, 1861-03-26
Effects Of A1coho1a. on the Hun1al

'ns oouJ nov Meiely !nu1'ecuy nhI aeloA1's
ana I'm strictly $! fcientlhe q point OF view: It
was sald thas LIE Y; supported by food BE-.
caase 1000 1ofneaes luel ior comopstlon' Inc
Oxygen ~e oteatne satn'sn'pg tne nfe' ano
.nat aeonol,, Dy suppl5ng snen ieel' Is tne :
slacs eaol s1f1 ni 1000 IN tne sumo 1'e0'ee
1o1 1anaafy .ast' n @nosnes ass,e'e on tne
sumo Htt9ee.' III "n.n ,Atn4a, ~ .ne seVe-
laelonS ot se'enee a1aef tnAa la.na1al o. eon-
slstcnes': ne -t<'atofs se.prosa themselves "
e4neA % g1se up tn's: s'e" entnsty' anu %
auop1 one WHICH IL qaile oppost.e N sclen-
s4no POM q view, .noagn pracaeaos le''oiDs
~ .eeolss no..sels qnuetea-
rIouu sst'sa " very salaaote eApestnen'A
maze oy q ~ tanen'ana, fefs'n anu pafoy
g sfafe, 1tWouia !s seem 70 Dc conc1ns1'ely es-
tapnsheo' tnat alconol anaefgoes no eomoas-
I'VE process ~ tne nVlng .nooy' pn1 tnae lne
Waole ol whas Is injected Is e1efeted nncnang-
ea; ana lhas nas consequently no
CHIN to rank: among articles OF iood'
W11e m none OF me experiments
nave they succeeded reproducing IRON
the exeretory products the entire amount
OF '@conol' 1nssoaueeo ihto tne Fystem' "
equan9 ttue, and tar more conclusive, tnat
none OF ttne. oetayafiyes OF aleohol are defecta"
Die In the blood, though they Honld easily be
found there It alcohol performed the functions
Of food Bnt there is posihve'evidenee afford
ed by the detection OF alcohol In The pulmo-
nary and cutaoeous exnalations, and In the
urinary: exeretions In quantities at first IL
considerable, but gradually diminishing IN
til the whole amount digested has been
removed and this is the case not mere-S
w.. (as has: sometimes been supposedly
with the excess Of alcohol over what is re-
quired by the system, but with even the small
est quantity. Another new fact developed by
these experiments Is, that alcohol produces
Etobnles Of: tat IN the blood; and this fully
confirm tho:theory that the habitua1 use Of
alcohol produces such q notable. 1ncreasetin
the fatty matter Of the. blood as altogeshcT to
perae+f a1e contribution w tbs natriti.e fluid. It
!: II further estaeliahed that; there Is perfect
conformity between alcohol and other anaes-
thetic agents, such rs ch1orotorm and sn1phu-
ric ether, in their behavior" In the living
system. They all have great affinity for the
brain, the liver md the kidneys, the latter per-
forming larger part of the elimination, how
eyer, in the case Of alcohol thnn Of chloroformt
and ether The blood and muscular tissue tc-:
gether yield but one part il, five sk, Of these
auesthetics, the remainder flying immadiate-
u to the other organs. ,s :, /
: e4ractical: :rcsults Of these Investigations
would seem to be less certain than the scIen.
the; But several mostsin,portant hare been,
ifnot demonstrated, at...lesst i1dicated.. The
1rstis that the effect Of alcohol 6n system in
which the weight :otthe body is maintained at
n uniform standard By q suficfency of food IT'S
to increase the weight; on IN organism which,
!. gaining in weight through an excess Of food,
to increase It still, further, and In both these
cases the system is deranged by headache,
drowsiness,; beat Of the ekju and inconstaucy
=ofappet1te.n y The ctfsct on IN organism which
ii losing weight through insnficienc, Of food,
Z Is not.merelF 70 keep up the standard, bnt
even slightly to Increase the weight, the gen
eral heattk sonikuuiug perfect. It must be
remembered, however, TINT there Is every rea-
son to supp6se that the beneficial effects of
sirbhnI are confined to 8 short period Of time,
aud that for q constant assnt t. arrest the
xasste ofthe tIasues- tea aI,d cofgsc are vnst1v