The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1886-01-23
ALCOHOL As A MEDICINE.

and iirnin--tn Able Address by Miss
willard iirfure the students VI q Medi-
cal College.
The ladies Of the South Side (Chi-
cago) W G, T. u. recently gave rc-
ception TO the three hundred students
of the iluhncmnnn Medical College.
Mis- Frances H. Willard, President Of
the N. W. G, 7. IT,, delivered IN nd
dress pertinent TO the occasion, full OF
good points and convincing arguments.
A portion Of her remarks are given be-
low:
some illustrations from personal observa.
t0n may help 10 make mnto clear the reason
why tho W, G. y. u. IA intent upon securing
all possible help from the medical Profession,
aud why, in fourteen states, Il has already
successfully ahorcd 10 provide for scientific
instruction IN the common schools relative
% the oyil effects Of alcoholic beverages.
one stormy afternoon In ihs2 went with
Mrs u, u tnfHp President Of Chicago Central
W, q y u, TO the Harrison Street Police Sta.
ton AZ II generally known, this society has
now police matron NJ oyory station IN tho
CITY whose duty u ID to look niter the women
brought there tor violations Of law. aud 10
minister with sisterly kindnoss 10 their needs,
both physical and spiritual. We found that
many had been brought IN that day, but tho
mxtton directed our attention especially to
the mosi distant cell, whore a woman lay
curled up on bench, with an old shawl over
her head She had been brought IN drunk
some hours before AZ We stood thore think.
ing her TO be asleep and lamc cntiDE, In whis-
pcred tones. hor sad condition, tho woman
arose came toward ua, srHsplng with q small
VIII 10 hand tho bars OF the cell, and spoke 90
us IN q sweet voice. saying DO you ladies
rsall, care for one so hopelessf' We assured
her 0t our sympnthy, and In u talk that fol.
lowed learned that she WIS born In leading
Southern CITY had graduated from first.
Glass normal college, and been for years a
teacher. uhu spring, about four years pro
y,ons 70 our menting, worn out with hor
dnta.. she went tn the family physician, who
pfesrr bel an alcoholic beverage a. a "t0nio''.
Prom that day she had gone on, little by little.
until nov she was n confirmed nebriate.
often reforming, but ~ often falling into sin.
kubssgurrt Invest Rht on proved TINT she was
ro,nied to a rcnncd aud wealthy family ia
Chicago TheF AMI wo have done ail In our
power for her She hns been ai tho Martha
Washington Home. aud for months has kept
her pladPe. ont 10 fail away from IL ut last
have mentioned III one case out Of ton
thousand that coin. 10 the knowledge OF
practical Temlnranoo workers. because
single Illustration soften retained IN memory
when generalization may ho forgotten and
because this ono "a typo OF fully one.half
the cases of ucbflett among women and per
baps one third ~ men, via. IL began by an
alcoholic prescription. II is quito probable
thai the pbj slcian whose ignorant pfesarip.
ti0n was pun aud cultured woman,s first
stop toward ruin. meyer knew the fact, and
would be unspcaknbly aaionndad, not 10 say
afflicted, II " were brought TO his attention. I
said tho prescription was an ignorant one.
and an prepared TO prove II on the highest
medical authority
SIR Henry Thompson. Of London, than
whom the world metropolis has not pbysI.
clan more distinguished, makes the following
dfpluFutInHt NAlgntailg drink a a ira N -
useless for any Of the conditions Of life to
which men are subjected save under the most
exceptional conditions, which none but skilled
observers can declare"
DR. Andrew Gia,k, OF London, physician To
the Queen and 10 Gladstone. aays;s Alcohol 10
not only not helper Of work but certain
hlndersr, aud every man who comes TO tho
front Of profession IN London 10 marked By
gets the less ~ shape Of alcohol ho takes and
hls excuse isi y am sorry. but ] can not
take u and do my work
Dr. william " Carpenter, one OF the great.
est names IN medicine, says 1T II tho duty
OF tho medical practitioner 10 discourage ~
much ne possible the babtuai use Of alcohol.
io liquors IN however 'modefate' quantity
BY oil persons IN ordinary health. and 10
seek 10 rcinedy those slight departures from
health which result from the wear and tear
OF artlvs life by the means which shall most
directly remove or antagonixe their causes,
instead Of by such as simply palliate their Of.
feois.''
Dr james H. Nichols. editor Of tho Boston
Journal ~ fhsinistry, says emphatleally that
''the Punishment OF alcohol would not de-
ssenis which modern m civilization demands.
Neither would chemical science bo retarded
By Its loss. In no Instances Of dis
ease IN any form u Il Q medicine which
might not be dispensed with and other agents
Dr James Edmnnds. founder Of the London
1cnpcfano. Hospital. sfatns that the mortail.
y there u -four and one half per cent lower
, , ~ y any 2asr nesPs ,as'ns .ne ,ss
10 the hospital. Il not employed lr making
tinetures solution Of one part giycarine 10
two Of rafar, being substituted af cost ono
NTH lc.- than that of alcohol tinctures. IL now
used in anpuiaiions or typhoid fever, aud
with results that demonstrate the superiority
Of this method.
In The Manchester Royal Innrmary, En.
gland. the modloidsl use Of alcohol has fallen
on In Eight recent yeafs ushty-sessn per
cent, and tho death rate from about eleven
70 seFrn per cent
Felir L. Oswald. ono CT tho most learned
ssfi.grs ss.,,, Living Living ,., whose article. In the
tional. celebrity. says IN that magazine.
y will venture the prcdietion that before
The middle of the twoniistb century tho
Internal nse of druss WI be discarded By all
thing aud medical dogma u quite another
A. Dr. Edmunis wisely safsi sFoffy years
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