Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1891-04-13


question and after reading some Of the best
published essays and arguments then writ
tn On both sisses, 1 came 70 this c1n:su-
sion Alcohol - is exists and 10 used
today 10 an Injury to the sscs.' And l
will give yoa some Of the testimony that
based my opinion upon. Old, thsy msy
say, bcs I ssk has il ever been disputed
successfully: II il hiss would like proof
Of IL. .iA give - one authority, the eel
sbrsssd DR.. Cafpenssr Of London one Of
the nsost learned Of medical men and per-
hsps the best authority upon this subject
ia the world. Ga the general inutilisy Of
slconoiie beverages DR.. Carpenter 10 prob
ably shs highest suthorisy We nov have.
A physician OF eminence, Fell
low OF the Roysl Society, Fell
law Of the Geological Society,
examiner In phTsioiogy in the University Of
Loadon, and professor of medical juris-
prudence Ia University College, his rep
utasion had been established on both sides
Of the Atlantic BY his most valuable works
on Humane Physiology and oy various
other writings. When ii became known
that DR.. Carpenter was one OF the fifteen
competitors for Q prizs OF one hundred
suiness for the best essay on the use Of
alcoholic liquors in health and diseases the
b CHEST expectations were cherished in re-
gard to bis success. The prize was award
cd to him by . committee Of no less dis
tinguished persons than DR.. John Forbes,
2 K. s.. physician to the Queens house
hold; Prince Albert and Duke Of Cam
bridge; DR.. G. L. Raupall, F. X. s., physi-
ply stefan to St. Bartholomew Hoe
pitAl; DR.. w. A. Gay; DR.. N. B.
Csntal Professor Of Forensic Medl-
eiae, Kings College, London. This 10
the array Of talent that endorsed it by CIV
ing DR.. Carpenter the prize, and It 10 be
VINO says that ''the capacity Of the healthy
human system is sufficient to sustain Is
much bodily or mental labor Is it can be
leg!timasely called upon TO perform; and
its power Of resisting the ex ;remes Of heat
ard cold as we'll as other depressing agen-
ciss are not Augmented By the use Of alco- |
holic liquors; but on the other hand their
use tends positively to the impairment Of
tia, capacity" II alcohol arrests disinte- |
grafton Of tissue, must it not to the same
extent, arrest the evolution Of force? There |
is no power, motion, or even thought
evolved according to the
later teachings Of philosophy without
both indignation and disintegration Of tissue. |
Power which is only life under another
name is receivable essentially into progress
sion. Tissue preserved by alcohol. would |
not be living. but picked tissue, and
picked tissue evolves no force. Alcohol |
preserves, keep, it as it was, and of tissue |
no use can be made as long ~ there is no |
action, No force is evolved, no benefit
derived from that which was designed to be |
ID tn Avn. nd 1n In Ak,al
human frame and mind" You cannot de. |
ceive nature.
DR.. Carpenter also endorses the following |
certificate signed by upwards Of two thous |
and of the leading physicians and surgeons
of England: 1--WE, the undersigned, are of |
opinion LIST: That very large proportion |
of human misery including poverty |
disease and crime is induced by the use
of alcoholic or fermented liquors as bev-
ecage. End: That the most perfect health
ia compatible with total abstinence from all
such intoxicating beverages whether in the |
form of ardent spirits, etc, etc. 3fd That
persons accustomed to such drinks may
with perfect safety, discontinue them
entirely either at once or gradually after .
short time. 4th That total and universal
abstinence from alcoholic beverages Of all
sorts would greatly contribute to the health,
the prosperity, the morality and happiness
Of the human race"
There you have the best medical su-
thority in England. 1t may have changed
somewhat but only to grow stronger, and in
the light of medical research and discovery
of the present there can only be one trend to
the answer and that will be to grow more
outspoken and positive.
Il has been said that there is no value
aside from human life. Whether that be 90
or not this is true, that the highest aim of
existence is to preserve human life, and to
give to that human life at dwelling place
in which it can Develop the greatest amount
of good and happiness to itself; and also
that human life is beset with vast amount
Of ills. All the ills that are known to sci
euce are attached to human life, aud he
who removes one Of these ills and thus
lessens the burden Of life, has bestowed q
blessing upon humanity.
Now in order for man to be most health
full and thereby be most useful and happy
it is necessary for him to have all the vital
and life giving functions of his system in
harmony and able and ready at all times to
C contribute their full share to the wear aud
tear Of the vital energies. Schuruling
German philosopher has bsen experiment.
ing as to the amount of carbolic acid
exhaed from the lungs with this result
A man thirty years Of age in repose
exhaled twelve grammes per hour; in
active exercise. t~snty-four grammes per
hour. A tippler throws out but seven
grsmmes in repose and eleven in exercise.
The drunkFd's carbon is retained and
burns up his vital organs. Thus you see
hat by actual experiment alcohol arrests
the action of the organs and by thus arrest
ing it they do not perform their whole duty.
The very thing they were to intended to
protec. is By their use destroyed.
Now, why Introduce into the system, in
such manner as to act upon the system
in ever so smsll degree or minutis. when
the whole tend and tendency Of the thing
is to act in the opposite from Whist you wish
10 establish. IL we have no better remedy,
let the medical fraternity find one.
But believe there is and it is known too.
1t is only that small quantity of alcohol
used for medicine and the arts thAt DR..
Croker and Mr.. Partridge contend for.
Surely they never would contend for it as .
beverage, aud so will ask DR.. Croker to
specify in the practice Of mis- profession
when it is absolutely necessary and just
when nothing else now known will do Just
as well. ABEL DAVIS.
PrrrsFrELD. April .. 1891.