The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1901-07-09
Correspondence.
DANGER TO LAITY.

. perudiate Professor Atwater's The
- - Food Value For Alcohol-Testimony
Tb.+ 4be Text-Books Are Accurate.
~ The Progressive Farmer.
The American Medical Assoc1a-
tion has just held its annual meet
i1o IN st Paul, MINI. During its
$1,000 the American Medical Tenn
Dorance Association composed of
eminent physicians and teachers in
wodio. colleges, members of the
1.o-iosn Medical Association, al
wavs holds one or more meetings for
tbe special purpose of promoting
-io,+ifo study and investigation
- 4bo action of alchohOl in health
ord disease. The meeting this year
shows a great advance In the SOL
ontifo study of alchohOl and it's
action on the body. In the ten years
of it's existence it's membership has
grovn to over two hundred, and the
number of papers and discussions
all of a scientific and technical char
aoter are increasing, so that liter
orally this is the most authoritative
organization studying the alcoholic
question in this country. Of the
tan papers read at the st. Paul meet
inc. three of them discussed Pro
lessor Atwater's experiments and
conclusions, after which the follow
ing resolutions were adopted as the
unanimous opinion of the Associa-
ton:
'sWHEREAs, The American Medical
Temperance Association, the mem
bers of which are physicians and
medical terchers who have devoted
years to the study of alcohol and it's
effects, and who are c~onversant with
the work done by scientific men the
world over to determine the effects
of alcohol when given in any guam
tity, have noted the teaching of
Prof. w. o. Atwater, of Wesleyan
University, upon the food and medi-
cal value of alcohol as set forth by
him in the pages of the influential
lay press, be it
"ResOLred, That this Association
utterly repudiates the prO-alcohOlic
doctrine of the said Professor w. O.
Atwater as being contrary to the
evidence deduced by scientific exper-
i~mentatiOn, and that his conclusions
are unwarranted by the evidence re-
sulting from his own experiments.
Be it further resolved
SO. That this Association regards
the teaching of Professor w. o. At
water as erroneous, and Il source of
danger to the laity insomuch as such
teaching contributes towards the in
creased consumption OF alcoholic
beverages by giving supposed rea-
son for their safe use"
(Signed)
n. S. DAVIS, M. D.,
President, Chicago, Ill.
T. D. CROTHERs, NJ. D.,
Secretary, Hartford, Conn.
Two other papers pointed out the
evils from the use of cigarettes and
tobacco on ~neUrotics and young per-
sons. One paper critically reviewed
the school-book teachings of alcohol,
sustaining their claim to scientific
accuracy in nearly all the books
used.
The address of both the President
and the vice president described the
folly of efforts to check disease and
d~egeneTacy by ignoring u cOhOl as
one of the active causes, also the
conflict of experience with theory
and tradition. The other papers
read discussed the causes of the pop
ularity of alcohol as a beverage, and
it's danger in high attitudes also
the substitutes for its use in medi-
cine.
The value a"d reliability of these
papers is evident from the fact that
eight Of the ten authors are active
OF emeritus professors in medical
colleges. Four of them are medical
journalists, two of whom are in &C
tive practice. 7. d. G.
POLITICAL sTRAWs.
Mr.. Bryan, like Mr.. Mckinley, has
refused a third term, It i true that
Sir. Bryan has not enjoyed the hon
nrs OF Condiments OF the Cffice. but