Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1906-01-29
w. G. T. u. COLUMN.
The KINGS SURGEON AGAINST
Alcohol.

Sir Frederick Treves, the eminent
surgeon.who served King Edward in
his critical Eeed just previous to his
accession TO the throne, has declared
himself an opponent of alcohol, used
either as beverage or as therapeu-
tic agent. Sir Frederick addressed
meeting of the women's union of the
Church OF England Temperance
Society. He discoursed upon 1.-THE
Physical Effects of the Use of
Alcohol, !" and reiterated the scientific
stateme nts of a goodly number of
men high in the practice of medicine
and surgery. In the Ladysnith relief
column, which Sir Frederick accom-
panied, the first men who fell out
were those addicted to the use OF
alcohol. Sir Frederick agrees with
other scientific authorities that alco-
hol is poison, an insidious poison,
not an appetizer, not true stimulant,
bat a hindrance to work which re-
quires quick, keen, and alert judg-
ment. He also states that surgeons
are always apprehensive of bad
results where patients have been
habitual users of alcohol.
In all these things Sir Frederick is
no discoverer, but it is matter for
, congratulation that one more man Of
science has proved himself an I'M
prejudiced observer.
A certain medical journal, referring
to Sir Frederick's stand in this matter,
has sudden spell Of interest in the
w. Q. T. U. and expresses its concern
as followe:
There is no influence SO great as
the professional ,one in the temper
ance reform if the lay organizations,
such as the Woman's Christian Tenn
perance Union, ETC., would but go
about this work sanely and intellec-
tually, and in sensible way solicit
our aid"
After somewhat prolonged study
of the foregoing solemn adjuration
we must confess that we do not quite
see what our esteemed contemporary
means. In what have we failed to be
sensible and seek the aid and coop
Grafton of professional men, 10, these
many years? We would present our
critic for his perusal the last report Of
the department of work known as
"Non- Alcoholic Medication" Pos
sibly he may discover a modicum OF
sanity and intelligence therein. He
might note that we distribute litera-
ture to physicians, secure addresses
from physicians, enlist physicians to
abstain from the use and prescription
of alcohol, reach out and secure the
interest and CO. operation of nurses
and druggists, distribute good stan
dard literature, approved by sane and
intelligent members of the profession
invest money, have prize stories
written and read, instruct mothers
decry patent medicines, keep forty
TOUR sUaUe supfr'n tendents busy al
work of this kind, and in every sane
and intelligent WY known to womer
of culture and experience recognize
and foster the "protes sionap' inf1u
ence in the temperance cause.
Exceptions are good things. TIL,
fact that our esteemed contemporar,
knows nothing at all about our worI
shows us that we still have feel,
before us, and we shall hammer ava,
| at the same old rock of prejudice an
ignorance as sanely and intelligentl
; as we have been doing until he, toe
wakes up and recognizes the value G
the lag influence in the temperate
reform among professional men,
Union Signal.