The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-15
SOME VIEWS OF DIR. KELLEY.
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..d Ipdividuai Dcveiopment-Tho Oni
Way to Produce Moderate Drinkers 1
the Roaring OF "Immuaes" Throug
Successive Gene ra tion, OF Inebriates.
An Anti alcohol Congress m ct recently at TIL
Hague at which were delegates from most o
the countries OF Europe and from America
Some Of tho delegates spoke or read learno
papers, advocating the moderate use OF alec
hol habitually. rathar than the practice OF tota
abstinence. The most prominent advocate Of
this moderate drinking was Sir Dyce Duck.
worth. honorary physician to the Prince o.
Wales and lecturer on medicine at St. Bar
tholomews Hospital. DIR. Duckworth set
forth at length his professional observation.
OF the action OF alcohol. and then stated
that It has not been proven that the moderate
use Of alcohol Is hurtful to the people OF Eu.
rope As matter OF fact. lie said. tho most
enlightened nations had made use Of alec oh Ollie
liquors. and there Is no proof that the mod
crate use OF alcohol. In conj JUNCTION with good
food. can injure the organs Of the human body
On tho contrary. there was ample proof that
such use Of alcohol Is beneficial. 1t follows.
then. that for many persons complete and con-
tinuous abstinence. from alcohol is not at all
to be commended. Such abstinence should
not DO practised for examples sale. for the
evidence now is clear that such example has
never been o success. DR.. Duckworth then
suggested q remedy for overdrinkng or In
temperance. which. he says. consists In in
structing the young as part OF their educa
ton that the moderate use Of alcohol is bene
fcial. while it's Incorporate use is harmful.
Tho Anti alcohol Congress received this
speech with derision. and CONSERVATION as
well. A dynamite bomb could not have sur
orised and disconnected the congress to n
Feater deeree. But it developed that the
English physician had powerful and numer-
bus supporters Prof. Sokvis OF Amsterdam
we OF the recog nzsd heads of the mo dical
profession OF Holland. declared that man
could not exist without Il stimulant, and in
ssted that alcohol was u good stimulant. But
he said that alcohol should be taken moder-
htely with food. md admitted that II u man
took large quantities Of alcohol without food
the consequences would DO disastrous
cety o. Eedelne' ana I DR.. smiit. are repre- re-
sentative also Of the Holland medical profess
us claimed. these inductious. Dr.. Smitz OF
Bona read paper to the same effect He.
howevSs Sontended that a'eohoii iri n WERE
them, moderately. would not cause disease.
.Aswould be expected. and as should logic
moderation. This amount was declared to be-
ono ounce and hall a day Of alcohol. which
Of Borne pronounced this standard OF modera-
ton to boa concessio to the cause OF temper
anee as distinguished from total abstinence
and declared thatif people could be induced to
limit their indulgence in alcohol to this stand
ard OF moderation it would close seven elGhths
brewertss. while It would seriously limit the
production Of the remainder:
nent physicians relating to the nationa. individ-
al;temperate. intemperate and general pllysio-
logical and pathologicsl effects Of alcohol.
crate use OF alcohol Is not hurtful 10 the peo-
pie Of Europe. He says that it has not been
and the reason is that the European nations
do not use alcohol temporarily. They use it
inss%Ussatssy as notions there Is ex
ately. there can be no proof as to what the Of
feet . national temperate use OF the article
that In European countries there is no
proof that the GLASS OF people who use alcohol
aoaSs acsh S
ton Of the quantity taken Is ever elm
encs can only be that it IS oxidzed in tho Sody
and In this manner furnishes a food force. It
moderate quantities as it is consumed By oxi-
citation 10 the body. slim ulates cell metaholism
sbso5b nutrin ent Or this use Of alcohol aids
nutrition. Experiments also seem to demon.
o g, fh1t IL any EivtP case small auansy
s:. nsas t ana xss
seia and urea Than without the alcohol 6L0'n'0
pr. Duck ana the other physicians. SO
oohol., There Is no proof that this effect Of
alcohol produces any evil effect in a. general
meaning OF this is that such use OF alcohol
viii not cause degeneration of nerves of In
generation. and that It viii I'M not cause INN naS
mi alton OF the peripheral or other nerves. To
this extent aleohoI L useful in daily life. 1t
even In relation to the food. No man. how
eyer, can find fault with the laborsr who has in
diligence; The beer will aid his disestiona and nc,
tim wh5 m
the use OF liquor to this moderate standard are
very lew In European GPuntrIes and in
who drink this much drink u
great deal more, and that those who drink less
But, while | admit all these facts. / claim
snai rasts w SS es
sssrss d;sHA $s
man may tako very Small ""n"iity OF SsR mSs
phil hIlpe daily, say one-eGh;h OF grain.
opium innbrlsty. That small quantity OF NOR
prime. taken daily hy its acton upon cell
meta eoiism; will enable Il larger amount OF
work ~ DO done on the same quantity OF food. |
L Will do almost everything that. alcohol will |
90 under the same conditions. But the man |
who takOs morphine in this manner will in !
srsase the quantity in less than month. and !
wuhin three months. Unless o guard with n |
bayohet Is standing over him and weighs out |
me morphine Tor him. he will bo tn ing three |
Or Tour grams at dose. These poisons can
not BIO taken In any quantity without causing
heir ra~poutiye inebrieties.
j.. II In very true. nS DR.. Duckworth says, that
Lhe ehlikhtened nations arc tho liIuor drink
ing nations. But the enlightened nations AFRO
not tenn Derate drinkers as nations. There is |
no such thing AS tomnernte drinking except
by small class. in any Of the On iehtenei ma
ions Our temperate class is not com posed Of
hose who habtunlly drink moisrato dUan-
ATTY. but Of those who very occasionally take a
rink. They may consume an ounce and n
,ait OF alcohol once IN three months. but not
Tally. IL. then. enliEhtenmsnt OF nation is
ius to alcohol at all 1t IS due to inebricty. and
iot to temperate drinking There is no en-.
ightened nation whose people ever limited
IS drinking to ono and half ounces daily
among its drinking classes. IL alcohol has
Iided the civilization and progre, = OF the most
nations IL has dOno SO in spite OF
Is evil effects In causing inebriety. 1t has
lone the work by Its stimulating, effects. OF, its
physiological antagonism to malarial or other
leIm polsons. or IN antagonizing the effects OF
l2d sanitation Alcohol cannot produce tho
llHheat deyelOUmsnt Df "A nution nr ,f n man |