Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1860-1868, 1867-04-25

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quite > reydiution Of opinion, Il i
| proved thai she liqaoF is imperative, sp
presses the hansss dealer, fasors tht
rogue, does aos sheek dsaakenness, Ia
serferss witt The prosperity Of the lsgisi
mate Aasissss Of .ths State, Bot th,
striking fact brought 10 Aghs h that, II
the opinion bE soms Of shs beat msdiea
Authorities IA the State, aisehsI Ia bati
mediaine and food whsn not abused. =
Massachusetts, papers are Publishing th'
sollewiag sssfimony pn these points:
-. gns H. nas&Rxs, On aasssss
one Of the medical professors In Hxsart
College, said that for three years ha hat
siiFed Ia wiaA-growiag countries, and bad
sasa very lIesls lnssmperanee In any oI
them. Alcoholic drinks are administer,
ed By The profession generally, bat they
vary With The condition Of the persoE
who takes them. 0fsantimss the drink.
Ing OF wines Of the country supplies sh,
place of food; bat this, be said, depsn.
ded npon the condition Of tha persans
taking it, and for all practical purpose,
these wines may be considered as feod
in certain cases. Thers ara q sessais
elass OF narcotic agents which tend se
increase sha term Of lfFe by checking ths
chsngs of tissues. There are eases
where person apparently 10 good health
Is much aided and built up by the uss oi
alcoholic agents, aud be bad found II
necessary to giTe information specially
on this subject. Men should use liauors
according ta their own jadgmsns-- ths
same as they Would tobacco, tea, OofFss,
&c. F#
nR. JAS. c. wH'rE, MEDICAL PaoFFsaoR
ia the Harvard medical school, said that
be disagreed with the French chenisss 10
the notion that alcohol did not assimi.
late with the system, and stated st some
length the manner 10 which alcohol aata
benefeislly as q stimuiaut and recon
atEuetans. ..
pR. OLIVES WEsDELL HoLaKs a.
believed alcoholic rombinationa to act
dissetieally upon shs haman system as
well as medically.
DR. J. D. JACKSON, PRoF. or ANATOMY,
testified that 10 certain cases of lung dis-
eases sluohol vas used medienIly.
FRqF. HossFosD, OF CAMBRIDGE,
considered alcohol as food, because it
preserved The tissues Of the body, aud
-4.-.--fs.4.s ssassea- - a..s,.s@f
food would do. He did net think a,co-
bel IN purity was poisonous Alcohoi
might be used soc.treely, in CONSCIOUSNESS
Of Nhi4h @as would be preserved in
too great a measure, and needful disin-
tegratian be prevented.
DR. HxSAY J. RF0KLew, or RosriS,
stated, as the result Of observation in
wine- growing countries in Europe, that
ha did not think The effects of the wine
freely used in these countries, isiarious;
be thought the wine acted a. food. II
alcohol was taken as q stimulant be
should not expect TO fad disease result
isg from such use, hut il taken 10 excess
1t would act as narcotic and pYoduct
disease. DR.. Bigelow said that. as a
rule, physicians did not abstain from
vine. He thoughs that in cases Wbers
an individual vas obliged to exert him.
self, being already in an exhausted con
dition, stimulus was useful, and On tbs
whole bene6eial. #
DR., CHARLES 7. JACKSON, cHxaIsT,
said thar alcoholic liquors act as respir'
atory food, and when alcohol in the form
Of wins or distilled spirits gees into the
systeu, IL lakes ths place of 10 much fai
in respiration. Whisky contains fasi
oil, and operates upon the lungs and lis,
er, and gin ac1s upon the kidnsya ant
alcoholic driaks, whsn taken moderately
instead Of doing harm, are conservative,
or beneficial In their action Of the Rys,
tenn"
The eonclasion of alI this 10 that Massa
chusstss will baek cut of her Prohibito
rp laws, and agree so'a license systsIn u
in this State but perhaps less striOgent
While, however, Massachusetts, moEsl
forward ia one direetiou, New York ap
pears ia certain measures proposed at A |
bany, TO be moving baekwardin another
Even the Usary Laws have jass beer
abolished in Massachusetts, and 40 40
passed provides that after tie 10th .
Jply, 1867
"sec. |. When there Is 20 agresmenf
for a digTsrtnt rate Of interest y money
she sauna shall continue to be at sha ran
Of 81 upon st0o for . year, and at d
same rate for . greater or lsss son, al
for longer or shorter tine.
Sec. q. Isshall be lawful TO oentrac
70 pay o. reserve dissoaus ~ any rs1s
and 10 contract for payment and recaip
81 snv rate ag Interest Provided, hsw
! eres, That 30 greater inssrsss sAaa six p
ssnsau shall bsrecoTsvsd In any asiisl
except when The agreement 70 pay sacl
| greater inssress Is In writing. ~ J
| ,ExpYsss.
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ssnsshoa al telling shs aga Of a Asssa
/, given by al exebsagss Afser tiss bsss
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