Evening journal., 1899-11-07
Do DOCTORS
USE ALCOHOL? I?
Icontip.'ed From First Pase.l
caused by the excessive use Of these
drugs. do not cultivate the habt
DIR. j. PAUL LUKENS. .

drugs. do not cultivate the habit
DIR. j. PAUL LUKENs.
DR.. J. Paul Lukens says that alcohol
is'the best stimulant that can be used.
In cases OF a sudden shock, sunstroke,
pneumonia, typhoid fever and nuner-
Gus other cases where a strength giver
is necessary. whiskey Is the best tonic.
/ do not use It when it is possible to
avoid doing so.' continued DR.. Lukens,
.as the use of such remedies, admins
tered TO sick people. ofttimes proves
fatal 20 them as they acquire an appe-
tite for the alcohol and thereafter use
Il to excess As for being in the sick
room and on the sideboard, IL should
be kept as far away as possible.
CAS- to physicians using narcotics 20
excess. / know nothing OF others and
therefore speak only for myself Per-
sonally / refrain from the use of alco-
holic liquors and all narcotics as much
as possible but find that at times 1t is
necessary to use both"
DIR. JOHN c. FAHEY.
When asked for an opinion on the
assertions of Or. Hills. Dr. John c.
Fahey mayor OF Wilmington, said: "A
better remedy than alcohol can be OBJ
tained for every disease of which
know Alcohol Is a form of food al-
ready digested. since it assimilatos as
soon as 10 enters the stomach AS 70
the propriety or necessity of alcohol be-
ing on the sideboard and In the sick
room, IL is o matter of taste and not a
necessity. ! believe that a large mum
Der of physicians use alcohol. morphia
and such drugs 10 excess.
DIR. FREDERICK EXPRESSES
OPINION
There is no question about alcohol
being a good remedy in certain dis
eases. said DR. S. c. Frederick, OF
Seventh and West streets. II would not
call IL the best. but Il is an important
factor in many cases. being a food as
we'll as a stimulant In my opinion il
should be at hand in the sick room.
provided the case warranted its use. |
do not think its presence on the side
board at all necessary Alcohol should
be used as a medicine. and not MS a
beverage.
Il do not believe" concluded Dr.
Frederick emphatically. that q major
ity Of physicians use alcoholic liquors
and narcotics TO excess.
DIR. PYLE ON THE SUBJECT.
THAT Is not necessarily correct, said
Or. Joseph r. Pyle when shown the
first assertion alcohol may be the
best remedy at certain stages OF fe-
YER That would probably be the only
time II would be best lt is said to be
a good remedy for a snakes bite. Ply
sicians use alcohol in the regions where
snakes abound. Alcohol is not a food.
From a moral standpoint certainly
no, he said, on reading the third as
sertion. He said that II Is not possible
TO control all personalities and that
unfortunately, DIR. Hills assertion of
the use Of alcohol. morphia and other
drugs by physicians is only too true
A physicians life is such that these
habits are cultivated easily, the drugs
being always at his hand Probably a
greater percentage than eight or ten
are unfortunate in this respect
Dr pylo added that IL is doubtless
true that physicians who use alcohol
opium, ETC., to excess. begin for func.
tlonal and transient disturbances anO
later contract organic disease, tho DRUG
habit being a contributing cause He
thinks it possible that from eight tC
ten per cent OF the physicians use al
c0holic or narcotics 20 excess.
CAREFULLY SUMMED UP.
AfAs A. 4NAAAtf vi IdiAcf All inc Mtul
cal World, for November. says:
ll. The abuse OF alcoholic bever
ages predispOses to and aggravate.
most of the diseases found in hospitals
(2l. All alcoholic beverages an,
harmful The most noxious are thos,
containing aromatic essences, for in
stance, ahsinthe and the so-calle,
apertive or aperient bitters.
CD. Alcoholic beverages are produc
tive Of most harm when taken upon al
empty stomach, or when taken between
meals.
(4). An individual making habitua
use Of alcohol or Of various liquors. O
OF too much wine (more than one lite
daily inevitably becomes an alcoholic
even II he has never been in a state o
drunkenness.
90. Alcohol is a poison the habit
ual use of which. sooner or later. bu
nevertheless unfailingly. impairs In
structure Of organs most essential Z
life; the stomach. the liver. the kid
neys, the blood vessels. the heart an
the brain.
90. Alcohol rs an excitant. stimu
liant but not a strength producin
agent.
C0. Il does not take the place
food. II creates "A distaste for food
(S). He Who frequently drinks alcl
hol or who drinks too much wine tmoi
than liter daily Is more susceptib
TO disease. If ne becomes IN. his II
ness As always more serious. I'll
habitual drinkor is exposed to deliriu
tremens
(9). Alcohol by weakening u
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