Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1885-12-29
THE RAvAGEs OF CONSUMPTION.
what Professor III. &. Wood. Of the
University OF Pennsylvania. Says. .
A NEW CURE.

A NEW CURE.
Medical statistics prove without question
that from one-sixth to one-tenth OF the NOR
tally of European nations is due TO consump-
ton. Amongst the many maladies which flesh
Is heir To, 1t can we'll say. 81 am king among
We alt Under this popular term may be mar
shaled death record SO startling in character,
that medical science il almost at loss to invent
names to express the recognized and manifold
ways in which it expresses ITSELF in wrecking
human life from infancy to old age. Our earthly
existence is marked by many physical ills.
Inc acute forms, by care, soon pass away, but
chronic disease is apt, with the majority, to
recovery is the result, and they are marked as
one whose obituary notice will read, "Died OF
Consumption
Another terrible fact of which there is no
doubt, although only verified within the last
lew years, and that is, that consumption may
from close association with one al
ready suffering from it. In this
OF noted Se npamse
which never stops as long as one member is
left. One characteristic OF this disese is that in
every stage even at deaths door, the sufferer
has hope of recovery
Once the disease was regarded as hopeless in
almost any stage, and remedy after remedy has
been laid aside, failing to give the results
that had been hoped for.
Much might be said on this point, but atten-
ton will be given to one article alone. which,
several centuries ago, commanded attention,
but which failed to receive the attention 1t
ner1ted from the failure to maintain II stand
ara quality through commercial competition,
ana the non-recognition of the fact that IN the
long run wisdom will prove superior to every
other circumstance.
In the sixteenth century amongst the reme-
Gics largely in vogue with the eminent ply
sicians of Ireland as a tonic, possessing other
properties, usquebaugh--the form of alcohol
drained from malt--stood in high esteem.
The importation of stronger spirits from Eng
land resulted in such changes in its quality,
IN iStrn <niN ft.tn an
probation for its medicinal effects, that it
would probably have obtained. The harmful
ages, has tended to keep it from securing its
place i'm the list Of weilrecognized medical
remedies.
In the age in which we live physiological
research mas been carried to that point, that
questions which for centuries have not been
decided have now been settled by conclusive
facts. As bearing on this subject we can do no
better than quote from that standard au-
lhority, Professor II. c. Woods Treatise on
tessors rank, by virtue of his connection with
the University of Pennsylvania, emitting him
TO the confidence OF every invalid who seeks
information on this subject.
To commence with: on page 129 of the fifth
edition OF this work, the evidence is furnished
of the existence of alcohol in the systems OF per-
sons who had never used alcohol in any form.
Acting on this established fact, with other evil
dence bearing on the subject il has been found
that the administration of alcohol, by delaying
the process OF digestion, results i'll its being
more thorough. In his valuable article on this
subject, he proves conclusively that alcohol is a
food that is destroyed in the system and yields
force which is utilized in the organism.
Further he adds: at has been es-
timated that 9.3 ounces of lean beef equal
to about two ounces OF alcOhO) will
supply the necessary force to maintain the cir
culatiOn and respiration of an average man for
one day; that is, four ounces of spri: win suf-
flee for this purpose. Since to the ability OF
furnishing material whose consumption shall
give power is added the ability TO restrict
waste and to stimulate the junction of circula-
nervous system evident
that in alcohol We have II most important
means of sustaining the system during the strain
uses of alcohol in chronic diseases are TO aid
in Digestion; to furnish Il food which, with
out any digestive effort upon the part Of the
system, shall be absorbed and shall take the
place of more ordinary food and to check
excessive tissue-waste. 1t is conceded by all
physicians and chemists there does not exist
anything that can take the place of alcohol in
the accomplishment of the special effects
obtained By il in this direction. OF course
as are either dependent upon or closely assO-
ciated with condition of the system in which
the general nutrition is depraved. In phthisis
and its cOngener, scrOulosis, there can be no
doubt as to the great value of alcohol
Many similar authorities might be quoted
but one OF this kind is deemed sufficient. The
trouble, however, has been, as asserted by this
author and the medical profession generally,
that reliance could not be placed on the
of the kind that might be prescribed. so
lamentably true is that fact, that public opinion
and the constituted authorities of all tue great
nations of the earth, are moving in the
direction OF the establishment of inspectors for
all articles relating to the bodily health of
the masses. The need OF a reliable and
uniform article of this kind is apparent
for the medical profession and the public gem
orally; an article which for purity and uni
tormity can be relied upon in every stage of
the train of evils which the monster maIady,
Consumption, is accompanied by. The Duffy
Malt Whisky has successfully stood the most
scientific tests. and scores of unsolicited test-
monials as to its efficacy, from all quarters,
freely given. Medical journals discuss it's
merits, and learned reasons are given for its
peculiar power.