The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-10-27
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ers. the Physicisa's Favoritss.
There Is no falseAood more univer.
sally accepted IS truth that b moro
deadly in its tendency, than the. belief,
that brandy, WHISKY, rum, gin. and
the alcoholic stimulsnts generally, are
necessary as domestic remedies. II
you value your ehildren's best inter-
ests, never .,isss wine sor"aaay Of these
beverages upon your table. Never use
them for the ordinary ailments occur
ring In every household, for it is not
necessarily "a "a
4 BY. Alcoholic stimalants 1 mean
every, thing which III alcohol in It,
however disguised in name or
character. Fruits and their juices, 50
valuable when fresh, are as unfit to use
during fermentation AZ fermenting
food The juice Of apples fermented
becomes older, andsthen takes its place
in the same class as wine, brandy.
whisky, rum aud gin. These with ale.
beer. and the punches-egg nog and
mint juleps--should be kept out Of tho
list Of our home remedies rs much as
strychnine and arsenic.
The plea that stimulants make those
who use them ''feel better and grow
fat is full Of deception, The fat and
blood of those who use these articles is
never healthful. In most guarded.
moderate drinkers, physicians never
expect the same favorable recovery
from sickness or injury as iu one who
is extremely temperate.
In pOst-mOrtem examinations and
dissecting rooms. we see constantly
the character of this fat, or, rather,
bloat which is so deceptive to the care
less observer. have seen the fat of a
woman in high life, who had, for a
few years previous to her death, "kept
up upon her regular potion Of the
best brandy, show the same foul do.
generation as the fat of the common
drunkard. This most undesirable &C.
emulation of adip0se piles up about
the liver, kidneys. bowels and heart,
penetrates the intestines, between the
muscles, burdening and impeding the
natural action of the organs. until it
requires gOad Of some kind to keep
them moving,
Tho more Of such flesh any one &C.
cumulates the weaker he will become
IL is no more reason for satisfaction
than the pail of soap grease which
might be carried in the hand. Alec
hol does not furnish nutriment to the
body or give real strength; during the
alcOhlic fever there is an appearance
Of strength which is wholly deceptive.
1t makes fire SO intense that the
whole system is reused to fever heat
and the brain to, active congestion by
it. 1t is this forceful driving of the
brain and circulatory system while the
alcohol fever is on that gives the false
strength, and when the fierce fire sub
sides, leaves its subject SO weak and
exhausted; for here as everywhere ac-
ton and reaction are equal, unnatural
iexcitements are followed By undue de-
preston. i'HryJt @a li'fH )r'
A mischieyous error, now misleading
many of our. overworked men and
women. and shared, am sorry to say,
by many Of our trusted physicians in
good standing. il that this class OF
stimulants, from the purest brandy to
the ale and beer in common use, are
valuable aids in securing sleep and are
comparatively harmless. 1t is true that
spirituous liquors, both in their moder-
ate and excessive use, do, after a peri
cd OF excitement. in most cases, pro-
ducc sleep; but the rest thus obtained
is widely different from the simple,
quiet sleep of health; in natural sleep,
the blood vessels of the brain contract
and carry less volume of blood than
when in an active state, much rs the
healthful stomach contracts upon itself,
emptying its large vessels partially,
during its period Of rest. ~ gl i.sl
Under alcoholic stimulants the ar
teries and veins, even to the smallest
brain capillaries, become over :illed and
distended with blood; for this reason.
the sleep thus secured is sleep like
the heavy sleep in apoplexy. The
walls OF the capillaries under such re-
peated distension become more dilated
and dilatable. until the unnatural EN-.
gorgemcnt is fixed and permanent and
the tissues are thickencd, so that the
power to contract is lost by the natur.
ally elastic vessels. When such changes
have taken place in the brain. the nerv.
Gus system acts feebly, unless 1t il
goaded by that fierce alcoholic fir
which can make every passion demon
lac and uncomfortable. until the frenzy
is stilled in lethargic sleep. Every
period of rest thus gained is at the ex
pense of future recuperative power.
II requires three or four times a;
much medicine to secure the same
good results in patient who has made
moderate habitual use of wine or othel
liquors. as it does in the perfectly tenn
perate individual Of the same age ant
general vitality. WV
Mothers, let me make to you an earn
est appeal: The homemade wine, tn,
sweetened brandy and water, hard eide
or nice gin sling taken hot, for cold
the tempting egg n0g, or mint juleps
or fine old Jamaica rum and mOlassc
are dangerous remedies. Mixed b,
your hand, and given to your son o
daughter when they are chilly. . litti
run down or exhausted and must keel
| up. or to relieve severe attack O
pain, collie, indigestion or neuralgia
the moral and physical effect will b
doubly dangerous. Your hand. of al
others, should not be the one to max
an opening in the embankment O
habit which may flood your child's lif
with destruction or your own hear
with bitter sorrow. Cornciia Green
! in Tai0U St0ndL,