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food. What does nature say as to the,
relation of alcohol to the human body?
Focd is required to supply two great
wants of the tody. The first great
want of the body is material for its cob
structi0n; the second is fuel to main
tain its temperature. The simplest ac-
ton we can perform, even a thought
passing through the mind, occasions
the wearing AWAY Of some tissue of the
body. Tie bcdy is Icing constantly
WORN down and must be constantly
built up. This process can go on only
when the body is kept at its natural
Temperature of about oS degrees. Ma
tGre supplies the two wants by prqvfsf-
ing two kinds of food. The one kin1
is called nitrcgeEcIis, and supplies alr
the substances of which the body is
composed. The other kind is called
noii-nitrCgenous or respiratory foOds,
which are burnt up in the body To fnaiIi-
tain its temperature. The egg is type
OF all the food in nature. The white.
or albumen, is the material for building;
tn yelk is the fuel for warmth. The
body has one other want. 1t requires
a solvent by which the food can he IL
quefed and carried to every part of the
body. For this purpose nature sup
plies but one fiuid, and that is water.
Now. nature having supplied these
two kinds of food for these two wants
how can they be made available for the
bOdy's use? The answer is, "TheY
must all lie converted into blood" No
food can he used in the body, either
for building up its structure or main
tanning its temperature till it has been
converted into bleed. Bearing this
fact in mind, we shall pc prepared to
judge whether alcohol can be of use in
sustaining the human body.
Carbonate of lime and chloride of
sodium common salt are constituent
parts of the blood, and become part of
the substance Of the body. They are.
therefore, foods. Arsenic is not con-
stitnent of the blood, and can never
become part of the body. Therefore it
is not food. Alcohol is just as truly
as arsenic a foreign substance, which can
never Ice changed into blood nor become
a part of the body. In support Of this
the highest medical authorities may be-
quoted.
DR.. Edward Smith, FIR. S. (Eng.):
''Alcohol is not true foCd, and it
neither warns nor sustains the body
by the clements of viii, h it is COM
posed.
Lieiig: Beer, wine, spirits. etc.
furnish no element capable Of entering
into the composition of HE blood, mIs--
ciilar fibre. or any part which is the seat
OF the vital principle.''
DR.. I. X. Chambers: 1T is clear
that we must cease TO regard alcohol
as i'll any sense an element, iEasmuch
as 1t goes out as it goes in. and does
not. so far as we know. leave any of
its substance behind it.''
Many such testimonies from high
scientific authorities may be quoted to
prove that alcohol is Il substance en-
tirely foreign TO the human BODY, and
can never become Il constituent part
of it. Therefore, the idea Of uourish-'
ing or building up the body with aIco--
iol is IL pure de.usion. Various parts
of the hody require starch, sugar. lime
or iron, but Ho part ever requires al
cohol. To dream If building up the
body with alcohol is as irrational rs tn
attempt t. build a brick house with p
smoke. y further revelation of sci
eBcr, the result Of most careful obser-
walton ard experiment, is the follow
ing:
The action of alcohol IN the human
system is invariably that of disturb
er and destroyer.
There is no part of the body that it,
does not injure 1t Influences every
membrane. it irritates every tissue,
and deadens every nerve. IL also
affects the chemical composition of the
blood and other fluids, NEST serious
matter. 1t precipitates the repsin of
the gastric juice. and it Injuries the
corpucles in the blood. Unlike fcod,'
which builds mp, alcohol always pulls
down. 1t burns and DESTROYS every
structure with which it comes in con-
tact. 1t also interferes With the
healthy performance of every function
its presence every where in the body
causing excitement and necessitating,
extra work i'll every organ fer its ex-
puision. 1t passes ont of the system
as it went in; but its passage through
the system calls Tor increased action
of the heart and other organs, and
this increased action to expel the poi
son is fatally mistaken for increased
While it irritates and destroys. alec
hol also prevents the creation of new.
blood and the proper assimilation of
food 1t also retains in the system
the waste matter that nature world
expel, thus preventing thnse chances
on which the health and life Of the
body depend.
In support of every ole # these
Statements the opinions of the highest
medical and scientific authorities may
be quoted. Let me briefly present the
contrast which science establishes he
tween food and alcohol:
Food is changed into blood and
nsed TO bailf mp the hody; alcohol
never is. Foods. such rs oils and
sugars warm the isody: alcohol rrver
does. For the circulation Y which
tie prepared food j. carried to every
Dart-nf the system. water is ABSOLUTELY
ner essars: alcohol for this purpose Is
not oniy injurious but positively fatal.
Healthy elimination If efe;e matter
is promoted by exercise: il is retarded
by alcnhol. And alcohol never restores
like rest or sleep. On entering the
stomach unslergoes none of the pro-
cesses to which food is subjected. hnt
n ifs IN med teIy TO the nei vnns CEN
tres ard the afain. and BY deaden;ng
the nervous sensations, induces those
deiusive feelings of warmth and
strength that are really lessered SER
safions of cold and fati~ne..
The SUPPOSED beneficial results of
alcohol are m-tters Of gEessworis.
That it is bstance foreign TO he
human body. :Ti1 always acts IS a