The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1910-11-04
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A. the international congress held
q London. some Of the foremost med.
ical practitioners and instructors OF
Europe and America made reports
covering extended research. conclu.
diag In every instance with strorg ties.
timony against the use u alcohol ~
. medicine.
Or. Holitscher Of Carlsbad. one Of
the medical leaders Of pneumonia,
spoke of nearly 500 cases Of pneu.
monia and enteric fever treated with
and without alcohol Although the
smaller number had alcohol used AZ q
remedy and the larger number were
treated without the use Of alcohol,
there was = smaller percentage OF
dcnths among the latter class Of pa.
tents. OF csses complicated with de-
llrium tremens, 81 were treated with
alcohol and Is died. Out Of &c treat
ed without alcohol. but nine died,
About the same propositions were re-
ported on series OF typhoid fever
cases similarly treated.
DR.. Laitinen OF the University Of
He'singfors iectured on the influence
of alcohol on immunity. reporting OBJ.
servations on some 20 eases observed.
TO discover whether or not alcohol In.
creased or diminished the resistance
Of human blood corpuscles to toxins,
and whether the use Of alcohol con
ferred any immunity He found. he
declared, that the normal resisting
power OF the blood was less with
drinkers than pmong ahstainers. He
concluded that alcohol In small doses
was Injurious TO the human body.
Prof. Henchen OF the University Of
Stockholm declared that there was I'm
mistakable evidence OF an intimate re-
iasion between alcoholism and tuber.
eulosIs. and that alcohol could never
he used as a remedy without increas-
ing the fatality.
A member Of the French medical
faculty In the person Of DIR. Legrain.
who - superintendent Of the insane
asylum OF Paris. contended that alec
hol was more poisonous than lead or
phosphorus end was responsible for
much dementin and mental feeblepess
Dr. c. @. Crothers. head OF the Wal.
nut Lodge hospital, Hartford, Conn.
and for many years editor Of the Jour
nal Of Inebriety, urged that habitual
users OF alcohol should be considered
~ insane and treated accordingly
Before the last session of the Society
for the Study Of Alcohol and Narcot.
lcs. held In Washington. DR.. Crothers
stated his views on the subject. from
the medical standpoint. rs follows:
"Fvery advance IN scientific study
Of disease and degeneration shows
that alcohol 10 one Of the most promi.
nent agents md In very vitality con.
cerned In the diseases Of the human
rnce. Statistical studies OF the
causes Of accidents. injuries. diseases
and the great forces Of heredlty
which enter into our civilization bring
out the same fact In greater prom.
inence. that alcohol In some form Ii
the most influential factor Of these
losses.
Medical. sociological and economi.
cal studies all confirm these facts and
make prominent the conviction that
slcohol In some way is source Of
danger imrerfect,y recognized and yet
powerful, beyond measure In degenera.
tion ard Increased mortality. These
facts have created sense Of alarm
In the public mind which Is material.
king In various ways and is apparent
In very remarkable FORMS"