The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1897-05-05
1NTox1cANTs AND THE SICK.

AS to the use OF alcohol IN common coldS,
plenty OF hot water, both internally and ex-
ternally, Is safer and far more effective. il
In collapse or the low forms Of fever stimu.
monia are far better than alcohol. II you
need tonic. Peruvian bark or some OF its
slkaloids are more reliable. s.
In reference to pneumonia and typho1d
fever, 1t is better to use nothing than alco-
holics. Their employment here Is positively
hurtful, and, weI can not doubt, has cost
many patient his life. 4I..IlI
In regard to pneumonia, Il is now well
established that with alcohol In the blood
less oxygen Is carried from the pulmonary
to the systematic capillaries, or, IN other
words, the oxygenation OF the blood ts less
ened by It when 1t ought to be increased. It
also lessons the molecular changes In the
tissue cells, and thus retards those processes
which are essential to the re-establishment
OF health. ~
With reference to typhoid fever the ad-i
ministration Of spirituous liquors is abso-
lutely dangerous. Any physician can easily
demonstrate the superiority OF the non-alco-
holic plan in these cases BY trial, without
danger and with absolute benefit to his pa
tients. We have yet to learn OF one who has
made fair and faithful trial the non-alco-
holic treatment in typhoid fever who 70.
worthy OF t5s attention OF our alcoholic
friends and the public generally: In q nom
alcoholic hospital at Chicago the actual ratio
of mortality for the whole number OF cases
of typhoid fever treated, more than one
thousand, was five per cent, or one In twenty
cases, while in the reports Of the principal
hospitals Of Europe and America In which
alcoholic liquors are freely used In the trelati
ment Of typhoid fever, the ratio OF morta ftJ
is from sixteen to twenty-five per cent, OF
one death in from four to seven cases.
Sacred Heart Review.
HENRY W. GRADY ON THE WHISKY TRAFFIC.
A subscriber to the Rams Horn In Atlanta,
Ca. kindly sends that paper the following
true and brave words from the great orator
and editor: .,%
Tonight it enters an humble home ia
strike the roses from a woman's cheek and
tomorrow 1t challenges this Republic In ths
halls OF Congress.
Tonight it strikes crust from the lips Of
a starving child and tomorrow levles tribute
from the Government itself RI
1t deles the law when 1t cannot coerca
suffrage.
1t is flexible to cajole, but merciless in vic,
tory. -
It comes to ruin, and it profits mainly BY
the ruin OF your son and mine.
1t comes to change the wife's love into
despair and her pride into shame.
1t comes to still the laughter on the lips q
little children.
It comes 10 stif1e all the music ofthe home
and fill 1t with silence and desolation:
II comes to ruin your body and mind, to
wreck your home, and 1t knows it must
measure its prosperity by the swiftness and
certainty with which It wrecks this world:
It is the mortal enemy Of peace and order,
the despoiler Of men and terror OF women,
the cloud that shadows the face OF children,
the demon that has dug more graves and
sent more souls unshrived to judgment than
ell the pestiences that have wasted lie since
God sent the plaques to Egypt. and all WARE
since Joshua stood beyond Jericho. ~.