The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-05-20
VALUE o. TOTAL ABSTINENCE
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A interesting and able address %
the value cf total abstinence was r.
Gently delivered BY Sir Alexander
Russeil simpson. n. D.. D. Be-, dean q
The faculty Of medicine. Edinbursh
university, before an immense assem-
blaes gathered for the Scottish NJ.
tioaal Sunday school convention. held
- The great Scottish center. Speaking
fruO the standpoint Of morality and
science. Dir Alexander said In part:
about = quarter Of = century ago
soms friends In Kingston. Ont. took
ne % an excursion on the 81. Law
renee river. The speaker Of the Ca
madam parliament. who was Of the
company. made me take notice. - W
sailed out from the town. that the frst
imposing building We were passing
was distillery. Near BY was an In.
hrmary. then . lunatic asylum. then
prison. and after these cemetery.
Il take II for granted that every
teacher before me has 20 far contid-
cred the relation Of the use Of slco-
holic liquors 10 disease. arrangement.
degradation. and death. - to have
ssen the advisability Of becoming .
personal abstainer. Supreme among
the dangers that beset all our lives 10
the danger inherent In the common
uss Of alcohol. Whatever b the form
In which II II taken-wine. beer. sptr-
it,, or what else--it 10 = more com.
mon cause Of loss Of health. Of loss
Of reason. Of loss Of character. Of loss
Of life. than any other Of the influ-
ences that tell upon our complex
mechanism. An intoxicated man u
simply . man that 10 In the clutch Of
. poison.
-This leads me more Immediately In
the direction In which suppose you
expect me, a. . member Of the med
teal profession. to offer some sugges-
tioas ~ to what instruction Il might
b. desirable 10 impart to our young
charges u much Of the result Of all
your labor 10 mot to be blotted out Of
their lives In later years through TO-
norancs II the influence Of alcohol ON
the body and even more on the mind
Of the man.
TO begin with. young people should
b. taught that wine ID not necessity
of Me. Il b no more necessary for
man that for any Of the creatures
aroend hin. There are tribes and
coGADunltiss Who Hive aid thrive with.
81 n TIE want u q b never felt
b. - Who has not begun 70 use Il.
Ne housshold that excludes II from
~ dietary suffers In anything from
its absence. The child reared In alb
stinsucs has missed nothlng that could
have helped it, growth and develop
nest. or. viii add. it, happiness
I'VE deny Il . place among the nee
eosities Of life. hut there 10 no deny.
Ing Il . place among lifs's iuxurtes.
We must b quite honest with our
solves and with The youns. and recos-
Mise that those who habitually or oc-
casionally drink wine do % because
Il some gratiAcation Il a9orda Bat
Il b . costly luxury. The temporary
gratincation Il Yields puts tax upon
the life. u 10 the most dangerous luz.
usy In which . human being can In
aulgs. because Of the risk to life and
health attendant upon its use. apart
altogether from it, c0ntramorai and
antispiritual Influences.
''ln Q graduation address 10 years
ago. ! took occasion to congratulate
the young doctors who during their
student curriculum had had the wis
don and the courage 10 b members
Of the Total Abstinence society. and
10 say 10 I'll the graduates: You will
not 10 long In practice before you
win prove these i've things:
-. That alcohol. habitually used.
can ce itself produce disease from,
which the abstainer remains exempt
40. That Il win asgravats diseases
70 which al are liable.
-. That II renders those who ha-
bitually uss II more open 70 attacks,
Il various forms Of illness.
-. That the alcoholist has worse
chance of recovery from . fever or an
Injury than an abstainer. :
rs. That N the crisis Of disease the
alcoholist gsts lees benefit from sttm.'
ulants than the abstainer.'
1T may occur 10 some one In ash,
Bst what of the people who take their
daily glass Of Wise and live TO old
Aesf Well. with the splsndid equip
neut Of blood and blood vessels with,
~,Alrh ehev we're endowed BIZ nature. !
hUv much longsr might they NOT have
llveA On had the dstsrioratins element,
hsen hsps out Of their systeu' They
aro liksliest 70 coms scar the natural,
ilnit u longevity who oil their lifs-,
tins hssp their blood and tissuss clear,
q the s9set q alcohol.
n n so@stimss claimed Tor wine -
I vlrsve that n stimulates the apps..
IT.. Here again experiment and OBJ
eeevasloa show that n n irritatss the
e1enaeh U secrste moss auld. the -,
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