Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-06-17
What The Doctors Say Of whiskey.

Al lllC SCSSlOtl VI luC rttuCit~cih tsSoieeh
Association at Atlantic City last week in
teresting statements were made by emf
nent physicians and scientists concerning
the use Of liquors.
"Not only adults are victims OF alcohol,
but also their children" said DR.. I. c.
NichoIl, ofthe Red Cross Hospital, New
York. School children of parents who
are called moderate drinkers show the ef-
fects OF the indulgence" he said, and so
grave are the results that they have so
practically defied the efforts OF health and
educational authorities TO segregate the
detectives. The evil threatens the health
of the republic. II is estimated from in
vestigation that today no less than Is per
cent of the children in the lower grades
OF the New York schools are more or less
accustomed TO drinking alcoholic Stimu-
lants. Degeneracy, mental deficiency
and other drawbacks 10 the proper edu-
cation OF youth have increased at pace
that effects the national health.
The habit, DR.. Nicholl remarked, may
be due to functional disorders, handed
down by heredity Of parents who have
been habitual or even temperate users OF
alcohol. Then he made the assertion that
OF &c. 1000 children in New York, attending
the schools, who were examined with
view to ascertaining the reason OF their
failure to keep up in their studies, the ev-
idence was convincing that alcohol could
be held generally responsible for the de-
fectveS.
"In my studies OF 10000 children, "said
DR.. Ncholl, taken from schools attended
by children OF the wage-eamers in New
York. have found conditions apparently
incredible in a civilized country. La
boring under the functional taint inherited
from drinking parents, we found that 10
per cent of children have managed to Sc
cure alcohol beverages in some form,
ranging from glass OF beer weekto
some five glasses day. while q per
cent drink wine and spirits. OF the chill
dren found TO have parents addicted TO
the use of alcohol, II per cent are afflicted
with functional or organic disorders di-
rectly traceabe to their inherited weak
ness from alcoholic parents, and the trail
leads down 10 grandchildren. Drink
ing among the women is increasing"
Enitine, a new discovery, one OF the
principles of which is antimony, is to do
yeoman work in saving inebriates, ac-
cording to DR.. w. H. Waugh, ofChicago,
who had made study Of its effects.
at is new drug" he said, (which
creates an aversion for stimulants and es-
pecially alcoholic beverages"
DR.. d. p. Cress, Of Washington, de-
clared that there are simple remedies for
the drink habit.
"The free use OF nuts and fruits will de-
stroy the appetite for stimulants OF all
kinds" he told his associates, making
this statement as based on his own ex-
perience.
DIR. L. b. Mason, Of Baookyn, insisted
that inebrety was disease as marked IN
its progress as other Affections OF the hui
man family. Drunkenness, in his estima-
ton, could only be effectively cured
through scientific treatment without re-
gard TO the moral status Of the case.
DIR. w. s. Hall, of Chicago. declared
that investigation has shown alcohol to
be most dangerous when used for medici-
nal purposes, and advocated the use OF
some substitute in treating invalids.