Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1872-03-07
Intemperance, scientifi-
cally and morally con-
sidered.
No. II.
For the Fayetteville Observer.


ance pathologically in this num-
Der, we shall endeavor to be prac-
tical in our remarks, and yet COM
prthensive. The physiological eff
fects of alcohol are indeed alarm.
ing; bnt when we take into consid-
Grafton its pathological eft cts,
who, we ask; Of sane mind, would
dare risk the indulgence of his ap-
petite for whisky Alcohol, in
addition otis direct raVages upon
the human organism, is the fruit
full source of many evils in the
shape of disease-these beget OIL
ers of a like nature and so on, till
the energies of the system are SO
completely let down, that recuper-
alton is q thing impossible. The
diseases produced by the presence
of alcohol in the system, are nu-
merous and very fatal; from its
direct actions upon the nervous
system, result neuralgia pains,
impairment of voluntary muscular
power; muscular tremor, want OF
, sleep, Authorizations, vertigo, head
aches, palsy, apoplexy, insanity,
delirium tremens, palpitation of
: the heart, etc. The stomach,
liver, brains, and lungs, are the
: organs on which alcohol spends its
chief force, although the kidneys
:, heart, bowels and arteries are liza
hle to become involved. Gastritls
: hypertopby, and fatty degenera
! ton Of the kidneys are extremely
common among drunkards, anC
dyspeptic complaints are rarel,
. absent. The Incorporate use of
l whiskey predisposes the system
: to the attacks of any epidemic o
q pestilence which may prevail, an
tastens the disease when brough
II on by other causes. To be plair
i it is the opinion of your correspor
~ dent, that alcohol pledisposes tn
system to ere,y form of acut
!: disease, especially to those of a
II infammatory character, and ais
re r. those resulting from disordered {
az impaired digestion or nutrition.
y And even when the predispos
ton to disease from other cause
W is very slight, and easily contrac
IL ed, the poison of alcohol will, 0
y itself, be sufficient to excite an
'u develop it. This we argue fro1
the standpoint, that alcohol is
ba universal excitant, destroyingth'
g. harmony which is SO necessary
Is health. The therapeutic vall
# of alcohol is boosted by man
,o who drink it as beverage; b.
% we contend that alcoholic liquo
n are not curative agents, and tn
~ they simply stimulate the ner7
ck centres during great prostratlt
be and prevent the vital energies
l. the system from sinking belo
on the point at which the reparati'
oh processes are possible. With
on these limits only, are they safe
I'll indicated. Many persons believi
aw themselves to be the utjects
ice the ravages of consumption do n
ara scrupIe to drink freely of whisl
ms or brandy, hoping its use W
'od counterfeit and intercept the ray
NO ges OF the disease. Now if Il
,r1 be true we must of necessity &C
ow clude that highly carbonat
,ha state of the blood will preve
llv tuberculosis, which any ration
,se pathologist or scientific will de
IA to be correct. We believe II
Ier injury is often the result OF stin
rds lation, and that the benefit
Oh generally more apparent than
mo al. The exhalation of carbo
Q acid is Indispensable to the heal
not only of the lungs, but of
y. whole body; and we know Il
.ase this process is retarded by the
.oln of alcoholic drinks, the bic
FER, thereby becoming highly Carlo
rye ted, instead of lessening the t
and dency to tuberculous deposit,
ok comes a direct ilritant, invit
ron the deposit and assisting in
as destruction of lung tissue. TIL
in can be, in the judgment of
e. writer, no benefit derived from
Hy. use of alcohol; but, that he Y
,unt drinks it, is lessening his da
and bringing his system under
3. influence of a poison which '
t & take the bloom of health from
cheek, and rob his intellect Of
power. Ardent spirits will
nm, man of his brightest joys, t
ing from him his human nature, !
lille give him that of a beast
cause him to become the comp
'iiii' ion of devils, instead of occnpy
AVE that high and holy position
signed for him by his C1eo
We shall, in our next view
to subject from a moral stand.p