Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1888-03-23

| reject what II nnA no lurther use Tor.
| What profit is there In knowing thes,
things2 Just "a nncliaA there is IN lathe
| knowing how much work his son " able Il
do without imparing his health. II is :
foolish father who will put twice AZ mucl
work upon his son ns his hoyhood year
en- ible him to do. No less foolish il w,
man who will place mn unherahlc amount
Of work upon any organ Of the body. A
proper knowledge Uf these organs and theii
functions would enable us TO know how
much aud what kind uf food to take be-
fore 81 citing the organs tn an unbear,blt
amount uf work tU remove the unnssinli-
lated food.
N,rcotics That the Young should
know the influence VI narcotics vn the sy--
ten is VI even more Importance than Ia
know the kinds aud quantity of fuud Ia
take. No narco,ic ui which have any
knowledge II u food, aud no substance 9TH.
er than fooI should lie taken into the
stomach unless we are perfectly familiar
with its action upon the various organs.
Let us Introduce alcohol into the system
and then arraign him before the tribunal
of science and inquire what lie is aud
what lie dUes when taken into the ryalen,.
Alcohol is always the pruhuct uf fer
mentation, and fermentation is the devel-
opment Of tile formally 20 called yeas,
plant, which is now known to he the rapid
multiplication OF microscopic fruit-siigar
eating animal, called the "Torvula Cere-
visiae." Offihese torvula single yeast
cake contains more than Z 200, 900 a. d when
moistened and placed in u warm mass Of
dough, will count in one hours time 140, =
900. .0G0. Now this little animal excrets al
cohol and gives off carbonic acid gaa; the
escaping gas makes the dough perfectly
light and the heat OF the oven volatilizes
the alcohol excreied and we have light
bread free from alcohol. The air is filled
with those torvula 80 that when glucose.
grape sugar such rs is found in the JUICE
Of the grape, or any of the juices from any
of the orchard fruits, fermentation seis in,
those little animals begin TO develop IN
that juice and excrete alcoholj this Is kept
up until all the sugar il exhausted or un-
i'll the alcohol reaches l5 per cent. OF the
liquid when fermentation ceases, simply be-
cause at 10. per cent. the liquid becomes
sufficiently poison to xii 1.-The torvula which
produce il, and this same alcohol, which
poisons to death the animal which produces
ii, in half ounce doses is sufficient TO des-
troy human life;I. e. half ounce clear al
coliol taken into the stomach of healthy
man is sufficient 10 take his life. No living
thing can exist for single minute SUBJ
merged in undilnted alcohol. How does
tins alcohol effect the human system is
the question at issue. II has already been
said that the cell WAS the foundation stone
Of this Physical structure. What aicoho!
is TO the cell or animal which produces it,
il is TO the cell in the human body; what
will kill cell out of the body will kill
cell IN the body, 30 the more sensitive dI-
gestive tissues are largely protected from
its ravages.
II has been said thst little or no alcohol
is ever permitted to pass through the pllor-
ic oritice it is held IN the stomach until
taken up by the blood vessels. II It were
permitted To pass through the pylorus in
any considerable quantities il wonld come
in contact with the lacleal, they would
wither under its influence and death would
follow.
Alcohol Is not stimulant; il is an ir-
ritant, aud its action upon the system YER
i6es this statement. When u dose Of al
cohol ia taken into the stomach the vasso-
motor nerves are paralized, the blood YES
sells distended, and the sensation Of
"blush" is felt. The alcohol is quickly
taken up by the blood vessels of The stoni-
ach and, unchanged, is born 10 the liver.
The activity Of this organ il increased
for a short time under its irritating power;
this activity soon ceases and one Of two
results will soon follow, first an undue
amount of fat may he deposited in the
cells, producing what is known ss the fat
ty liver. And second, which is more fire.
quent and more dangerous, the poison ell
feet is 10 bloat the connective tissue be-
IL 4. At, -.
tue blood vessels.
This newly formed connective tissue
gradually contracts, reducing the liver
much in its size, crushing the cells ami
their secretive, excretive, and re.
productive activity; the result OF which
soon produces little ulcers and projecting
sores, disease known as the "hobnail Iiy.
er." Again the new tissue which has been
formed around the blood vessels in its
closes as it were the blood
vessels which enter the liver and dam the
blood back in the blood vessels of II
stomach; the walls OF these vessels are dis
tended, the watery part Of the blood oozes
through into the cavity OF The abdomen
and dropsy is the result.
Again the influence Of alcohol is to great
Iy increase the number OF heart beats IN
minute. In an average person the increase
would be frum about ", the normal, TO 80
Or about s per minute. We now find by
calculation that We have added to the enur.
proua amount Of work the heart has TO do
daily, more than $4,000 ioot-pound. what
have we gained by this extra amount of
work imposed upon the heart? Nolhing
at all /; If we have not shortened the time
the heart has 10 rest each day, we have in
its work to such an extent lhpt if
it does not really become iatIgued il does
become much weaker. But the question
arises here, does not The body receive addi-
tional vitality by having the tissues bathed
in this extra amount of blood driven
through them by this increased heart beai?
Tney do not.
Asst has been said before the alcohol
enters the blood unchanged. A dilntion
10 per cent. OF alcohol il suffi-
clent 10 destroy living cells; the red cor
puzzles of the blood are practically midi
vitusl cells. Now while the alcohol does
not enter the blood Ia sufficient quantities
TO destroy those cells, II withers them In
proportion 10 the amount of alcohol taken
MP by the blood this withering prevents
the corpuScles from freely taking up and
giving Oh the u-u Il amount oil oxygen, 70
that when the blood enters the lungs IL
does not return to the body fre,ghied with
its usual "monnt of oxygen, and what it
does bear is less freely given up 80 that
the TISSUES of the body loosc more than
they gain by the addition oil 8 beats TO the
minute, j. Z. we have added $4,000 foot
rounds To the work OF The heart aud at the
same lime have actually lost in nourish-
ment and vitality. In support Of this tile.
ory, or statement rather, wish 10 quole
= short passage from DIR. Lowe, published
IN The PharmaceuIical Record Of January
LIST, 1883; he says: "Alcolol may be con-
-ide.ed very valuable medicine but II Is
Injurious under any other circumstances.
As n beverage it is worse than Useless, il is
an iniary, because it precipitales "a great
de Il le1crementtlous products which should
pass out oi the system, but are prevented
and retained in the system, or the system
does not get rid Of them as il otherwise