The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1899-06-28
DOES WINE MAKE BLOoD1
That ~ Does Not, Nor Does ~
AID In the Process.

Wine Is simply n mixture OF alcohol
and water, with some havoring sub.
stance added. The proportion Of alec.
hol IL sometimes ~ low az seven ~
eight per cent, and again ss high a, ?
per cent.
Can blood he made from alcohol
This IL a very important question, aud
one on which there Is n great diversity
of opinion. Parncclsus first made use
81 pure alcohol for the preparation OF
his elixir vitae. Thousands % physi
clans to-day recommend that mothers
invalids and other feeble persons drink
wine and beer. with the idea that these
liquors make blood. Perhaps this no
ton grew out Of the similarity in colo
OF wine and blood; NJ any rate. II IL H.
red wines that are largely consumed 10.
this purpose.
hut wine cannot make blood; wins
in'erfcrcs with the bloodmaking proc
css. To he converted into blood. sub
stance must contain some Of the prop
critics Of blood. Wine does not resemble
blood; II II diluted alcohol. Hence u
cannot be converted into something sc
radically different from itself a,
blood IL.
Blood IL Just rs much flesh ms any
other part OF the body; II it liquid It's
sue; IL il liquid flesh; II is a vitalized
fluid, and is rs much alive rs the brain
or n nerve.
Alcohol IL lifelcss, consequently Il
cannot be changed into blood. Moth
ing but good food-fruits, grains and
nuts-can make pure blood These
foods become blood through digestion.
Let MS test II, Suppose a man eats
bread, apples and potatoes one day.
and the next day you examine him;
you find none Of these substances.
They have been dissolved. converted
into blood and organized into tissue.
On the other hand, " you should dis
sect this man, and discover bread, APP
pies and potatoes Ia his muscles, you
would rightly conclude that that food
had not made blood and tissue.
This II precisely what happens when
alcohol IL taken into the system. EN-
aminations OF men who have drunk al
cohol have revealed the liquor in the
brain, liver and muscles: indeed. the
whole body was saturated with alcohol
as sponge with water. The poison has
been detected in the Precipitation and
In the sccrctions 81 the kidneys. by
dlstilllng the breath Of such persons il
has been possible 20 obtain the alcohol
again. So alcohol docs not make blood
and tissue.
Another natural question Is: Can il
be used In any other way for the benefit
OF the body? Investigations have an
swcred this in the negative. We have
devised an instrument by which we
can determine just how long il takes a
man 10 see, and experiments with IL
have shown that il takes person
longer Co see the letter 4. for instance.
after taking alcohol than before. Not
only does alcohol render mans sight
less keen. but Il retards all his other
sensibilitics.
We have experimental 20 find ont the
effect Of liquor on digestion. by giving
n young man n test breakfast To which
four ounces Of simple clarct OF wine
had been added. As n consequence, his
record was down in the "hypo" terri
tory. Then he was given two ounces
Of brandy with his test breakfast, and
the record showed almost apepsia, OF
no digestion whatever. This agrees
with the experiments Of Sir William
Roberts, an eminent English physiolo.
gist. He put food into test tube and
added a little hydrochioric acid and
pepsin, making an artificial gastric
juice. Next he tried alcohol with the
test breakfast, also tea and coffee and
various allied substances. His conclu.
sion was that alcohol certainly does in.
terfcre with digestion.-Go IIealth.