The Irish standard., 1890-02-15
4 EVIL EFFEOTs OF ALI 0HOL.
An Able Paper Read Bv Dr.. Gillette to
the ST. Paul Crusaders.

An Able Paper Read BY Dr.. Gillette to.
the st. Paul Crusaders.
AT the last fegn1tr bi-weekly entertain
ment given by the Crusaders Z. A. soc'~
ety. at Cr4iin hail., Sunday afternoon,
February 2nd, the following interesting
paper was read by DR.. A j. Gillette, en-
titled "The Effects of Al>onol on the
Human System He said
| / infer from former addresses that [
am to speak to you upon the physical eff
fects Of alcohol. T., create dividing
line between the moral and physical
effects is the most difficult part to do, for
The physical effects seem to blend right
| into the moral, sort of dove failing
! process; in fact, believe I can prove by
physiological process that they are both
direct effects of alcohol on the system.
Alcohol causes first complete physical
change, and complete physical change
must Of necessity cause complete moral
change. You know how great change
occurs in the natural progress of lite
from childhood to manhood-a physical,
| moral ohange--a physical and moral
growth. On tbs contrary, alcohol, as l
shall attempt to show, causes real
CHANGE IN THE tissue,
80 that when you carefully investigate the
| form Of q once TEN rerate man now sat1ra-
ted with alcoht he is truly "buta shadow
of his former sell" II you apply AGO.
hol to the skin and do not allow it to
evaporate it will cause zeal indamna-
| ton, swelling, tenderness, a redness.
II this is fact when applied to the skin,
which you know is we'll accustomed to
sudden CT anges Of heat and cold, i'm
agine it's effects upon the internal mem
branes OF the body. When applied to
| the tongue it immediately-berause OF
! its great affinity for vat r-ga,hers all
! the watery portions OF the saliva leaving
the lips parched and dry. We know
that about two-thirds OF the blood in the
body is water, and, as you already know,
blood is the nutritious part of the sys
tenn, and the watery portion OF the blood
is what keeps the nutritious
PORTION IN SOLUTION,
thus enabling the circulatory system to
carry tn 8 material to the portion Of the
b; dy which r. quires fAod. You can at
once See what bankrupt condition the
poor body is in when the sot is saturated
with whi~key. You may say: But
you are giving us the effects of alcohol
when taken in large doses" am only
dealing with fao}s to day, not "ifs' nor
ssands.' You know SIS we'll as do what
the end is if you ever touched this dam
nable stuff. I have told you what occurs
as soon as the alcohol touches the tongue
and lips. 1t has the same effect upon
the throat, and more when it reaches the
stomach, for it not only inhames the
stomach walls, but here it again takes
up the watery portions Of the gastric
juices, produces an usual flow Of this
fluid, interferes with digestion,
CAUSES A CHRONIC,
or what is known to the physician, an
alcoholic inflammation of he stomach,
which is aim st an incurable disease. aud
incurahle unless the patient abstains
from the use of alcohol. After it has
ruined the main organ of digestion, the
next vital portion Of the human economy
it attacks is the liver, causing almost
complete change in the liver cells, until
finally this organ becomes smaller and
hardened and its funct ons are destroyed.
1t also interferes with the functions of
the intestnes. The kidneys also
obligt d to succumb to the deadly foe.
and !, SO the power to carry on the
work for which the everwise Creator
intended them. Experi,nenters all agree
in this, that not more than Is per cent
of the alcohol taken can be found in the
ezcreta; the greater portion disappears
in the system, save a small per cent
which the
LUNGS THROW OUT,
and when you happen to be so unfor-
tunate as to collide with the breath Of
an individual which smells Of liquor, re.
member this, the alcohol which you de-
tect has been the rounds of the body by
way of the circulatory system, and when
the blood reaches the lungs to be puri
fed. 1t is then you get the odor of
whiskey. You see how the stomach,
liver, intestines and kidneys are affected.
A greater change occurs in the great
organ of life, the heart. Tue heart lisa
organ, powerfully and delicate
ly arranged, yet very sympa hetic, aud
the slightest deviation from the normal
of any portion of our system, be as re-
mote as it may, will cause decided and
sudden change in the heart. It this is
true you can plainly see what condition
it must be in after the radical change