New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-08


The Of strong drinks.
The use Of brandy and codliver oil is much valued
by many physicians in the treatment OF taoeTc4.or
pitkisis iconsumpt:cnl. There are many westtested
cases in which the patients symptoms have been al
eviaed by this treatment and his life apparently pro
longed How much Of this eject is due 20 the brandy
in hese csses il is difficult TO say, inasmuch a. genue
men in London in charge Of institutions for the trea-
ment Of consumption have had perhaps equal succr7s
by the use Of cOdliver oil alone.
In dyspepsn alcohol has been employed m various
forms and 10 doubt the stomach has been ri hu
lated 10 increased activity uude- the use OF snal
doses A very important objection 10 its use, now
ever is the danger Of creating an Artificial epp u'e
for such lQuos-thus establishing the habit oil hteui-
perance. knew forty years ago physician o. ho.e
who, il Wss generally believed had mode great luy
drunkards among his patients by treating oyspepsia
with brandy and water ss the only drink for dinner ;
And we may confidently assert that proper ole' an
exercse freedom from care, and the use soH lnea ~
mineral waters are not only more SAFE uut more le
able. The alcoholic solutions Of medicine can nov,
under our improved pharmaceutical and chemical
knowledge he amost wholly If not entirely dlspehssu
with The dry and fluid exTscts OF vegetaoie ln"Ii
cines may be kept for any length OF tlme' anu aIv
letter suited for medical than the alcOhOhc ro"-
tons as the latter often disturb delicate stomach:
IN has for some Years been the prsraeHt 0ptH'0a
that alcohol vAen ni1ed ritb he blood, may Be car
ried 10 The lungs and there deoomposed-lis catooh
uniting with oxygen 10 fern carbonic acid when
thrown of rs useless at each expiration, Wnie me
caorc set free by this chemical change eOsOrbel ny
the seraI blood and aids in sustaining the vital tenn
perauTe. II this he the case, we should naiuf s eA
rect that the amount Of carDonic acid exleed from
The lungs while alcohol in any considerable quantity
IL mixed with the blood would be increased Instead
however Of this being the fact the exhaled carbonic
acid is remarkably diminished, as was shown by Dr.
Frout. His results have been confirmed by tie e1-
perineuts Of others. among whom is Prof DAVIS, be
fore mentioned. We have evidence, therefore. tIat
alcohol is decompCsed burnt IN the lungs, a. the
ubrase IT, CarbOnic acid thrown out from the blood
Is an impure material which must be cast on IN due
proportion 10 maintain the equilibrium of heath in
he organism. But alcohol interferes with this I'M
rortant piocCss and causes a detention OF portion
Of ire efete matter This stale of things, long
tmued, posons the blood and lays the foundation for
disease.
Bernard has ascertaiIed that the yenous blood IN
the side Of the heart il warmer than the areual Olool
in tie left side. CarbODc acid exists both IN the ar
teria and yenOus bood-be most in the arteral. lie
origin Of the carbonc acid in the blood, according TO
Robin and Nerdeil s IN the combination OF pneumic
acid with the cGrbOnGtes III the blood.
s-There IS no good reason for beleriHg that aico-
kol rhen mired rlh tie hood - decomp0scf % form
cgryOHic acid IN Gng If the circulation. As it Is not
formed by single process OF animal or vegetable life,
but comes only from the death and decomposition OF
organized matter 30 when mixed with the blood }. Is
never deposited as an essential nutrient part of the
living organism but II cast out gu alien by organs,
an important part Of whose functions II 10 TO nd the
blood Of useless impure and poisonous matters These
ore ans are the lungs, the SKIN and the kidneys Ut.
Peicv detected alcohol in the uTine and II - readily
RECOGNIZED in the smell of the breath and the per-
spiraiion And from the great extent and activity OF
these exhslng organs, and the length of time ocen-
pied in the process of removal the notuo inference "a
that If ultimately cast out The rel corpusces Oh
the blood are regarded the principal carriers OF
oxygen from the lungs to al parts OF the body; and
wherever the oxygen combines with other matters to
form nutritious deposits, there, according TO Robin
AID Verdeil heat is developed, while the eete ma
Al a Md l. NH4.ih r
the lungs, skin and kidneys. " Where" say these
chomco-ph sologists, Chere there IS nutrition there
" Is heat
The fact that alcoholic liquor can produce a ser,e
of warmth in the stomach, a flush IN the cheek, ana
an aCceeraon Of the pulse is evidence of It's fd:-
nishing the material from which animal heat is 0rdi-
nai'y derived.
Similar effects NAV be had from swallowing an
emu lson containing one of the essential oils heat
eng condmen; such cayenne, black pepper &c.,
as also from the application of bsterlng plaster, or
brisk friction iagellation TO the skin All these act
upon the surface which they are applied aud draw
into more or less corresponding excitement reinoter
parts of the machinery II s not supposed that either
of these agents augments the local or general enPera
ture by the decomposition and decomposition OF 10
eIonents They are sfimul0nts impeiling the nerves
70 activity beyond tie ordinary rate-brnging into
oper alton portion Of that vital energy which, over
and above what is needed for the ordinary demands oil
life il stored up for special eMgenoes As al extra
excitants exhaust nervous power II II unpho-Ophichl
and reckless 10 resort 10 them while the me chnery
Goes on at a fair and healthy rate of movement. But
a 10 culiar objection lies against alcohol IL Is not
ONLY no better in healthy state of the organs than
other agents, but II lessons the amount OF c1rOoac
acid expired and binders the removal OF the products
of decomposition 10y the kidneys. II changes the
congestion of the blood and affects the nutrition OF
every organ and structure OF the body. II has lts
" own peculiar action on the muscles and nerves. As
ga poison IL has been pleced by its effects on the
.Ier, Is and muscles between ergot OF rye and ar
"sonic. DR.. Ii. Il. Jones
lO-N Is remarkable rhdt ricrs are s0n1o'ines pre-
,ented in famiag an apology for he use Of ALCOHOLIC
Ioyors Alcoholic drinks, SAYS Mr. Johnston in his
"'Chomistry of Common Life, diminish the abso-
"lute amount of matter usually given of by The
"lungs and tie Kidneys They thus lessen The
natural waste of the fat and the tissues and they
consequently diminish in equal degree the guam
thy OF ordinary food which is necessary to keep ~
60 the weight of the BODY. Now Il is this very DIM
mutton OF the matters usually given OF by the lungs
ard the kidneys" thai does important mischlefi
thev are detained in the circulation instead OF beng
thrown off as they should be- 10 maintain the purity
of the blood. If natural waste OF the lat and rs
sues be lesscned il il brought about by the alcohol
interfering with those natural changes IN the organism
by which matte Is made to take The place 0i Inc
! old while this last Is thrown out.
IL The dogma Of ne poets that VtRe IS ne galDA
Of old age Is as false q IS trite II IN age the
processes of digestion and assimilation can be carried
on without the dfusibe stmulants, then such stlmu
ants should be wthhOlden, under Their use tne SINAI
store of nervous power remaining must be sooner eX
hausted and life shortened. But we are not wanting
IN evidence of the ability OF the human constitution
10 proract life to good old age without alcohol
WAS acCuain ed some wears since with an inteli-
cen, farmer in New Hampshire, who, az the age O
IS abandoned the use of alcoholic drinks, whcn To-
several wears he had been in the habit OF taklns
moderately When Re was u years old he assured
me that he had not since tasted alconohc liquors
snv Kind and that his strength and activity hac
Greatly increased He observed that in " the last tive
/ SUMMERS he did more personal labor than he hae
! done in any two summers Of the preceding twelve.
! OF the instances of striking longevity record
erest majority OF those whose habs are detailed