The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-07-05
I I TEMPERANCE IN THE SCHOOLS.
Professor Bichmore Preparing Photographs
III to Assist the Teachers.

PROFESSOR Bickmore Preparing photographs
III to Assist the Teachers.
New York Herald. Thursday.
A Herald reporter who called at the American
Museum Of Natural History at Central Park,
found professor Bickmore, the superintendent,
deeply buried in the contents of newly issued
book on the anatomy of the human frame.
snow, this circular, said the Professor, ex-
hiblting one, has recently been received by al
most all the school commissioners, city superin
tendents Of schools and other school officers in
the State of New York, and calls their attention
to recently enacted law to the effect that pro
vision should be made by the proper local school
authorities for instructing the pupils in all
schools supported by public money or under
State control in physiology and by
effects Of alcoholic drinks, stimulants and mar
cotics upon the human system. And the law
also requires that each teacher shall pass an ex-
animation and receive certificate before he
could impart such instruction. The worst of it
is that the examination Is so strict that the
teachers can hardly manage it. WE'LL yolun-
teered to prepare a number of transparencies or
Photographic views for the lantern, of different
parts of the human body, showing the effects of
alcoholic stimulants After the alcohol is re-
ceived into the stomach it is absorbed by a large
number of small veins which conduct it. mixed
with the blood, to large vein and thence to the
liver Thence the blood goes to the kidneys
Now, the liver and kidneys are purifiers Of the
DlOOQ, ana IN ulSp0SlHS OIL btl6 dlcOnOl Iu6y De-
come diseased. The drinking Of liquor is one of
the most common causes of Bright's disease.
The way to procure the most perfect health
is to maintain rigid teetotalism., A great deal
of what has hitherto been said about the effects
of stimulants and narcotics on the human sys-
tenn is incorrect Several medical men have
promised to aid me in my work, and when pa
btient dies from alcoholism he will be dissected,
a small section of his liver will be cut of, and,
if suitable, enlarged drawings will be taken Of
the section to show its appearance. The draw
ing will then be photographed for transpa-
feneies ambitious the pupils will be able to see
thesexaet effects alcohol has upon a human body
instead of listening to lot of talk. The heart,
the kidneys and the brain will be treated in the
same way. Eontrasted with these views will be
views OF the corresponding sections of the va
riods organs enumerated from other human be
ings who at their death had one or more of those
organs perfectly healthy
$s-sYou think, them that total abstinence would
lead to prolongation of ifeln
Il do. 1t stands to reason If person puts
| poison into his system and produces a disease
which he might not otherwise have he can't ex
pect to live as long as if. he did not take the
poison. The average length of life should be
three score years and ten, but what it is now
can't pretend to say. The aim and object Of the
law is to benefit humanity by showing the next
generation how easily it may put down an evi
from which the present generation, suffers 81
greatly.