Carson daily appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1873-1877, 1874-05-03
ALCOHOLIC DISEASES.
Good Heading Tor tghisLe- Drinkers
What s,.e Homeopathic AcadeU ;
Think at Alcoholic s.'.auiaaI.
and IEeir Effect Upon The E:edy-
!. Ply Biological Showing Up Of
Inter,perance by DR.. Klein.

rTrCra the eilicaso Inter-0cean, april "a
A resular meeting of the Homeopathic
Academy Of Physicians and Surgeons
was held in the rooms of the academy.
No. 30 Washington street, last evening.
The attendance was small. DR.. Cook
presiding Dr. t W. Duncan read Il
paper on Alcoholic Diseases taking
his statements of the nature of the dis
eases from late address of Dr.. L. NJ.
Klein, late of Paris. and himself making
| brief comments thereon. stating the
| remedies for the diseases mentioned.
In view Of the present temperance re-
vival. and the interest it is causing IL
the ranks of the medical profession. as
we'll as among the people IN general. II
is deemed not inappropriate to give space
TO the following epitone of the lecture
BIZ DIR. Klein. He says:
The temperance question is Eo longer
a party question or Il church question,
or question for the individual christian
only. Il is no longer "a matter of pcr-
sonal opinion or fancy. 1t has now as
sumed. both at home and abroad. the
character Of a scientific truth and Of {.
practical fact.
Let US now turn to the question: How
do Intoxicating drinks act upon oar
organs: and do these drinks telic TO pro
mote health or rather to develop disease:
This question has been answered lately
by
REMARKABLE RESEARCHES.
Which have resulted in very important
facts against the Use OF alcohol. LIT
me give you concise resume If those
researches: When alcohol. nader She
name of brandy. gin. or other stE"n=,
drinks. is Introduced into the stomach.
that organ becomes c..If-t~rti I.IIt--itt!.
swollen and red. and ii t:ii, HrtI"n = re-
peated daily. it soon hycu;He' diseased
with regular Inflammation. AID i i.lii'.
later with :. general ale, ration If lie
mucous membrane Ills ! :lu ;.I's-tsii.-
zeal and Il physiological !act. Al this
stag. O: the disease cie..T syiuIt.5l4t- IT,
gin to show themselves Of u I:srTe $ .lr2~
character, for the atoma.A is ~ t.i... =
abb to perform Digestion F;-.t.v. ISIS,
note thai such a res:li' rsiy l. ..ts"it.s-,j
without the individual invln., once lem
drunk. i small qHai;i.N Of ni"oiI"i /
will not reach the lI-iu AID Gl,.'.T.1 y.
',ut the siC,naci: catn"t escape the
des.,.ly contact Of il foe, and - IT hap |
pen, that many u, pie cn1:ls.t5n "t /
stomach disease. ~ live. di>e.-~-. and i
Won i4cilli'sn sirI!ki-- - 5:.- r..s.~. 81 /
heir complaint. til, ...,' :;.'.- to sXt.i.llll:
Il have NOT hen dunk once III NY hi.
Oul.e true; bat ,!gli, h-rl.->, i BIZ, ~ -
higher degree az intn>iratinIi. attended
vita the imEi+'lis,te symptoms oi the |
lower degrees. The latter are even inott- |
their ac!lon being less iiln |
fest,
rEEr DO THEIR WORK SLOWLY EUr I
SURELY.
OF all the org.iIs of cur body. the |
brain Is one which Is most deeply affect |
ed i,v alcohol, amt foT this rensOE: When |
you introduce some poisonous substance |
into your stomach, il 1t Is not one OF
those poisons whose dsadly actlou Is
in ,ietiiateiy felt, i; remains IN the stom- |
,,ch to undergo there the ordinary pro-
cess Of digestion, and later OF assiiniia-
ton. Just as for ordinary food. Now, 1t
is quite clear that alcohol does not do
so. because there is nothing TO be d'-
.ested in il, 1t has nothing TO do IN the
stomach. and for this reason It does not
remain there 1t is taken ut once by
the nerves, whose tissues have a peculiar
affinity fer it, to the head. You will not
he SURPRISED to hear that all the diseases
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