The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-07-10
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what j. the latest teaching % scienc,
IS g. slcohoi being food or = Substitute
tor food IN health. ia sickness 2" WAS ia,
question which DR.. Nathan n Davis. o.
,nics-o. Who has been called "ths
apostle ~ medical iempeface.' answered
a. the editiraiion Of very lsrge audience
sunday morning in one 81 the Washing.
ton City churches. The doctor firsl
spoke OF the large sum Of money abso.
lutely wasted every year in the purchase
of intoxicating drinks. which side OF The
question he sail had been fully dis.
snssed by the political economist, while
its deicterious moral effect upon society
At large was continually being shown b,
the wide-awake cirrgyfnen. "But,' said
the speaker, the great barrier In The
way Of the Abandonment OF the use OF
alcoholic stimuiants Il found In tho or.
roneons education Of the people a. 10 the
effects Of alcohol upon the sys,em In sick
ness aud in health"
He then proceeded to chow from 4
series Of careful. direct. scientific expert
snents. which had been conducted by the
snost eminent medical authorities In this
country and Europe, the exact detrimeDt
that alcohol, no matter how taken, 10 10
tho human system. making 1t liable 70
such dreaded Affections as psrsIy sis. apo
plexy, structural disease OF the kidney
and liver, and Brighs's diesse, which every
year kills thoussnds Of the moderate
drinkers, not TO mention hsbitual drunk
ards.
he then took mp statistics prepared
BY life insurance companies and others.
and demonstrated that the man who
hs0itualiy interfered with the intricate
PROGRESSES OF nutrition OF bic system by
drinking any alcoholic preparation was
more liable 70 attacks Of sickness Of eli
kinds than those who do not take the
poison, and that they suffer consequent
loss OF time from their work 10 the det-
riment OF themselves and their families
10 then presented some labor statistics.
the result Of examination ofa large num-
Der Of laborers in particular occupations
which proved that 10 some cases OF men
working side BY side. some total abstain
era and some taking their regular rstious
OF moderate alcoholic liquors usually
beer-that the ability for work Wa
greater IN the abstsiner and the ratio Of
mortality much less. The same thing
WAS shown Of soldiers In the deld BY
statistics relating 10 the revolutionary
war, the British soldiers 10 India, and the
civil war in this country. In no field oil
labor, Of which record has been kept,
has IL failed 10 be shown that total 3D.
stainers present smaller percentage oil
sickness acd death than those Who'll
drink, be Il ever so moderately.
DR. Davis showed the absurdity Of the
belief entertained BY some people that
alcohol In some cases proves beneficial
20 the nervous system. lie said that In
stead Of stimulating, strengthening, orI
supporting. the use Of alcohol simply d. |
minishes the consciousness OF the patient
bis or Der condition. just as
chlorcsorm or any other aneslhetic|
would do. Iustesd Of warming the pa
tient It simply diminishes his conscious
ness Of cold. In conclusion the doctor
said: "Alcohoi can act neither a. tonic i
nor . supporting agent In disease. Ill
certainly and surely lessons all nervous
force and vigor.'
DR.. Davis has earned warm place In
the hearts Of Washington temperance
people, for il was he that originated
what promises 70 be one Of the most Ear
and effective movements for to-
tai abstinence Of the age-the American
Medical Temperance Association, which
was organized here last week by physi-
clans who were in attendance upon the |
annual meeting Of tho American Medi-l
cal Association, the objects Of which are
to advance the practice OF total absti-
fession. and to promote investigation asl