Passaic City record., 1891-10-17

their own part or Of their ancestors. One
of the here ltary legacies of alcoholic BRAIN
poisoning is insanity. Temperance Adoo.
cate.
THE USE OF ALCOHOL AS A MEDICINE.
DR.. Crosvenor, in the Buffalo Medico
Journal, gives the following concise sum-
mary of his views respecting the medicinal
use OF alcohol
l. Grave responsibility rests upon the
medical profession in the use of alcohol as
medicine, on account of its deleterious in
fuence upon the system, and the liability of
the patient to contract the habit of using it
as beverage.
2. Alcohol being an acrid narcotic poison,
the bottle containing it should be labelled
Poison" as reminder of this characteris-
tic, and warning to handle it with care.
3. Alcohol containing none of the COM
pounds which enter into the construction of
the tissues, cannot properly be termed a It's
sue-forming food.
4. The evidence in favor of the existence
of heat-generating quality in alcohol is not
sufficient to warrant the belief that it is a
heat-producing food.
DRUNKENNESS CURED BY MAGIC.
A great deal has been said and written
about the crime of drunkenness and the
disease of drunkenness. Theorists have
drawn fine distinctions about these two
phases of the appetite for alcohol until the
non-professional man is completely puzzled.
As result of it all, however, the very dan
gerous belief is gaining ground that the
drunkard is not responsible for his condition,
and the disease theory is more generally ac-
cepted As a natural result the drunkard
cure is heralded all over the country, and
the victims of alcohol spend hundreds and
thousands of dollars chasing phantom.
Drunkenness cannot be cured by medicine,
nor by magic There is no royal road to
virtue. The man who habitually drinks to
excess has formed habit which is condi-
tion produced by repeated acts, and the only
way to break that habit is by repeated acts
in the opposite direction. That man must
become convinced of the necessity for ab-
staining; ne must resolve firmly to abstain,
and to shun the occasions of temptation; he
must obtain the grace of God through
prayer and the sacraments to enable him 10
keep thai resolution. and he will soon fe-
come sober man. A good physician = IN
help to settle his nerves. and settle hist 1T
ragged stomach, but he will do SO by we,
known, legitimate means. No physician cay
destroy the appetite for drink, because once
formed it will last forever. 1t may cease to
be importunate if it is habitually curbed,
but it will never die until its owner dies.
There is no royal road to sobriety. The
mind must be convinced the will must be
moved, the grace of God must be invoked,
the aid of good, regularly practicing physi-
clan may be sought and the sober man will
be made.-C. T. 4. NeaUs.
TEMPERANCE NEWS AND NOTES
Mexico's new tariff will make our beer
cost seventy-five cents pint in that coun-
try.
Aged Thomas Feeny dropped dead at
bar in Schuylkill Haven, Tenn, while reach
ing for glass of liquor.
Chief Justice Green, of Missouri, decided
that when saloon is open contrary to law
any person can injure its business and the
proprietor cannot recover damages.
Eighty per cent. of the crime of our coun-
try says General Eaton, is the result of in
temperance, and ninety-five per cent. of the
depraved youth are the children of drunken
and depraved households.
Petitions containing thousands of names
are constantly coming to Evanston, Ill. to
be attached to the great petition which seeks
the outlawing Of the liquor traffic and opium
trade throughout all nations. Ceylon has
sent 33, 797 signatures; Burmah, 81, 073; Can
ada, 1856.
DR.. Hugouneng, after experimenting with
wines, without exception, interfere with the
action of pepsin. Those which are most
highly charged with coioring matter, alco-
hol and cream of tartar are most hurtful.
1t is found that the acidity of new wines is
calculated to aid the action of pepsin.
ssAlcohol is chemical compound, the
product of decay. 1t is always poison,
doctors to the contrary notwithstanding. 1t
is not stimulant; IL is an irritant narcotic.
1t never increases strength, it never helps
digestion; it is not food in any sense. !"
Doctors will soon give up prescribing alcohol
in any form, just as they have given up
bleediup