The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-08-02


delicacy OF the senses are I'll so f.r OPP
posed by alcohol, that the maximum
efforts of each are Incompatible with
the ingestion of any moderate quantity
of fermented liquid. A sing lie glass
will often suffice to take the edge OH
both mind and body. and to reduce
their capacity to something below
their perfection Of work. Oh. ".
Brint0n.
We are of opinion /. That very
large proportion OF human misery, in
GLIDING poverty. disease and crime is
induced by the use of alcoholic or fer
mented liquors as beverage, ,.
That the most perfect health is COM
patible with total abstinence from all
such intoxicating beverages, whether
in the form of ardent Spirits. or rs
wine, beer, ale, porter, cider. etc. 3.
That persons accustomed to such
drinks may with perfect safety discon-
tinue them entirely, either at once. or
gradually after short time. 4. That
total and universal abstinence from
alcoholic beverages of all sorts would
greatly contribute to the health, the
prosperity and happiness of the human
race.-2,O0O Physicians Of Grfat
| Britain.
We believe that the hereditary evils
of beer-drinking exceed those proceed
ing from ardent spirits. First, because
the habit is constant and without par
oxysmal interruptions which admit OF
some rccuperation; second, because
beer-drinking is practiced by both
sexes more generally than spirit drink
ing, and third, because the animalizing
tendency of the habit is more uniform
ly developed, thus authorizing the pre-
sumption that the vicious results are
more generally transmitted. - PacWc
Medical Journal. Endorsed By L,c Home
Life ms. Go.
We unite in the declaration that we
believe alcohol should be classed with
other powerful drugs; that when pre-
scribed incidentally it should he with
conscientious caution and sense of
grave responsibility. We are of the
opinion that the use OF alcoholic liquor
as q beverage is productive of & large
amount Of physical disease; that II en-
tails diseased appetites upon offspring.
and that it is the cause of large per-
centagc Of the crime of our cities and
country. We would welcome any jill
dicious and effective legislation State
and National which should seek 10
contine the traffic in alcohol to the le.
Ultimate purposes of medical and other
sciences, art and mechanism. - roo
physicians Of New York and Brooklsm.
OF all the intoxicating drinks it
Tbeerl is the most animalizing. 1t
dulls tho intellectual and moral, and
feeds the sensual and beastly nature.
Beyond all other drinks. it qualities for
deliberate and unprovoked crimes. In
this respect it is much worse than dis
titled liquors. A whisky-drinker will
commit murder only under the direct
excitement Of liquor,--a beer-drinker
is capable of doing 1t in cold blood.
{ Long observation has assured us that
q large proportion Of murders, deliber-
ately planned and executed without
! passion or malice. with no more mo-
tive than the acquisition of property
or money. often of trifng value, are
perpetratna by beer-drinkers. - Pr
cifc Medical Lssrnal. Endorsed by Home
Life ms. Go.
! The use of beer is found to produce
! q species Of degeneration of all the
. organs intellectually. !,
! stupor amounting almost TO paralysis
arrests tho reason, changing all the
higher faculties into'a mere animslsm,
sensual, selfish, sluggish, varied only
/ with paroxysms of anger that are sense
= less and brutal. In appearance the
t beer-drinker may be the picture Of
health, but in reality he is most incap-
able Of resisting disease. Compared
with inebriates who use different kinds
r of alcohol. he is more incurable. and
' more generally diseased. 1t is our oh
sorvation that becr-drinking in this
country produces the very lowest kind
of inebriety, closely allied to criminal
insanity. The most dangerous class
of rufiians in our large cities are beer
drinkers. Recourse to beer as u sub
stitute for other forms of alcohol mere
ly increases the danger and fatality
, Scientific american.