The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1905-01-05
ALCOHOL ALWAYS HuRrFUt
Even the Smallest Doses Are Produe-
tive Of Defective Judgment, Rea-
SON and eelf-Control.


Passing from the muscular system 70
the nerves we ind judgment. reason and
self-control were all damaged 20 some
extent by alcohol. even BY the smallest
quantity they would take. He could not
refrain from quoting his old teacher a
stainer, and therefore perhaps his verdict
was all the more valuable lie was
asked II he found alcohol brain slim
ulant When J have to do original
brain work" replied the professor, Il al
ways decline TO have IL. | become to-
tai abstainer for the time being" But
Prof Huxley went further; he said Il
would much sooner take dose of ARISEN
&c than alcohol" Prof Huxley was
right. for alcohol was more serious
brain poison than arsenic. The physi-
illogical conclusion was that alcohol was
narcotic poison. like morphia and
chloroform. The first stage was excite
ment. which people mistook for stirn-
ulation. and even medical men trans
lated excitement into stimulation. But
excitement passed away quickly. depres.
sion followed, then paralysis coma and
death. II seemed unnecessary to say 10
that audience that alcohol was not q
food. II made neither bone. brain. blood
nor biceps. on the contrary, Il acted as
a poison and an irritant
Alcohol was one OF the creates, factors
In the production OF disease. Il acted
In two ways. by setting mp ibrous degen-
GRAFTON and fatty degeneration: and fat
In the wrong place was one OF the worst
things they could conceive. Alcohol was
also responsible for arrangement OF the
stomach. liver, kidneys. arteries. the
heart skin, nerves. epilepsy. hystsrla
neurasthenia. and. what was more. Ia
sanity. Thus the number OF diseases
produced By alcohol was legion and
they were all OF most serious character.
and many Of them were after developing
a fair way. absolutely beyond medical
skill In the way OF recovery. Besides
special diseases there were general dis
eases. ike govt and consumption.
II was only In recent times that they
had discovered there vas such a thing as
alcoholic tuberculosis They heard. AZ
the London congress on tuberculosis
some two or three years ago. Prof.
nrouardel state that alcohol was the
most potent factor In the production OF
tuberculosis they knew OF. and they
would recognizes iis magnitude when
they were told that $1,000 people died
every year In this country alone from
consumption In one shape or another.
A. alcohol vas one OF the most I'M
portant factors In consumption. they
would see how seriously II affected the
health OF the nation
Al that stage they might ask him 20
dehne moderate drinking He could
not As their knowledge OF the med
icine grew. moderate drinking dodcd
definition. Fifly years ago ten ounces
OF alcohol per day would come within
the category of moderation. More re-
Gently this amount was cut down TO
two ounces daily. and now Psychologists
told them one out,ce per day taken regu-
larly was by no means harmless n
they asked a moderate drlnker 20 con-
fine himself 10 one ounce a day he
would laugh al them. Max Gruber
professor OF hygiene IN the university
OF Munich said. II End there are
absolutely no scientific grounds for in
dicstlng a given amount OF alcohol a.
harmless and a matter Of indifference.
u Il Is given habimally. On the con
trary, Il seems 10 me TO be 10 the high
est degree probable that the regular
use Of a much smaller amount than one
to one aud a quarter ounces does harm
to the vast majority o. mankind" lie
(Dr Rutherford) was firmly convinced
that IL was the paramount duty OF the
medical profession to inform their pa
tents and the public that so-called mod
crate drinking could not be INDUCED In
without damage to the offspring, aad 20
the race Extract from DR. Rutherford's
Lecture IN Medical Temperance Review