New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-06

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pbisoloEis,, injected phosphoru' Dissolved IA
oil into tho veins Of nm sSia.h II Ssc'psd through
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pborus; Il was chaseot 10 forc" IN tho animal
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en,s A. e. regard that farious fire produce,
phosptorus ns foo.. or Sught but dosdly Po''1ni
The Wesiminster reviewer argues that alc'-
hoic liquors aro food, because when drunk
they are capable Of replacing food; and quotes
two cnses TO show that where these liquors
were tabes lees food was used. But, ad-
mttifg that spirits replnce food, that IL,
extiDgui.b or eliay the appetite, 50 that less
than usual quantity of nOurlshmept Is taken, 1t
by no means follows that the spirits are them
selves food. Many causes will produce this
effect. to which We should hardly assign the
character of nutritiye Fright may remove the
appetite, and thus stand in the place Of food; it
uayeyen, like alcoholic excitement temporarily
increase the strength or bodily force, as n many
insta1ce it is known to have done; yet we can
hardly consent to identity mental emotions with
FOOD Foul air will replace food. 1t is well
known that manufacturers have refused 10 venti'
late on account of the augmented expense Of
boarding theI hands, and that the prOprieters of
eating houses who had introduced ventilation
have afterward sealed up their yentiducts rather
than advance the price OF meals; snd everybody
knows that the appetite becomes sharper In the
open sir than u.doors Initiated ar thus re-
places sliment; but is it therefore TO be ranked
amoDg foods, especially when the purpose is to
give it all possible responsibility, and construct
an spolosy for vicious habits of breathing
We have thus yielded to the writer in Tae
Westminster Rtrie,c his utmost demand that
all food be considered as c1ydized in the
system for tie production of force; and that
cohol when drunk is disposed Of in q similar
way. But We have shown that even this full
concession furnishes no just basis upon which to
build the doctrine that alcohol is therefore food.
If we appeal to the universally recognized
effects of food and of alcoholic liquors upon the
human system, the same conclusion is reached.
Even the writer whom We are cOntsovert-
irg has borne his testimony to this point.
OF what alimeht that nature has furnished
can it be said that it Justly has bad repu-
tdtIOh-tnht IL mas PeCuIIoiitics "niou tcnu
to mischief and misery-that it is very
dangerous, tricksy spirit, which leaps ioto
flames of fiery exsltation, the only absolute
preservative against which is to let it entirely
alone This language is certainly descriptive
of any thing but food. Can it, indeed, be for
moment contended, in the light of universal ex-
perience and candid common sense, that men
habtually procure and drink alcoholic liquors
as food Is it really nutrition that people
are after when they indulge in wine, beer and
brandy Or is it not to obtain other results 1hich
food is tOtdiiy incapable Of Supplying that these
liquors ale sought and priced Having differ
ent design, different properties, and, as the
whole world can attest different effects upon
the human organism, from food, we protest
against this sOphistical and mischievous attempt
to improve the character of alcohol in popular
regard by sssociating it with foods, and thus
adding plausible reasons to the bad motives
already exciting for It's common employment as
q beverage.