Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1870-03-25
ror the Oxford Democrat.
Do ,ce Need Liquor agencies?


man feels at liberty TO say 20 his neighbour,
There shall be no l,iscc in town where
YOU can get Alcohol in any OF its forms, il
your physician says il is necessary TO your
health" 81 long As your physician is at
liberty to prescribe arsenic. TO prescribe
opium, to prescribe calomcl, 10 prescribe
anthony, we do not see how wccan say
he is not at liberty TO prescribe another
kindred poison. alcohol. SO long as the
law allows the sale OF arsenic. OF opium,
of calomel. OF anthony, for medicine. we
10 not sec how We can say this kindred
poi on. alcohol, shall not he allowed by
the law 10 be sold for medicipcs. Yet
Liquor Agencies are voted u public
nuisance; il is nearly impossible to SO
manage them 50 that they shall not be
nuiSanceS, under the present theories CT
use and sale Under these perpleNelies,
temperance reformers turn To physicians
Tor help. We throw n great responsibility
upon ply sicians in doing this; we say to
them III effect. Won are responsible for
the intemperance among Us, toryou com
pei us to keep the temptcr in the way of
him who is too weak TO resist il you are
all the time creating an appetite for In
toNica,ing drinks 10y prescribing them
freely 4, medicines. But are We right in
throwing such grave charge upon the
ply >iciaus7 Let Us consider hs position.
y a man. he may be reformcr, but rs
lbq>icjlq he has nothing 10 do with our
morals, II /, not his business to save Us
from being sick, we must do that our.
selves, hut simply 20 cure u when we are
sick. When we want cur morals healed
We send Tor the minister, but when we
. art ON bodies healed, We send for the
doctors. II i, hi, one care 20 cure our
bodies. He yan>acA> his brains and bis
ssld'eaagS - save our lives He will
tel, us ail the medicinal drugs he knows
anythjn- about are quite too few for all
'"I "'> '''"' ne" - "''' ~ ''' '''S "''
know bow to spare op'um' an''m"ny'
mercury, three OF his most important
medicines, arsenic aud alcohol nom the
Ma,c,a Medicja; Il We viii abuse our
bodies and demand a care. We must run
our own risks OF the poisonS that do some
times pa, u, in a condition To recover.
lie would perhaps 90 further, am tell Us
people expected him /, prescribe those
things. that ,.cy would De dissatisfied if
he I'D mol. they would think he was no,
d,.nr an,taing 70. them; he cluno, give
ND the old heroes practice it he would.
=, p, tsr.,,, the r,>,,,u.jlj,i, back upon
rs Wen NJ, cease TO lcmand them he
Mill c,a.. ,o prescribe ,hem. and we can
NO, l,py tbcr, !, ..a.h in his s,a,mcnt.
Mercury. - powerful medicine. best known
- ,s!omcl. has lone lecu used with sue
cess in the rcatmcn, Of some classes OF
Li,eases; bu, the diseases which ii causes
are 50 well known ard 81 much feared
Ina, a large portion OF patients abbot it;
and many physicians profess "a discard
il ,l,irry To vegetable world j ram
sacked Tor something to take it, place.
and preparations, rom Mandrake Tor
diseases of the liver arr taking lis place,
which are poisonous enough, hut it is
claimed 10 not leave such evils in their
wake.
- II - with many cher powerful
drugs people who prefer running ''e
Mss %! dong without 'hem' 20 'he FISK OIL
t4e mischief they VIII certainly CO. are
supplied Win >"nr'IhhS les dangerous
- !, VIII be with alcohol IN III various
forms. When people prefer 10 do WIN
ont 1t, other th'ns' "i.I take 'N'f place.
Tue PHYSICIAN i''" ''e very ""'"'' VI
h.S employment i almost inc '''' person
whom we ought 10 expect 10 '' " 'c'"er
M the tempo rance reform. we cannot
demand OF BIN 10 give Up the very tools
hc USES, edge tools though they he and
not III ior chiIdrcu to play with, nor can
We expect, used 10 them ~ be - that he
vii be much airaid ct ih'0 % i'r otNer> II
they have never operated g" ann OF Ms
WHAT We complain oil most a0o'H AGO.
hoI : tina. 1t i an edged tool That isien
ou1 Tor children to play with, II II VAS
Kept on the shelves oi the ap"'hecaTS
along with arsenic, OPIUM AMI aniimony.
where 1t belongs, and only sold whenthe