The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1905-12-15
The Medcrl use OF Alcoholic L;ouors
testimonies Of Physicians.

. The majority of physiciars
: do not now prescribe alcoholic
Z ylllquors. - George NJ. Gould. NJ
. ID, Editor American Medicine :
{ Philadelphia, Pa.
Il have found no case of dis
ease and no emergency arising
from accident. that | could not
treat more successfully without
ANY form of fermented or dis
titled liquors than with 1t is
easy to see that the anesthetic
properties of alcohol can be made
available by an intelligent and
skillful physician to meet a very
limited number of indications in
the treatment of some cases that
will come before him. But the
same intelligence and skill will
enable him to select other rene
dies capable of meeting the same
effects. | have no hesitation in
stating that for the attainment
of the highest degree of success
in the management of all forms
of disease, whether acute or
chronic, we need no form of fer
mented or distilled alcoholic IL
puors, and whoever will make
the trial will find that his pa
tients of every kind will make
better progress without any mix
ture of alcoholic drinks than they
will with such addition. DIR.
Nathan S. Davis, former Dean of
Northwestern University Nedical
College, Chicago. ILL.,, deceased. I
Convinced that great num-
Der of the diseases | was called
to treat owed their existence or
aggravation to the use. in alleged
moderation, of alcoholic bever-
ages, and that not in a few in
stances this use was commenced
and even continued by the ad-
vice of medical attendants: con-
vinced also by the published ex-
periments at home and abroad,
and by my own Observations,
that almost all diseases could be
managed as well, if not better,
by the non-use of alcohol, | aban-
doned entirely. eight years ago.
the use of alcoholic remedies.
the outcome Of this practice,
medically and morally, has been
satisfactory to myself, and L,
have reasons to believe TO my
patients also. DIR. III. ID. Dida-
ma, Dean of Medical College of
Syracuse University. and Chief
of Staff of St. Joseph's Hospital,
Syracuse. New York.
MY rule in practice is to avoid
the use of alcohol as much as
possible. | practically never use
il except where il is necessary (
as a solvent. = DR.. c. + Griffin, /:
Adjunct to Chair of Nateria Ne {
dica and Therapeutics, Cooper /
Medical College, San Francisco, i
California. (
The use of alcohol as a bever-
age or therapeutically, is in Ell !
ther case a habit of the user. !
The stimulation is but temporary,
the reaction leaving the nerve.
cells of the individual with less
resisting power than before the
of alcohol. - Never ,
permit a verbal or written pres
cription of yours to give rise to- :
the use of a habit forming drug. ",
From a lecture to the students
in Omaha Medical College by J.
". Aiken. NJ. d, Clinical In; !;
structor and Lecturer upon Ner-
vous and Mental Diseases. /,
Il thour ,ughly agree with you |
as to the deleterious results which s
follow the indescriminate pre- 7
scription of alcohol by medical 9
men, and still more so by the /
public. | make it a rule
never to prescribe alcohol in any
form as a tonic or appetizer, be- .
Iieving that better results can be
by the use of drugs
without danger to the patient.
AT the same time | consider it a
useful drug in some cases of Sc
yare illness "-J Whitridge Will
liams, NJ d., John Hopkins Med
ical School.
I'm a general practice of twen-
ty-fve years | have never used
alcohol in any form in the treat
ment Of my cases; | have never
felt that it was indicated in any
case. DIR. George IL. Martin,
San Francisco, California, Lee.
turer on Nervous and Mental
diseases M Hahnemann Hospital