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md assimilable form to leguminous
plants. which, in their turn. on being
plowed in, replenish hungry and poor
soils.
pardon, sir, this depression. but it
seemed SO apropos to the subject above
spoken of, l have been tempted to IN
troduce it.
To return to the question of the toxic
nature of alcohol, Sir Benjamin Ward
Md, FRS, says, In
plain words, alcohol, strictly speaking,
was a poison. If there was anything
sure in the whole domain of science II
was that specific quantity OF alconoi
would produce a specific disease OF the
tissues of the body.
In a communication to the physician
and Surgeon l. 1. Ridge. MD, says,
In the case of alcohol We nave chein-
zeal poison which produces an lnevitapie
effect in proportion to the amount inn
bibed.''
DIR. Norman Kerr, FRS, says. All
the alcohols are poisons," and TO sup
port his statement he quotes the views
Eoe the two renowned French chemists,
Drs. Thudicum and Iupre. This autnor-
ity also says, Il have no hesltatlon IL
making the deliberate statement, from
nv own professional experience (hfty
years) that more persons lives are cut
short prematurely by latent chronic al
cohol poisoning, produced by regular al
lcohol-taking in so-called moderation
Hong persisted in, than by unmistakaois
land manifest drunkenness. Chroni'
lalcohoiic poisoning is more subtle an'
linsidious form of poisoning
/ DR.. Noah Davis. of Chicago says alco
lhol ..lessens the activity of the leuco
cytes and fayors cell degeneration DOT
lin the blood and organized structures
SO true is this in regard to alcohoi, ina
our highest chemical and therapeutic au
thorities designate it as direct prolo
lplasmic poison.
The Bulletin of the American Medica
Temperance Association says Ever
, standard work on toxicology ciasslne
. alcohol with other poisons. Wooo
, man and Tidy, in their exhaustive Wor
Ion Forensic Medicine and Toxicoiogy
quote DR. Letheby as defining poiso
thus Anything which otherwise than
1.-The agency of heat or electricity Is c.
| Epable of destroying life, either by cheH
> cal action on the tissues of the booy
Inv physiological action from absorptie
into the living system These eminel
authorities further observe: 1t Will
remarked that in this definition no re
> ierence is made to the quantity OF y
drug necessary to destroy h!e,
would it be accurate to do So
e. Long Fox, MD, Oxon., FIR CT
late president of British Medical Ass
citation. abiding to certain pathoiogle
conditions. saws. These are just fe
instances of overweight brains, Tn
are demanding rest and brain nourls
iment. and in which alcohol is specia
, ~ deadly poison. Sleep is GOOD IN 81
leases. but not sleep induced by to'
agent"
In recent paper upon the .Phys
logical Chemistry of Alcohol, Henry
lrr
this poisonous action of alcohol, eV
in small doses, upon the nervous syste
Tor upon the body through Its effects
on this system, we possess mass
experimental evidence. Araep
lin a recent article, includes over .
reseorches The sum total of
the results of alcohol upon the bt
metabolism certainly incline the unpi
udiced student to agree with HoFs
o'S that total abstinence has scientinc
- SIS"
Alfred Swain Taylor, MIDI Frs,
"a. his standard work on medical jurisp
ldence. says, "a poison is a suosta
Ti- which when absorbed into the oiooo
mr. capable of seriously affecting health
~ of destroying life"
n Quain's Dictionary of Meolci
among other poisons enumerates
hol.
DR.. Adolph Flick, Professor of Phi
ologv in the University of Wurtzo
Germany, says. From an exhaus
definition we shall have to class e.
substance as poison which, on pee
ing mixed with the blood, causes
Iturbance in the function of any or
That alcohol is such substance cal
J. he doubted"
The Russian scientist, DR.. Hoppe,
- of the Commission appointed TOT
Istudy of alcoholism tlSsS-l5VU, anu
which the Russian Government mas
looted 5000 roubles to prosecute
a., work, says, in a report speaking Oh
~. hol as substance foreign to the :
A., and interfering with its natural
a. tons, "a distinction between the
ence of large and small doses Is
,or arbitrary and has no scienuhc lou
ton. Large doses were in sense
dangerous, because they gave warnin
year their injury to the body, while
. ~. doses did not Immediately show
effect, and so people were not dete
- from taking. them. 1t was necessar
declare that the abuse of alcohol
menced with it's use"
Yet once more, Mr.. Editor, may
Va before your readers. professional as
al as lay the views of learned. sue
ful physictan-Sir Dyce Duckwo
name Is known wherever medical II
lture is read and studied. He Is a
ID. LID, Edin., and F.R.C.P.,
don; Physician and Lecturer on
: cine at ST Bartholomew Hospital:
orary Physician to the Prince of
Quite recently, in passage Oh