The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1879-04-11
woman,sTemperancet Column.
An Eminent New York Physician on
the Use and Abusc Of Alcohol.

ting 10 the Christian Union, n series of
articles on the above subject, which en-
body the following conclusions:
The evils of alcohol drinking do NOT
stup with the individuals: they extend
to society: and this fact gives TO eoric-
~ an undnnblcd rient 10 Interfere for
its own protection. 10 license shops
that bcuai murder, and them TO punish
the murder that the state itself has be
ooiten is indctcnsiblc from n moral
noint of view.
I'm fine family of drunken narents. i'll
there nre half n dozen children. there
will almost always bc some imnrof tico-
bic. eccentric, vayward. unpoyeruable.
malicious. or suicidal children. and fire.
oucntly those that arc idioiic. Fifty
her cent of all the idiots have been trac-
cd to drunken parentaqc. Fifty per
cent of thc insane can he traced direct
w or indirectly TO the use of alcohol.
In tbe second and third generations Won
find disease, idocy, insanity and suicide,
and with the fourth generation the fam
ily becomes extinct.
There is n use Tor distilled liouor in
the human body. II is an essential
medicine in some forms of disease. |.
do not know. for example. how could
treat shin fever without distilled liquor.
When my poor patient lies in an utter
ly exhausted condition. his system with
out vitality sufficient to enable him to
digest and assimilaie his food, | give
him spoonful of alcohol with milk,
and under the stimulus of the alcohol,
the stomach will digest and the system
will assimlatc the milk Or. again,
am called to visit person who has suf-
lercd sunr sudden sluck by which the
heart has been affected. and the whole
circulation depressed; his surface is
cold and his system collapsed. put
alcohol into his stomach, and in one
minute and n half il rouses the exhaust
ell system, spurs il TO an unwontcd ac-
tivity and thus enables il TO spring the
chasin into which it would otherwise
have lallen. Alcohol has been called
stlmulant, ana I'm one sense II is so; II
rs n stlmWant as the whip Is To The
horse. You may occasionally use it !;
but no man can be whipping The system
all the time TO unnatural exortion and
not wear it ont.
II Is medicine, but taking 1t IN the
form OF bitiers, as many do, under pre-
tense OF medicinal cliect, INJURIES me
system. Ii should only be taken with
1000, moi before IT. II taken win ioou
II may he an ald TO digestion; II taken
before 1t prevents digestion. Among
the many curious experiments ihat
were made by lpr. beaumont, III lS32,
win Alexis 1t. Martin. that OLD soldier
VINO llau Trap uoof III ms stomach,
through which il was possible TO see
the operations going on within, there
were some very curious ones respect
ing the effect Of alcohol on the digestive
organs. and it was found that if alcohol
is put into an empty stomach ii coagu-
lates and DESTROYS the pcpsin, and with
that the power of digestion. Alcoholic
liquors should never he put on an
empty stomach.
The conclusions OH the whole matter
are briefly summed up as follows:
|. There is n broad, clear aud natur-
al distinction between icrmcntcd and
distilled liquors. In fcrmcntcd liquor
alcohol is found in its natural chemical
combination; in distilled liquor it is
found pure and simple. In one case il
may be employed in diet and for noui-
shmcnt: in the other case il is regard
ell only as medicine. and as danger
Gus one, TO be used only with caution
Fermcntcd liquors include ale, beer
cider and the various wines; distilled
liquors include rum. gin, brandy whis-
key any the like. The church, the
state and the temperance reformcrs
ought 10 recognize Ills distinction
which now they generally ignore.
ii. II men would use pure fcrmcnt.
eu liquors )" "l"dv, at. Iu''"'i'ivs, a., .
condimcnt, ana only Ill connection VIII
their meals, the use need not be harm
lnl, and at least III The case OF those
past middle life might be beneficial
The tavern is the travellers home. Il
the state would license only bona lid'
taverns, and them only TO sell terment
ed liquors and would take proper steps
TO guard against authorizations, there
would be small occasion for Il temper
ance campaign against such n license
system.
III. The use of iermented liquor is