The Tucson citizen., 1902-01-11
How Often Can One Get Drunk
Opinion Of a Close Observer.

exhaustion and debilitation caused nv
insufficient food.
When man goes out on a tear NJ
that decription, he exists solely on
the spirits he imbibes: hardly anv or
them take any nourishment in the
way or SOLID food. A cracker and a
bit or cheese, bite of salad or some
thing OF the kind. taken from a free
lunch counter has probably been the
only food taken during the drunk.
The very presence of liquor in large
quantities in the stomach utterly kills
all craving for food.
1T IL as result of this experience
that make the statement that deler
ium tremens is oftener caused hy
starvation than is by alcoholism. The
fact that a man unwittingly staryes
himself while on drunk thns giving
up all OF his stored-up physical and
nervous energy. would make il an
pear LAT IL has been excessive alcohol
which has caused his condition. while
as a matter Of fact ii has been nothing
but starvation. A man can practically
1--we for weeks on nothing but spirjts
lie small proportion Of food elements
contained In the liquor. together with
the stimulating effects Of alcohol will
keep man Awe when he would have
ordinarily have died from starvation.
In my opinion. fully one half of
the cases OF alcoholism are caused
not by the whisky or other liquors
alone, tut by the presence of eerta n
deieterious elements In the liquors
usarh 40 Ffrzf x{1
wood, and 50 on
Pure. properly aged whisky can be
/ taken 10 fully twice the amount Of the
cheap stun sold 81 The lower order of
saloons That is one of the reasons
why there are more cases ~ alcohol
Ism In the lower ciassos Those who
! drink The ten~eent whtskirs @oid in
small. cheap katoDns. feel the ELECT Of
their potauons almost three times as
quickly as do the professional and
businessmen who carefuuy shoose
their brands of liquor AMI demand
that they be gwen the best
"A topper whose tippie Is whisky
brandy or other strong spirits shawa
II in his emaeiAied Gace and body
while the man who drinke bc,r or
wines becomes eorpBient aud no sa,.
greasy aud oily
In this particular connect .a1.
may state, that a beer drnker rarely
II ever becomes the vic4u2 Of chronic
alcoholism ..e fact ths, he usuR,
drink abou, ten times as much be,r "A
the whisky lover. gives bin a great
advantage Beer contains from three
To i've per cent os alcohol. while VIII
NY, brandy and heavy liquors gyto.
tain from thirty 10 fifty per cant nf nj.
eohot
/ A queer thing in this connet fion. {,
thar cotsumpftve and other tu1er.
c1Iar Sioa ms can. apparently. drink
any amount of strong liquor withou,
deletertous effects | notice that many
Of the 'iungers' drink aeAvily and yet
apparently SHOW no signs of their ex.
cessea. In way IL may I've said To be
beneficial TO them II stimulates them
arouses their IB4eresi IN matters aud
creates 3 desire for exercise. thus TAX
ing them out lB the open sunshine
and Into the open air
'Of course a. | hsve said. liQuor
acts differently on men of different
teEnperamenis The man oI a highly
eHeitabIe. nervous orEani nation ~ijl
feel the effects Of liquor sooner. aud Il
I viii undermine has constitution far
qntcAer than in the case Of the man
OF phlegmAiie constitution