The Anaconda standard., 1898-01-09
At LAST We HAVE THE
ANT|-TOX|N OF SOBR|ETY
Thousands of Hereditary Drunkards Rescued From Alco
hosm Through the Horse
Remarkable Discovery of Californian Which Solves a
Problem Hitherto a Hopeless Puzzle.

called to them to be understood and
proved.
Under this classification | find no
more universal irritant than alcohol
It's relation TO offspring is SO close that
we have to recognize that it Is not
merely a chronic but an acute aico-
hole condition, directly transmitted to
the succeeding generation. This state
ment is rather sweeping, and demands
qualification. The tissues of the chron-
ic drunk parents are at no time free
from the action of alcohol and this
condition finds its expression in an alb
solutely modified condition of the off
spring. which presents peculiarities
which have led To mistaken conclusions.
1T is popularity supposed that a dis
ease must of necessity beget its kind.
This is only in measure true, and no
where do we see il better exemplified
than in the case of the offspring of the
chronic drunkard. In such cases we
find most commonly Il degeneration or
lowering of type-a subnormal func-
tional activity, so to speak. is predom-
inant. 1t is almost impossible that this
should not be emphasized upon some
particular system, such as the nervous.
the digestive, or the circulatory; and
in many cases we have to recognize
that tnis is simply an eNaggeration of
the underlying condition. Thus we find
that many of the conditions of child
hood which are popuiarly-and some
times ssonaliy-classed under
some such high h-sounding title as
atrophy' or 'nlafasmns.' are really tie
resultant of an alcoholic condition
which has been transmitted. Thus we
must recognize a large class Of alco-
holic brain diseases which can at no
time be successfully Interpreted, much
/ less treated, unless we recognize the
transmitted pecularities. This state
ment is further supported by actual
nf "a in
nationalities through the preponder-
ance of alcoholic transmission has af
fected offspring to such an extent that
the population has shown a decided
decrease within the last decade.
Following up these lines for many
years, my constant aim has been to dis
cover. il possible some means by which
this alcoholic heredity could be sue
eessfully combatted. As the result of
frequent and long continued expert
mentation. | have satisfied myself that
it is the blood itself that is most pro-
foundly affected. These experiments
consisted in the induction of an artfi-
cial alcoholism in horses. which re-
suited in q modification of blood exact
1 ly similar 10 that found in the blood Of
the human drunkard. The old saying
| that blood will always tell is literally
/ true. An alcoholic blood soaked parent
] produces an alcoholic blood tainted
/ cni1d. This is the way we may utilize
the arJificially alcoholzed blood as a
! medium for neutralizing the alcoholic
I taint in the offspring.
Results have proved the correctness
| of this theory. While science IL un-
able TO analyZe step by step, the in
duced conditions which lead to this re-
suit, we are in the meantime absolute-
| ly satisfied with the success Of the
| treatment We know what vaccine has
done towards the modification Of small
| pox; but up to the present we have