The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-19
The Use of Stimulants.

The Use of Stimulants.
DR. BURNEY YEo contributes to the Fort
mighty R,ri,ic Of London a careful and very
interesting discussion of the use and abuse
of stimulants, not combining himself to al
coholic beverages merely, but alsoincluding
tea and coffee, excess IN the use Of which H.
ilaught with manycvil consequences. Some
sort Of Il liquid t. of course n necessity to "a
man, aud some kind Of a stimulant has
always been demanded by men 1t is true
however. that water is the only beverage
essential to a healthy life. II we all led
such lives. If the social conditions were not
artificial, We should perhaps bc content with
Croton only; but under existing circumstan-
cc- th" vast majority of people feel that
they need stimulants. In practical life the
strictly essential does not go for much. We
need not only that which makes us live hut
that ais" which makes us care to live. More
over a delicate appreciation Of the qualities
of foods and beverages may Justly take its
place among our cultivated and reasonable
pleasures II is no credit To a man that he
dcSpi-c- he delights Of the table and has
no higher conception of dinner than that
it is a time for feeding. Lord lIERvEY, says
Dr. lro breakia7ted on an emctic. dincd
on biscuit. and RECALLED himself once week
with an apple. but his meagre dietary did
not make him an amidhlc or a virtuuuS per-
SON If he had had loss contempt for
food probably hc would have been n happier
man himself and made the people about him
happier for nothing Is so depressing n 70
he in company with man who never can
~ IA All I,ftI IA, it.,
matter how tempting the food. In punish
Ing himself hcinilici- punishment on others /:
aud that is dctcstabe scliishness. Such a
fellow should 90 of in u corner and gnaw
his bon" like dog.
Or lEo takes the ground that alcohol in
moderate quantities is a food. though, OF
course, in larger doses poisonous agent
This j. what LIrHiG claimed aud though
thro" French chemists aftcrward assaulted
his position, contcndins that all the alcohol
taken into the system lcft it unchanged.
passing out of the body in the -"cretipn--
that. i'm their language, it simply made IA
promenade around the organism" and WI.
not burned in the body. But they reached
thu conclusion from experimenting on dogs
with enormous doses. 80 that, inevitably.
much unchanged alcohol appeared in the
s,crotions. The fallacy Of th. arguments nf
tbn-.. French oxncrimcu,crs wa .hnvn h,.
fine lni. d., ,rsrir and H., DIR Drr,t ,,hn
ur,,.d thnt alr,h,l ,vb.n oiv.n In .,.u
auds moderate dn-"-, l. almost wholly con-
sumeI wubu the organism. 4 small por-
ti.n pn.-n- n,ynv in lin, s.,.rotinrs I'm, tb..
re,,.iin,l.r l. burned i'm th.h.iv b,.lr,.-
coil,uo,n,,t. fo,I rlnl- il. nn,, IL, .,,-
pl,lu., nl,l for the human nn,.hina Nh.
,,,r.,,s iu-t,,,.o. ,r., ,i,.J H.. ~. v,.,,.
show that nlrnh,l may l,.,.h, .,,,.,,rt
liz. Y. tbn,,f,h, MAJ, ,,l,,' ,,,,, ,,,,l.,,' Ia,
ArsfiI.'s observation and vh, tL.n ,i,,L,,.-
thrao v..,rs odd had far ,v.,,t, ,..a,. ,lr,,nl,
a h.til.nf ,inod,v and v,h, ot,.,,l,.,.,,.
small fr,,,n,ut nf ,,,stcd i,r,,,t fl, ,,,n,l,,.
If Is hardly n.,n.-,,,. tn .,, tina, rd,L',
DR.. Arsrlr nor DR. Nro w.nlJ ro,,,u,nnnd
that diet to oithnr vnn,,, ar or,d man ,nd