New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-08-08
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DIR. MUSSEY on ALCOHOLIC DRINKS.

l-Alcoh01ic Drinks iceakeR the Muscles. Our
countr, man, DR.. Franklin, in a LONDON printing
Office showed 10 bis beer-drinking companions the
effects of water.drinking. He could carry heavier
weights than they although his drink was water,
ana theirs the "StTcRgtieHfHg" porter for which
London is celebrated. Jacques Balmat 10 1856
planted the first human foot the summit OF
Mont Blanc. He made three attempts. He carried,
on bis first trial besides his food, brandy and failed;
on the second, wine. and failed again. on the third
wafer and little syrup only, and was successful.
The following statement was made to Mr.. Mayhew
bv " coal whipper who had been a teetotaler OF
eight years standing. rs food only that can give
"real strength TO the frcme. | have done
"more work since | have been a teetOtaer IN eight
wears than did in ten or twelve before. /
"have backed az many sixty tuns IN day since
1took the pledge and | have done II without any IN
"toxicating drink with perfect ease to myself, ana
walked FIVE miles TO temperance meeting aiterWId
"But before / became a teeotaler, AFTER the same
Hsmount Of work sh Ould scarcely have been abe 10
"crawl home; should have been certain TO nave lo3l
"the next days work at least but now can PACK
" that quantity of Goals week after week without
losirp a dav." The Turkish porters at Constant
NOBLE and Smyrna have long been celebrated for their
strength. They probably not outdone, u equalea'
in muscular power, by any class Oh men ID 'he "olu'
and their sole drink is water.
These are but a few Of the multitude OF instances
which might be given if there were ROOM
2--Alcohohc Drinks d'mtHi~ me ' '1a Is4'psI o,
TIRE The experiments of Prof. y. l.. DAVIS snow
that the vital temperature was lowered oil de-
Gree Fab for some hours after taxing oiahuN VI
vine Notwithstanding the dose produced sehsa'iou
- ,,arrptL la tbe stomach, flush IN the lace ana
/ sense OF fn,ness in the head This experiment VIII
exulain the enfeeblng influence OF alcohohc drinks
upon the nervous power, so generally nouGed III per
sons exposed TO grt at degree OF cold Inc nervous
mower is so perverted by the acohol as NOT 10 give
due notice 10 the individual of his danger. man
Gin Houor" may be partially or wholly frozen WIN
out having the strong sense OF cold Whlch ls eNpeh
enced by those in ordinary health, Tree rom anc,a
stmulatiou. have amputated the feet m0Ftlnec Oy
Bi af
not felt either at the time OF the freeing or previous
TO IT, any uncomfortable sensation OF cold Sr Johh
Ross with his large experience as an Aicue nav l-Vo
comes though not a eeoisler, 10 the concuson ihS
| "were il i'm his power, in commanding vessel ne
would exclude the use OF grog on the mere ground
of It's facilitating effects and independently oil any
| Interior injury II might do.
the ewes and aggravating blindness, ana OF ao-
/ stinCncc from It's use as preventive oil scuTVy'
| 3-In lot countries persons are cltceoled ratser
tbon sfrergfhenCd bV tte use OF alcoholic liquors ana
ships crews who drink water not as liable TO the
preyalent diseases of unhealthy climates as Inc users
| of alcoholic drinks. My friend Capt. j. Pearson oil
salem who never drank such liquors himself nor al
| lowed them TO hs crew, found the result most ss'E-
factory; fer stopping in hot and sckly ports "nere
the crews of other vessels were attacked WIN scA-
ness his were healthy.
A. The hab,tual use Of alcoholic drinks causes per-
Ocston REPORTS seventy three post-morem examina-
mons of individuals who in the haoliual use oi
alcoholic liquors. Their death was sudden SO tna' no
wasting disease like fever &c had altered the boduy
structure. These examinations disclosed msroid ap-
pearancCs in various organs, VIZ: IN the orah IA
e. cases in the respiratory organs IN IL cases IN the
stomach in 20 cases in the liver IN 80 cases IN the
spleen in 4 cases and in the kidneys IN So cases
5-Tke mental Affects Of the liquors % use among
| us are so lrsIi ka0rH as hardly 70 require Wus-
| trohon and eCeR he Harmless T'Hes 81 ray
| triH fr0duce garTulRy aud H0tsy controversy as 1
hcp seen IN that country At the dlnner-table nearly
| eV.rv man had his bottle of wine beside m. and
| used IT, The docorum which marked Tie opening OF
the meal gradually disappeared, and az the enc OF an
hour every ore was talking emphaucally 10 hs negh-
hor looking earnestly in bis face aud gesucdiaung,
rsvnr no attention 10 the words which were at the
/ same time addressed 10 himself The finer moral sen
tments are superseded az the wineiable by mdecate
| and impure associations which flow ont IN roaidry
| and bacChanGl song.
The influence on The intellect is not that OF pcrver-
sion ONLY but Of ultimate prOstrGuon. Many Nls'
orous and educated mind has been rednced 70 ihoe-
ci6iv and idiOcy by disuled or iermenied liquors
These ELECTS ofen extend 70 the offspring. bI'
iI lear ed ho habits Of the parents OF 500 idiots
mentioned in his reports snd found that the parents
of ls5 of them wore habitual drinkers.
E Alcoholic Liquors are sometimes reSorftd % 90
account Of .heir p0Ner OF F0rdtsS Y 0's.-5t p. I.
e9ieol testimony clearly stOrs that ther feadcscy IS
erorflv The rtreTse Of his Dr. Huss, Professor OF
Medicine in Stockholm, has pointed ont the eee,s OF
strong drinks IN producing more tlan one A'11 VI
epidemic IN Sweden. go.
7-4ieolol as q Medicine. There appears to DC evi-
ferce .hat alcoholic liquors, given 50 irceiy as TO
ems degree of inioxcaiion, and PerseytTcd 10 io
two or three days have arrested tie symptoms cslsa
by the bite of vonomors s,rpenis, sue n LA "
snake, Sc. II has been shown III INC LaS' 81 4
Indies that srssnic removes the symptoms occasione
by the bite of The yenomous serpens IN those 90 ~
,Ies and the FL, CT is as remarkable and mex cAo'o
in tle one case a. In the other. .
In certain forms Of low and protracted icFeIs sVI
pbvsriaps have REGARDED alcoholic liquors a. useful
stimulanis They are probably more useini We
ne patients have been habaaly ln'empora'e man ID
other instances Tbs would seem 20 Ice i-t hee i. -
A. -. =. 81, ..,,,,a.. f-,rfo-g 0f -ilf RE. &C