, 1876-10-07
INEBRIETY IN AMERICA.

a Discase-Cuusca Of the Nervousness OF
Observation-Disclosures Applied to Disease
4 Problem that Ii Solving Itse1E
Tho American Association Tor the Cure Of IT.
ebria1cs held IT. sevcntl, annual injecting ut the
hall of tue collrgc u Phys!eans. III Pni'ade'
pllia, last week. Dr, Geurgc II. Dcurd, of New
York, READ paper Oh "1'hc Caliscs ii the In
crease ot lnebrety In America" which Is gwen
III abstlnct below:
The llabt of drinking to tnsoxlcntlon ssas defined
90 partly rice ulu purity dis. a4c. The Inc.
brute is onr svo drnks to cxcrts u, nss his will
and IN spitc Of resolutions to the At,ntr4Ey, anu
when there are nU cxternnl tcMplAsIun. I'd lO 40.
lne1rirty Resembles o,nrr nervous dtsca .cB in It's
hcre4 tAFy chataciet. and In ita pcriuuIcity. IT
runs 10 fanlllies. and in mnnJ CASTS the attacks
cotAc on Ike al'aeks Of neara'ga, at n'athemat.
lcally regular intervals. During these Intervals
the tneIr1utc n peefccly ysclf-cuttrullcd, aud may
not be tempted by the prc4cacc Vi r,,u,,Iants. The
lncbrlate desires TO rcCuves much the acslru1
E Enefsa.s ct iasbfiety i 4asf,sa T. t,c H. H.
Eur aftJ years the better classes havu been Iruw-
ing rnofe and more temperate. There ncyrr was
tue in tnr hstusy Of civilization wneu there was
ifhe iuaiau,cn,al proposition Of the speaker was
that incls!pty was Increasing, lecausc tie higher
s'asses-the a.n,woTs.ny ria.srs-Mere Dsenmns
hol as onr lore fathers could that functional ners.
cbrlcty dcpends haA been on tho lncreatu for many
ycars N al! the great centres OF civilization but
sseelally n Ansrca Ths, pto.ca BY fo9r
higher and lower classes of the present uay. The
majority Of tue cAHcs Of drunkenness (which it y
the aoeety W poof nn4 EneTa M III The aor.y u
The cnsea Vi {ncbrIcty urc au,ong those men and
womeu who are nlose Q. lcns cultivattd. !n buth
X ~ found Gy obscryatun thai nol only tnebricy but
ail allied nervous flutes, are ncomparahly le's rc.
sSnf es S ns and na
lalof. Hay fever, Tor example, IL Unknown u the
tenement house population of New York.
~ esnsqs II s s4s sx viz
erai agreement anlons g"ud ot.rryess that our
fathers did not suffer y We do from snr.ety Ut
drugs 10 lea un coffee and tolacco, u we'll Nv 10
acohol when unauuteratsl. ~ i;ya eonpari;;
tury. The medieval epiutn1rs Of Mysteries aud
u; 'ttus dance we're ps}ehcal not ply scal, the
suit OF snpctrtlGns anI untfatnc1 minds acting On
That form Of trouble yet survives in the so.caIled
*scr,ant.9trl hyhleFla." Insanity ~ well as In
| 1nakug all allowance for deficient observation VI
those sRes and !hs mo.e extended philanthropy Of
tho present present Ihsy hase IN ineFsaSc4 au1lng the
ihe Increase Of population. TIL ~. cnn,par-
Ing the nervous slatls Of women With that IN
\ pacisy has Unfinished. Female ,nrbflc.y. though
llot abundant Al reports would haTc na believe,
VI not nnfre3uent both IN England and A!aerca;
|
syu,ptuuls more fscAuent In the nurthern mart
ol tho United states than In Europe. This Ii OK.
violent altcrlatlonA ot heat ald cold partly bY our
free lnt!tutlons. and purity by the pressing nsces
! sltics Uf p.ouceE life.
1t Is tfuc thu. brain workers live longer thin
muscle workers. anu that iungeylly has increased
with the progress of civilization, but for variety
longrslty. While inehrlety n,oy shorten llfe.
yet nervousness. On which tncbsIety, depends,
| and Of Hhch |. ~ tho expression, may
project tie system agafnst acuto and latat disease
| lnebrsates afe to be Kept 1wAy from alcohol which
T. the exciting factor, by confinement in an stylnn,.
Thls may uecd 70 bu Supplemented by positive
! louie treatment. Not nj tnc0nkldernblc proper.
| ttun at cases arc permanently beno.tea by llla
systcm, which originated In Amrsca, and Ii now
tnts1duced tntg EHgiaul. l3Y successive clltnlna~
tson4 ta4t4uGaly aecdoated race u,ay be acyes@
| npel. Iha process appears 10 be Already going
on II thls Wow oc sound. then the problem Of
tnebf!ey and allied staies 10 being slowly
solyed for III W torcsa 10 comparison with which
all 1nt organizations and Institutions sro but ~
the cllps and the loam the snrfuco OF the ocean