The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-03-25
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Comfort for Lager-Bier Drinkers.

NihNH'o AiIu i'iltNl llIE iciidl ho ll'u tuC
\ vcmbcr Number of the ScALPEL
IL the Ay,il member we have shown
that food bas u great il irhueuce upon
mans Compartment and character. The
bIrt rf 1 fAs Gstrar n4,Iou furnishes
e.. .i.,f II il. ,r1,I + tnIs as,,r iup -
inc coa'ac.et Of ,...t people Ia u, days
It AruiuuS seems 10 have been sety dif
fsreuL from that OF to-day. The c.u,,
m y b. easily accounted for when tb,ir
food is considered and it becomes s,il
mUre evident when We contempla t the
cffoct of the habtual use of liquors SO
Llghly impr,gnated with the uarcotc
hop. The lethargic and torpid state
winch characterizes the Old Blvariaus.
may be traced to their beer. That it is
not the effect of the alcohol it contains,
is proved by the vivacity aud activity Of
the wne-driuking Rhinelander aud
Frenchman. Chemistry has long snce
exploded the ideas with which the vic.
tins OF this mania. have fiatiercd and
consolcd themselves concerning lis
strengthening effects, aud a!low'ug its
stomdchic and tonic properties, we have
yet to discover the philosophy which ad-
vocates the habitual use of stomachic or
tonic mixtures.
There can be little doubt that by re.
tarding the decomposition Of the tissues
i'll the human organism, lagcr-beer causes
an unnatural deposit If fat all over the
system in persons Of sedeniary habits,
for we find that they suffer more from
its Injurious effect than those who by ac-
tive exercise accelerate its conversion in.
to its elemeOt, carbonic acid and wator
AS an instance Of this, compare the eff.
fects of lagerbier on our clerks aud
young men about town and the German
Turner'S, and the difference Of its effect,
or rather tho couuteracting influences
which are working against it will be i'm.
mediately perceived.
lu womep who take little exercise,
lager.bier acts as swll does on stable
COWS; it ac"elcrates the secretion Of
milk, but furnishes it with no caseine or
olhcr nitrogenized substances, by which
alone the infant can he sustained. The
child will, consequently, have a watery
and soft appearance, and te destitute Of
healthy color i. will be liable TO cffu-
sion Of water on the brain, and die read.
lily from Group or scarlet fever. 10 such
cases we have frequently observed the
child improved by being weaned, even if
fed upon the ordinary heter ong gcneous
compound called milk. We believe that
the taste of lager.bier is naturally dis
agreeable, and that it is destructive to
beauty. Women preserve unimpaired
their natural tastes for longer period
than mau in fact, they seldom become
as vitiated in their tastes as men. have
observed that they seldom drink beer.
In all the saloons you generally see some
other drink before them. We know that
by women in Europe it is considered vul.
gar to drink beer, although We were new.
er Informed why
1t is little wonder that the German
nation should remain subject to the rule
of thirty-siX petty tyrants. when We con.
slider the state of indifference into which
individuals may be sunk BY drinking even
quantities of beer much too small to
cause by their alcoholic properties, any
think approaching intoxication. This
total nnnihilation of the executive fac.
ulty, can be attributed to no other cause
than the hops with which lager'bier in
particular is SO highly imPregnatcd -
Whether or no, tho narcotic properties
If this bitter vegetable arc intensified by
tio carbouic acid We are not prepared 10
answer but that It docs increase the
,nm liaiirg aud intoxlcatiug prop.