The Red Cloud chief., 1886-08-27
HOW IT WORKS.
The ld~~ts Of Alcoholic Liquors on thu
Human >ystem-

In reply 10 , correspondent who
wants 10 know the effect Of alcoholic
liquor, on the human system the To-
ledo Bad, saws:
Whether induced bv fermcnted
liquors or by distilled spirits i; i
through the alcohol contained in either
that the effects o: i~utoNication en,ue-
The effects Of alcohol. IN 4 single &C;
Of inioXirAtion. VAR according TO the
way IN which the spirit has been taken
If swallowed rapidly. IN large guam
titles. or in a concentrated form, the
agency ! that 81 q powerful! narcotic
poison. The mode Of action hrr. i
partly through i direc; impression bv
the alcohol on the nerves OF the s,om-
ach. and partly bv IL, absorption into
the blood. and IL transmission thus 20
the BRAN, which j. proved 10 take
place with great rapidIiy. The action
Of ans kind Of alcoholic drink, in mod
crate doses. j that Of a somewhat rapid
stlmulant. The bodily and mental
powers are for 4 time excited b.vond
their ordinary strength. after which
There j, a corresponding depression
Although the alcohol which !, intro
duccd INTO the system can not ~; ~ a
true food tfor in that CAS-. IL would no.
pass through the system unchan-cti).
IL Indirect takes the place 81 food. by
diminishing IN" wear and tear of the
:, .tcm. and thus rendering less foOd
sufficient. la animals destroyed when
intoxicated, the portions Of the brain
a.I "a 80. 11,-.r .-. y.yl ., x.lI ,r.s-E.
for weight, considerably more alcohol
than blood. Ine fact Of the retention
and accumulation OF alcohol in the
nervous centers and liver tends 10
throw much light on the special DIS
eases of drunkard,. where the appc-
ti,e for ordinary food fails. the dige,-
ton i. impaired. the sleep Is disturbed
and the yIgor of franz and capacity
for cNcr;ion sink accordingly. the
limbs often aching and trembling. and
the heart dropping with 4 miserable
feeling OF nervous exhaustion. Eyen
prior To this the drunkari il often ha-
bic To- those minor Illusions which end
in the full development of what i
known a. the drunkards delirium. or
dclirium ircmcns. a form If temporary
insanity characterized by a state Of alb
jcct terror, with shaking u! the limbs.
the sufferer fancying that he l. SIR
rounded with monstrous phanta>mS.
or that he l. devoted otherwise 10 hOr-
rors. disasters or crimes. In TIN, state,
if the miserable man does not take his
own life. he is ready. without any
provocation, 10 take the life OF any
one it'll whom he comes in rom
/ tact. One effect, and a leading
one. Of the customary presence
of alcohol in the blood of the drinker
i To reduce the vitality of that
fluid. so tina; il tends to sustain only
the lowest forms Of nutrition and ami
m~aliza;ion. and depos =, in great part
merely An in-r, fat within those organs
where il should minister 10 the growth
and Maintenance of 4 delicate con-
] struction. destined for uses essential TO
life. Thus we have fatty deposits. or
changes Of higher structures into fat.
in the heart. the liver and in the
/ ~blood-yessels. the coats Of the las; he
coming easily ruptur-d. Hence. liabi.-
itv 4 diseases OF the heart and of the
! liver. often followed by drop>ies. or TO
affections of the other intcstines. Or TO
attacks of apoplexy and palsy. II not
cut of abruptly in his career. the life
of the drunkard becomes one long NAL
ady towards it, close. the final condi-
ton being usually one of ilmbeciliiy of
mind and body. yet with ,hrocs OF suf-
ieriny 10 the last. Ii has been authori-
tatiyrly shown that. while the average
expectation of future life 10 the tenn
pcratc man at fifty may be rcckoned
4. twenty years. that If the drunkard
at the same aye is only four years.
Again. between the are OF twcutv-one
.ni thirty. the deaths among drunk
ards have been found 10 be- than
i've times. and between :hirty-one and
iiftv. more than four times what occur
among the general community at the
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