The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-12-11

What Shall be The Next Step 10 The Abo.
ltios sf the Drisk Traffic BY The
Medical Proiesslosl

VuSOuS0s uOuSDosVos
"Hast thou no healing medicines?"-
Jer. 30-l3.
DR.. Holmes has said that il the
contents Of our drug stores we're
taken olt upon the ocean and
thrown overheard il would be bet
ter for the human race but worse
for the fishee.
II has been clearly proved b,
scientific experiments that there IL
no healing power in alcohol, even
though the discoverers Of this liquid
extract thought and proclaimed
that they bad at last found q psna-
ces, or . cure all, for every i'll that
desh was heir to or afflicted with.
That alcohol is . poison We
scarcely need be told At this stage
OF w. c. T. U. development, and
\ from . scientific view a. we'll -
from . Christian standpoint. A
| prominent physician defines . poi.
son to be - substance, in what
ever form it may be. which whom
applied 10 q living surface, discon-
ceEts and disturbs LIES healthy
movements. Such 10 alcohol.
Such in al its forms, mix il with
what ever you may.
In the wonderful make up Of our
bodies arc cells, 6bers and huide.
The cell is the most important
structure in the living body. Life
resides IN the cell. The mater
which forms the mass Of . cell ie
called protoplasm or bioplasm, and
resembles the white Of an egg.
Bioplssm d living matter. Il 10
structureless, semi.fuid, transpar.
ent and colorless. Il 10 the only
matter that can grow, move, divide
itself and multiply; the only mat.
tor that can take up food and con-
vert it into ito own substance, and
the only matter that can b nour.'
ished. The bioplasm 10 the cell
gets its nourishment by drawing 10
| ia food through the cell wall, and
and in that way building ur the
Horned material while II 10 being
disintegratsd on the outer surface.
The body is kept in repair BY this
living matter, and al the functions
Of the body are but the result Of its
action.
Under the microscope W may
see, whom bioplasm 10 immersed 10
. harmless stimulant solution, the
activity il increased, Il moves fast.
or, takes up more food and divides
more rapidly than in an unstimula-
ted condition. But il an astringent
be added il moves moro slowly, and
soon contracts into spherical shape
and remains contracted, or may
move slowly 70 . limited extent 90.
cording 70 the strength Of the etring.
snt aolution. Then add . relaxsnt,
and gradually the living matter b.
gins 70 spread in al directions, 10 .
laxy.like manner and becomes %
thin q to be almost indiscsrnible,
and takes up very little II any food.
Alcohol il ironically called .
stimulant, but il We dse . weak 20
luton Of Il, almost instantly the
living matter contracts into . ball.
like mass, and w may conclude
that alcohol 10 an astringent. II
We now use the same harmless
stimulant % belors, which caused
lie 70 move faster. etc., Il makes no
impression; il does not move; Il 10
dead matter.
So we see that alcohol destroys
the very life forcs that alone keeps
the body In repair. This can b
more clearly Demonstrated By i'm.
me,sine the white Of an eeg (Which
consists Of albumen, aud is very
simular to bioplasm) In alcohol:
Notice it turn white, coagulate and
harden.