The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-02-22
cNTINEL SUNDAY MORNING. FEBRUARY %, II

gestion is arrested. An unnatural condition
of the nerves and vessels, and OF the whole
tissue Of the mambrane il induced. II the
alcohol is often repeated the vessels be-
cnme permanently diiated, the sur
face Iedder than usual; and according to the
O ,sery atoms OF DR.. Beaumont upon the
stomach of st. Martin, which was open to
inspection by q wound in the side, q degree
OF congestion and blush of intiamma ion.
and often small points of oozing blood after
each indulgence in common drink.
When the drinking is free, though it may
not be carried to the extent OF drunkenness,
the stomach is apt TO De more seriously and
permanently changed. The ats become
thickened, the organ is sometimes much con-
tracted the secretion of the gastric Juice
greatly perverted and diminished. Then
verv Iii tie food can be taken and digested,
indigestion, distress and vomiting come on,
and great depression and death follow.
recall cases in my experience where these
results have followed the free use of spirits
ia men not regarded as drunkards, and who
contlnu ed in successful business until the
disease of the STONE CD arrested their course.
smetimes small and scattered alterations
are produced and then bleeding, psin and
more frequent vomiting are likely to occur,
and death is apt TO soon follow. Even
when these conditions exist, though pro
duced by the ale hol the taking OF dose
of the me article will, by its narcotic effect
upon the brain and nerves, give for Q time,
relief to the distressed feelings, and make
the victim of the habit think that he can
not give up his drink, and tnat IL Is even 10
ing him good.
When great excuses are INDUCED in, caus
ling drunkenness, mole immediate snc VIC
lent effects upon the stom ach are often pro.
duced. The organ becomes coDgested and
linfiamed 30 that days may be required FOL
recovery from a drunken fit. When much
alcohol is taken into the stomach as strong
as clear spirits, or spirits hut moderately oil
luted. the gastric Juice which dieess the
.ood is coayul ated or thickened and it's power
of digestion destroyed. Those who take
sufficient alcohol with late dinner or sup
per to produce drunkennv SIS, often yo nlS me
| food sf.er slme hours entirely undlgested.
But these effects upon the stomach do moi
ALWAYS follow from the use Of alcohol; and
in consea uence of this many are encouraged
to continus its use, and even advocate 1T a:
an innocent il not us 'ful thing. Some per
sons Who commence taking il in moderate
quantities largely diiut as ia wine and
be er or in whisky or brandy with much wa
ter. and especially If taken at meal time dc
not have their stomachs materially injured
though they carry the indulgence so far a.
to seriously and even fatally injure them II
other organs and in other ways No poison
Gus article operates in the same manner
upon every person; and some viii
endure an amount OF arsenic, or opium
or other poisons when slowly in
| troduced, without very marked effects, ar
amount which would soon prove much more
Injurious or even fatal to others, especially
If taken without the gradual training. Thi,
Ia the case with cohol Some stomach!
will endure q considerable quantity for q
long time without very serious effects upon
them while others will suffer many or all OF
the bad results before described WheG the
Injurious eff. cts of alcohol upon the siom
ach are urged as q reason for not taking IT.
some old drunksrd or free drinker is often
referred to as having a good stomach not
outstanding bis habits. such cases though
| not unfreuuent are still exceptional. The
many whose stoTschs are injured by the
drink, aud who have been forced to abandon
lit or VINO are suffering or have died from it
are lost sight Of and the few who have en-
dured It and survived, are regarded as ex.
amples of all.
As we'll might one say that battle or the
storming of battery was not dangerous oil
destructive, since many old soldiers have
gone through the ordeal with but slight in
juries
TIE dangers of alcohol to the stomach are
great, especially when taken in form OF ar
dent soirits and between meals, and ART
often disastrous though some escape THU
form cf injury. The greater in 9ry fall
unon other organs and functions