The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-01-16

uhysicai system. l. very rapi Y h,iGg
har will power under its subjsc ion snS
often before her f lends are aware ttst ,
habit has been torme sac is already it
helpless aud hopeless victim. Sle vii
resort To every device to secure III
il du genoa l. destroys her purity o
| thought and makes her Indifferent 10 tn,
good opinion OF Others. Tue use o.
a.cDnolc beverages by women is a grow
ing evil which deserves the most seridu.
consideration. The evil il not limited
60 the individual, but perpetrates itsel
in her offspring and thus leads to the
degeneracy Of the rsCe. In England
where wine and beer drinking IS more
common than in this country, the voice
OF the medical pra.os ion has been raised
against It. The reform must Iegiu ia
TIE home and social circles
Another well known physician saiG
| Ny own practice confirms NE iU The b, .
lI,f that large share of tn numerous
| ailments of msny women is due 10 the
use OF artificial stimulsnts, while In othe r
cases complaints are aggravated Ly their
use. the hurry and stfusge of Amer
| lean lie, and the high nervous orgariza-
| non peculiar 10 American women leaf
! them 10 the use OF stimulaEts. Most o.
the tOnicS, elixirs and btters, 20 widely
advertised, owe their * ended Use 10
| the presence of stimulsnts and the harm
that they do is inca Gu abe.
DI. Willard Parker, rs!erTirg to the
hereditary effect OF drink, said Q all
agents, alcohol y the most potent in
establishing heredi,y that exhibits itseI
in the destructipr Of mind sud D-dy. 1t
transmits an appe lie for strong drnk
TIE children sad these are like " 10 have
that form of drun. ess witch may be
termed paroEy sinai !, thsJ is, Jney viii O.
-E Il cOu-idefa0 period without iHdu
gsuCe, until al last ali barriers Of self
control give way the dfuusard by ill.,
ueEI,aUCe IS more bel pie-- s.svs lhsu bis
prOgrniLur aud tue chi idren be begCt. are
more helpless till Hefeditary fl Cts
Of drink are shown in insanity, idiOcy,
epilepsy, and other satctjous of the
brain and nervous system. Prichard
and E-qui'oi, Two great authorities on
the subj c., attribute one halt the casCs
Of insanity in England to the use ot
alcohol, and the same is probably true in
this cOuDtry. One-half of The idiots are
OF drunken parentsge. | have been
acquainted with several men having bril-
liant and cultivated minds, who Inherited
the vice, and they have stated 10 NE t. at
there were times when the impulse t.
drink strong liquor Was irresistible, and
that nothing hau power to di,suade them
from yielcing to it. An instance OF how
hnr cd -, h.,, =
hOl influences her offspring may be re-
lated from my own experience.
A merchant in good circumstance
came TO me tor medical advice He Was
N tire habit of getting intoxicated every
night before retiring. HIS mother also
drank habitual Y, and died of paralysis
He had three brothers and two sisters
The oldest brother died a parO4ysms
drunkard, My patient was always in a
state OF mental discomfort, and was
spicious and jealous to the most un-
reasonable degree. The third brother
and child died druukAId, and the fourth
child, sister, was an inmate o lunstc
asylum. The fifth child was intOleIable
on account OF her eCCantfiCity. II.
sixth clild, also d woman, died of con
sumption. The cJDd son, my patient,
married wOmsn OF fine physical and
mental organization. They had two
sons. The elder was associated with his
father in business and was an energetic
man, but very exCitsble, and although
not habltual drunEaTd, was slave TO
MS ether animal appetites. The other
child was in reality moral idiot. Here,
IN spite OF the restraining infusuce OF
the fine mental and physical organization
Oi the mother, We see the effects Of alcO~
mol creeping out in the third generation.
We do not always see the worst effects OF
the hereditary influence OF alcohol,
because OF the frequent mingling Of goOi
blood with that which is tain ed. From
my own observations, and the testimony
OF others, | am led 10 the conclusion that
by ar the larger share o. mental diseases,
poverty, ami crime IS the direct herlJage
OF alcohol IL Is also the cause OF d great
snare 0. our bodily Cisease, and IS short
eHIng the average dUrat on OF lie. Rob
O,us. IN work on sanitary science, says
that the average duration 0. life III tnIs
city IN 1910 Was between 26 aud q year.
Since then it mas decTe2sej until the
average sge does lot now exec Ell 10
years. II we reduce the death rate u
what il WAS fifty years ago there would
be q saving O.! mose than eleven thousand
lives every year. Oar city ought 10 be
one of the heallhiest in she world. a
ca efGi examination viii always reveal
III tact tina indulgence in alcohol bsvsr-
age. aud the death tate, as well as the
increase il mental and nervous diseases,
have relstive proportion. Of course,
there are Other degeneralive causes, but
they 60 back TO intern eraEce rs the
primary one.
Tho EIcot-io I L., Lf g, W.,