsy, Lelh-
argy, Apuplexy, Melaiicholy. Mad
ness, Dcirium Tremcns, Premature
old age, compose bu, a small part Of
the catalogue Of diseases produced by
ardent spirits"
One IS r;oIli?iin1el, in rcciling rllis
list, Of the elegant lines of Milton,
when describing the effects of that
"faFl" which Drought dealt! into the
world with all our ,wo:"
"Wlat misery the inabstincnce Olive
Hath brough, on mcn-lmmcdiaieIy place.
Before his eyes appeared, sad, noisoinc, dark /;
a lazar-hoasc it seemed where were laid
Numbers of all diseased all mqladIes
Of ghastly spasm, or racking torture, quains,
Ofhcartsick agony, all ievcrous kinds,
!
pcmoniac phrcnsy, mOping mechanically :
And noonstruck madness, pining atrophy,
Dropsies and as,h'nus, & jointracking rlrcums.
Dire was the tossing, deep groans Despair
Tended the sick, busiest from couch to couch
And ever them ,riumpl,an, Death his dart
Shook, bEt delayed to strike, though of invoked
With VOWS, us their chief good aud final hope"
Every line and shade Of this strik-
ing picture, without any abatement
for poetic culoring or rliccnso, has been
more than realized in the effects Of
the use of spirituous liquors.
DR.. Chapman: The ellis of using
ardent spirits are so great, that the
emptying of pandnra's box was but
the type of What llus been experienced
by the diffusion of these liquors among
the human species"
Farty Physicians in the city of New
York, issued republication u 9wyears
ago, from which we make the follow
lug extract: The use Of distilled IL
unors by.thcsc in health, is in no case
whatsoever, beneficial for the prcscr-
vn,im Of health, or for the endurance
of fatigue or hardship"
Four members of the medical facul,
ty in tho University of Glasgow
eleven physicians Of tho Royal Col
'Ipge Of Physicians of that ci,y,-ihc
President and 81 Fellows of the Roy
al College ofSurgeons j and 80 other
medical practitioners, certify, thai,
1.-THE habitual use of ardent spirits
was u principal cause of disease, pow
crty and misery in that city; ard the
entire disuse OF them would powerful
ly contribute to improve the health
and comfort of the community"
City of Dublin Thirty Gf the most
eminent professors and medical prac-
titioners in this city declared that
nothing would tend SO much 10 i'm
prove the health and comfort of the
community, as the entire disuse Of ar
dent spirits
DR.. Samuel Em1c1, late Secretary
Of the College of Physicians and Sur
geons of Philadelphia, says "All use
of ardent spirits as drink, is uH a.
buse. They are mischieyous under all
circumstances.
BostOn.-scvon,y-Rvc of the physi-
clans of this city published this decla.
ration 2" Men in hsalih are never hen
Gifted by tho use Of ardent spirits
On the contrary, the use Of them is
frequent cause Of disease and death"
The College Of Physicians in Phil
adelphia, after careful examination,
gave it as their opinion that 700 deaths
Il :. 1