The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1909-04-15
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NEW CURE FOR INEBRIETY.
Alcohol Should BE classed as Poison
and Never as Food or
6timulant.

otimulant.
DIR. ID. III. Kress of Washington, ID.
c.. in an address entitled Dyspepsia
and Its Relation to Inebriety" before
the American Society for the Study OF
Alcohol and other Drug Narcotics,
gives the follow ng advice:
IF you have a strong appetite for
King Alcohol and tobacco and want
to be cured of the habit, just eat a
vegetable diet for six months"
In discussing the evil effects OF an
excessive diet he declared that over
eating leads to drunkenness. II you
would net become a drunkard," said
DIR. Kress. then quit eating meat"
DIR. Kress declared that functional
and organic disturbances of the stom.
ach are both cause and effect OF US
ing alcohol.
All forms OF alcohol are dangerous
remedies for stomach troubles. While
quieting the pain and discomfort for
the time. Il creates new sources OF
exhaustion and arrangement. All
persons who use spirits have stomach
troubles. and many remedies for the
stomach containing alcohol act as mar
cotics. covering up the disorder.
Alcohol acts on the appetite and
digestion. diminishing the nutrition
OF the body. and no nervous person
should ever use alcohol in any form
as n remedy or beverage.
All forms OF spirits at meals are In
furious. and this is n psychological
fact above all theories. Spirit rene
dies for stomach diseases are con-
tradictod by scientific research and
shown 10 be most dangerous
W. p. Spratling. NJ. d.. OF Baltimore.
Nd. professor OF psychology at the
Johns Hopkins university. I'm a paper
on Alcohol n Cause OF Epilepsy"
said that there is no drug or medicine
Known which Is so prominent n cause
in epilepsy as alcohol.
IL acts directly In causing explosive
FITS OF unconsciousness. and indirectly
by cultivating a tendency OF the nerve
energies TO explode In convulsive acts.
Often the periodic drlnker is an cpl.
leptic and his drink storms resemble
a NJ. The spasmodic. celirlous drink.
err is frequently a masked epileptic.
Alcohol causes many forms OF epilep-
~ that are not yet known. particular
~ I'm crime and strange fits OF insane
acts and conduct. From 20 10 so per
cent. of all epileptics are traceable TO
the use OF alcohol.
From 20 to so per cent OF all alco-
hollcs have eplleptic symptoms in
some form or other. Quite n large per
centage OF epileptics improve and
some recover when spirits are with
drawn, showing that alcohol was an
active cause
DR.. George w Webster OF Chicago.
president OF the Illinois State Board
OF Health. In n paper on Alcohol and
Public Health" gave the following
conclusions:
1. The alcoholic problem is more
important than tuberculosis because
Il costs more lives and money.
2. II costs the United States I'm d.
rect money over s. 200, 000.00
3. II causes directly and Indirectly
a; least ten per cent OF all deaths In
the United states.
4. II predispo TO infection. de-
stroys acqui munity, prevents
the occurrence artificial immunity.
lowers vitality and increases mortal.
fly in all diseases and In surgical OPP
erations
s. IL lessons the power OF individu'
ais to resist the injurious influences
OF extreme heat and cold.
@. Il causes deterioration OF the
quality OF mental work.
Z. Il diminlshos the power 10 with
stand fatigue and lessons the eff
cheney OF the Individual.
s. II should always be classified as
a poison ana never as a food or slim
ulant.
IT Is public health and sanitary
question and not moral one. but
should be treated the same as fevers.
smallpox and malaria and by scientific
men alone.
10. The alcoholic problem is a medi-
cal one, and can only be solved when
studied from scientific point OF
view