The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-08-20
WHISKY VS.. B,,EL
what sptsi nlifi IN Dip,snapia says Of
Their Relative Elects oa the sJTtsm.

Ihoir RELATIVE E1eets % tue sytptms
ges yo'k Advzih,.
DR.. Frank Il. wadO. Of Pittsburgh,
Pa, la ono Of tho most etnircut speclGl'
lists IN dip3omania and all that pertains
TO tho driuk habit lie agrees with Dr..
6. Weir llsI.ehnIl IN thinking whisky
tho lOastinjurlous. as Will DO seen from
his appended communication, In which
no has treated tho subject in very
thorough manner:
After many years' careful study Of tho
subject In an its bearings. am firmly
convinced that, Tor reasons which l
shall give, whisky 10 tho least lnjurIou1,
and therefore the safest aud boat Of all
the alcoholic liquors for men TO use /
am perfectly we'll aware that many very
high medical authorities arc OF the
opinion that drinks containing the
smallest percentage Of alcohol. suGh as
boer aud wine, arc, Tor that reason tho
least Injurious. Doubtless this would
be true OF an equal quantity Of those
mild fluids as compared with an equal
quantity OF distilled liquor, but man
who drinks beer will take great mum
Dor Of glasses Of II In tho course Of n
dny-in some instances as many as
twenty-five or thirty, or even moro.
Tho whisky drinkcr, on the contrary,
will not take moro than three
or four Of his favorito tipplg 10 Q
day. As consequence the beer drinker
takes gFoat deal more alcohol into
bis stomach and has much larger guam.
titles Of 1t constantly In bis blood and
tissues than tho whisky drinker. The
more constantly alcohol 10 present In
tho system the moro quickly docs II
ruin the nervous system, the liver, kid
noys, bladder, blood Vcssels aud heart.
Tho man who drinks two or three
quarts OF beer or vino q day, but 10
never "nnder the influence Of liquor"
In his whole lilo, lie much moro certain
TO teol tho evil influence Of alcohol on
bic system than he who does not touch
LIQUOR for two or three months and
then gots upon "a whisky drunk,"
which lasts Tor several days or weeks.
Occasional excossoa In anything injuri-
ous lie not 60 detrimental as constant In
dulgenco.
Thon, again, by tho excessive quaint.
ty OF fluid which the heavy boot or vine
drinker takes be impososu much scverer
task upon bis kidDoya aud bladder than
docs tho drinker Of distilled liquors. II
is q statement frequently madO that II
IL not tho moderate use OF alcohol
which docs harm, hut tho abuse Of 1t.
This IL as foolish an error as II is an un.
fortunate ono. In theso United States
thousands Of people uro annually made
victims Of tho worry worst forms OF or
ganic disease simply by the moderate
but habitual uso OF alcoholic drinks,
such as bccr and light wines, contain
ing only very email percentage OF al.
cohol, and they arc people who have
never known tho slightest sensation Of
drunkenness in their whole lie and
never will.
AZ the present time tho evils INSOFAR.
able from any form Of alcoholic stimu'
lation are greatly aggravated by tho I'M
possibility Of obtaining any form OF al:
coholic drink which Is not adulterated
with the most poisonous and deletrioua
drugs. Several years ago there was or.
ganiEed in New York society for the
promotion Of moderate drinking, 1t
regarded itself as O temperance society,
though not q total abstinence one. Its
members wore pledged to drink modcr.
atoly. Recognizing tho OWLS arising
from tho adulteration Of liquors 80 uni.
yersalIy practiced, tho society waa desir'
Gus OF finding some brands Of puro
beer, which Il could advise its meln-
bcrs to drink to the exclusion Of every
otber. Accordingly, q committee ap-
pointed for that purpose procured
samples of tho most celebrated var
lcties OF boor direct from evOry prin-
cIpal brewery in tho country,
and a compcten. analytical chemist
was employed 10 analyGe them and
detect what Impurities, II any. they
contained. Tho result Of bis invostign..
lion showed that thoro IL not o drop OF
perfectly purc boer brewed in this coun.
trv. Instead OF containing ouly malt,
wator and hops, every specimon OF bect
examined was found to be adulterated
with sosln, oloea-a powerful purgatiVe,
which irritatos tho rectum and tonds
to produce hemorrhoids, picrotoxln,
peculiar bitter principle derived from
tho seeds Of cocculus lndicus, and a
poison so deadly that ave grains Of II
arc sufficient to kin tho largest and
strongest dogs-nnd many other drugs
Of an equally delotnrious and dangerona
character. Equally general and equally
dangerous adulterations GRO mado in
every form Of alcoholic beverage Of
which We havo no knowledge.
Alcoholic liquor OF any kind, even at
IFS bost and purest, cannot fall to DO In
furious 10 any ono in henlth. Itdestroys
tho brightest intellect, II dcgrndcs tho
purcst woman. 1t corrupts tho judicial
ermine, it uudermines the very founda-
tons Of government It Is the deViPs