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taken In the ordinary manner? answer.
simply those of an anesthetic and organic
sedative. Like ether and chloroform, It's
presence dimnishes tho senslbility OF the
nervous system and bra n. thereby rendering
the individual less conscious of all outward
and exterior impress siQns This dimnutOn OF
sensl6ility. or anestl,esa, is developed Ia
direct ratio to the quantity Of alcohol taken,
and may be seen In all stages, from simple
exemption from all feeling OF fatigue. pain
and idea of weight, exhibited by ease. buoy
anoy, hiiarity, etc.; to that of complete UNI
consciousness and loss of muscular power.
II 10 this antes letic effect of alcohol that has
led to all the popular errors and contra
dict0ry uses VIII h have proved 80 destruct.
i've to HI, human nan ".,th and happiness i has
man action that the same Individual would
resort to the same alcoholic drink to warm
MIN In winter. protect him from
When hs weak In or %eas an S 10 eae
and cheer when afflicted In body or
mind. With the facts now before us, the ex-
PLANTATION OF all this is apparent. The alcohol
does not relieve the individual from cold by
increasing his temperature. nor from heat bv
cooling him, nor from weakness and exhaust
ion BY nourlshng his tissues, nor yet from
aiiiiotion by increasing nerve power but sim
ply by dimins hipg tho sensbility Of his nerve
structures, and thereby lessening his con-
seriousness of impressions. whether from cold
or heat. or WEAKNESS or pain In other
words the presence of the alcoho, has not in
any degree lessened the effects of the evils to
VIII Oh nc is exposed, but has diminished his
cOnsciOusne of their existence. ana thereby
impaired his Judgment concerning the dc.
gree OF their action upon him. 1t is this prop
erty Of alcohol to produce that sense of ease.
buOyancy and exhilarat on arising from d.
minutOn of nerve sensiblity, that gives it the
fascinating and deus,ve power over the hui
man race which It has welded so ruinousiy
for centuries gone by. But while the presence
of alcohol diminishes the sensiblity of the
nervous structure u also regards all the mole.
cular changes, thereby diminishing the act vi
ty OF nutrition, secretion elimination and the
evolution of heat, constituting true organic
sedative.' ... .r.fi tIt
Let inc give in conclusion. tho authoritative
language of this Nestor among physicians for
it is harbinger of the new departure in
toll aud pray. He says: i---a
II speak the more positively on this su bjeot
because for more than thirty years past have
faithfully tested the correctness of the senti-
ments have given You in relation to the
therapeutic effects and uses of alcoholic liquids
IN IN ample clinical experience both in hos.
p tai and private practice, and during that
time have found no case Of disease and no
emergency arising from accident that could
not treat more successfully without any form
Of fermented and distilled liquors than with
have gathered these sym lcant facts for
your consideration by request of thOughtful
and scholarly women OF your own profession.
who are my hOnored conductors in the Won.
ans Christian Temperance Union You will
soon be out among tho homes and at the bed
SIDES OF the people. Your advice. impl city
believed in and obeyed, will shape many q
destiny for this world and tho next. There
are beloved sons and daughters of gentle
mother hearts who will have clear or clouded
brains because of temperance habits con.
firmed or Incorporate habits begun under
your auspices. And 80, while pray God
blessing upon your own hearts and lives.
earnestly invoke His spirit ia your guide,
in our members and obedent o His decalogue
of natural law, your work and influence may
nightly re.enforce the army of Temperance
men and women who fight ''for God and home
and nAfi va land s.ia-i i' 1901