The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1889-10-09
SOME NEW FACTS.

Additional Proofs Of the Dangers Attend.
ing the Use Of Alcohol in Any of Its
Forms Is Beverage-Scientihc In
quiry.
Every scientific advance in our
knowledge of alcohol brings out more
clearly its an@sthetic and paralyzing
action on the body. The idea that
pain is abolished by alcohol dates back
to the time of Solomon, where he
makes the drunkard say: "They have
beaten me and felt it not" Then he
determines to use it deliberately to
prevent PAIN when he says: II will
seek it yet again.
This action of alcohol is one OF the
most wonderful discoveries of modern
science, in the ether, chloroformore and
choral series of drugs, now so univer-
sally used. Without doubt the field of
discovery in this direction has been
only approached, and hardly yet occu-
pied. The scientific man is literally
bewildered with the glimpses of posi-
BILE discoveries of the action of differ
emit alcohols on the body. At the
same time he is Mortified at the indis-
criminate use of all forms of alcohol
as beverages, and the positive, unmis-
taxable degenerations which it pro-
4uces on the body.
The first and most prominent action
Is to lessen the power Of the kidneys,
and other organs of the body, to throw
off the poisonous, worn-out materials
of the body. The moment alcohol is
used, the elimination of urea and car
bOnic acid Is checked, and these
poisons accumulate in the body. They
are distributed by the blood to all parts
of the system, and everywhere de-
press and lower the vital powers. The
harmony of the body is broken up,
disorder and imperfect realization OF
the senses follow. Hearing. seeing,
smelling, tasting and feeling are
lessened, and are incapable of rightly
interpreting, or recording. events Of
the world without. Like a married
dusty opera-glass, they give false i'm
pressions. The brain, depressed by
the poison of these waste matters is
like the sense, incapable of correcting
the false and exaggerated or dimin
ished and feeble impressions which i
receives, In this way the lowered
vitality from the retained poison,
goes on increasing, until the person
becomes stupid. The alcohol has me
chemically produced paralysis, and thu
victim has poisoned himself by tn,
use of drug which prevents tb,
efforts of nature to preserve ant
guard life against the dangers which
come from chemical changes within.
The continuous use of alcohol doe
. more than check the natural process
of throwing off the poisons of tn
body.
First. 1t alters the blood so as t,
make it incapable of building up an,
maintaining healthy nerve force an,
general vigor of the body. 1t is no
yet certain how this is done. On
view asserts that the blood cells ar
deprived of their oxygen and
process of suffocation takes place. o
icssened force aud capacity. Anothe
view is that when these imperfec
blood cells reach the nerve center
the protoptasm, or contents of tn
nerve cells, become contracted fror
the diminished oxidization.
Second. The use of alcohol change
the circulation of the blood and othe
fluids OF the body. This is seen in til
rapid. Irregular action of the hear
after the use Of spirits. then the slow
ing up and diminished action.
Third. Alcohol Affects nervous Il.
sue. 1t has both depressing ana