The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1904-03-23

Imbibes Is SLOWLY But surely Under.
mining His Constitution-strong Liq.
uor Aggravates All Acute Diseases.
A very common thing It is to meet map
who reasons like this:
II am not habitual, but a moderate
drnker. No one ever saw me drunk, AND
vet ! drink every day" And he says:
What harm Of it? Can you see anything
the matter with me?"
He would seem to have the advantage Of
YOU. You cannot see anything wrong with
him. As the outward appearances 60 the
case is against you. The man appears to be
all right But wait.
In the man who comes ont into the
street after a protracted debauch the ef
fects of the whisky he has been pouring
down his throat are so visible that even
the little children notice them.
He may not be drunk II may have
been hours since he touched q drop. but
any one can see that his physical system
had received a severe shock and is in
very dlapidated condition.
In the moderate drinker these signs are
not visible, but the alcohol which he daily
imbibes is doing its work and slowly but
surely his constitution is being undermined
Now and then we run across some old
man who is hale and hearty. notwithstand
ing the fact that he has been a moderate
drinker all his life.
But no one will think OF denying the fact
that this old man is an exception very
rare exception.
Many old men who. Notwithstanding the
fact that they are old. should be hale and
hearty, are suffering from the ailments
born of the drink habit to which, in thelI
earlier days. they were enslaved.
In the ''rheum, the dry serpigo and the
gout" which rack their frames, make their
bones ache and render miserable and
IL,
be so full OF peace and beauty, they are
reaping the fruits OF their harmless mod
crate drinking.
Some few months ago we made reference
to the report by NJ. Mesureur, Director oi
the Department of Charities. Paris, upon
the results of alcoholism i'll France.
The report was no sooner made public
than the French liquor dealers were up ~
arms against it. Indignation meetings
were held. The mails were flooded with
all sorts OF protests against the truth OF
Mesureur's claim that alcoholism was
lowly but surely destroying the French
people
The discussion at last became so heated
that the Government took It upon Itself to
subject the offensive report to a careful
scrutiny, with the result that it was con
frmed in every particular.
We quote from a poster. issued by the
."Investigation Council for Promoting the
Public Welfare and now displayed oil
over France:
Alcoholism is the chronic poisoning re.
sultiug from the constant use of alcohol
even If this does not produce drunkenness
1T Is an error to say that alcohol Is
necessity to the man who has to do hard
work or that it restores strength.
The artificial stimulation which it pro
duces soon gives way to exhaustion and
nervous depression. Alcohol is good for
nnhNJy- lint yt,nrl-S harm, ..,o oN.artbndt
alcoholism produces the most varied
and fatal diseases of the stomach and liver,
paralysis. dropsy and madness. 1t Is one
of the most frequent causes of tuberculosis
Lastly, it aggravates and enhances all
acute diseases, typhus pneumonia. eryslpe'
las. These diseases only attack a sober
man IN a mild degree while they quickly
do away with the man who drinks alcohol.
The sins OF the parents against the
laws of health visit their offspring. Ii
the children survive the first months OF
their lives they are threatened with imbe'
cility or epilepsy, or death carries them
away little later by such diseases as men
ingitis or consumption.
alcoholism is one of the most terrible
plaques to the individual health the exist
ence OF the home and the prosperity OF the
nation
The document from which the above quo.
| tatOns are taken is signed by the President
OF the Medical Faculty of Paris, by the
| Chairman of the Institute of France and
| bv the Medical Director of the Hospital
! liIotel Dieu. Paris-men who know per.
| fectly well what they are about when they
DECLARE themselves upon the subject OF al
coholism and its effects.
! They speak unequvocalv. and their
word is that alcoholism. even when 1t
stops this side of actual drunkenness, is 4
mortal foe to the physical health and
soundness. The National Advocate.