Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-02-07
Physicians on Bssr A. Beverage

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Beer as a beverage, and beer as a tonic
must gol Science has set the seal of con.
domination upoi, il and ii cannot long
| withstand
Physician, insurance companies and
corporations are rapidly and uncoinpro.
misingly arraying themselves against the
prevailing and dangerous hsbit Of beer
drinking.
Medical men Of wide experience in
beer drinking communities have declared
it useless as a beverage
DR.. >. II. Burger, who has had twenty.
eight years of experiences In tile beer
drinking city Of Toledo, says, II think
beer kills quicker than any other liquor.
I do not regard beer drinking as safe for
Anyone. II 10 4 dangerous, aggressive
evil that 10 oiic can tampcr with. with
any safety to him elf. There is only one
safe course and that 10 to let Il alone en-.
tirely."
DR.. J. W. Stevenson, the successful
consumption specialist Of Omaha, Neb..
will not treat Il patient until he di,cards
intoxicanis of every kind. lie regards
beer AS being even mofe injurious Than
whiskey.
The increasing Use Of beer anioi,g the
people, and the mistaken idea that beer
drinking promotes tempcrHuce, led the
Toledo Blade to sen1 a representative to
a number Of leading Toledo physiciah-
for their opinions NJ to good or i'll ~ &C.
crue from the habit Of beer drinking.
These were not selected because of known
temperance principles and therefore their
opinion, are the unprecedented, unbiased
opinions Of experienced practitioners and
men Of science,
DR.. Kirkley said: "Sickncss is always
more fatal in beer drinkcrs and accidents
are usually fatal to them"
Or. Ridenonr said: THE rapid spread
of Bright's disease is largely due TO iexr
drinking"
Dr. 5. II. Burgcn said: beer drinkers
are absolutely the most dangerous class
of subjects a surgeon n have. Al sur.
geons hesitate to perform operations IN a
beer drinker that they would undertake
with the utmost confidence on anyone
else"
Drs. Lungrcn, Woods, parma,.e,
ThoIns and Mcfarland all gave MOS,
radical teeiin,any against the halit Of
beerdrinking.
A careful study Of thousands Of case.
i'll every conceivable kind OF den, dive
and drinking place III St. I.Onis, Iva. con
WINGED me that haDitual l~~r drinkers are
invariably sensual. stupid and Possessed
of Little mentality.
During one Whole year ,lr visiting
nurses Of the 81. Louis Red CtOss Mission
OF Mercy did not meet up with u single
tuberculosis patient who was a total alb
s%tainer. All were more N less addicted,
to the liquor habit, especially beer drink.
ing.
The prevailing notion that all Germans
look favorably upon the beer habit is a
very erroneous me-. Vie deep, scientific
minds u 'he German Tmyi,e are ~ wide
awake To u,s subject rs the MOS, pro-
gressive American.
Bisn,ark saw tl,e impending danger to
his country and warned against the VS.
OF beer by Us COwntr, men. and I.eitix,
the greatest chemist tive nineteenth cs,,.
tuTy produced, spoke Of the bal,is Of
drinking bee, as the thing ,l,a, would
ultimately undermine the nation il j,
was not checked"
A habitual teer drinksr siiA W p,s
after tbs Sunday closing law WAS enforced
~ don ! drink as much beer A. I dil be.
fore tbs 'ib went on. NV wits wosh1
not allow it in the lson,e and 50 ] had I,
do without on Sunday. Gradually the
habit disappeared, and NOW ! don't think
about il unless inSned ~ drink, and
feel liks q new MAS l guess va would
all be better Of il The lid Vas Oh oil III,
time"
II Is a question whether beer Jsinkjps
makes men stupid or stupidity max.
men drink beer; personally J think III.
rule works both ways.-Niss NJ, e. Mss
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