Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-06-30

lllt advancement OF the temperance
crpse. II the public mind could only b.
disabused of the old notion that alcohol
Is beneficial To health and Indispensable
as medicine, there would be vastly less
opposition to laws for the abolition Of
the l0unr ira ttiC. The medical profession
is largely responsible for the delusion so
porsIs,entlS ned by millions that alcohol
is good for man, and that its abuse only
is to be condemned In days long gone
hv the alchemists We're endeaNorlng to
find panacea for all the ills to which
u, sh Is nelr; when by the process OF dls-
tillation spirits of wine. or alcohol, was
pr"ducpd IL was proclaimed To the world
with great joy that the long-looked-lor-
cure-all had been discovered. The medi-
cal men OF the age introduced 1t to their
PATIENTS and were lavish in their praises
of its curative powers. Being medicine
which very rapidly creates a liking for
itself, the demand for II became great,
and as time advanced people began pre-
scribing il for themselves, until its use
in various forms became almost general.
If the medical profession Is responsive
for the widespread belief that dlcohoHcS
are of service to mankind both as tood
and medicine it should not be forgotten
that 1t Is to members of the same pro
,fession the world is indebted for the
correction of these errors. All down
through the centuries since alcohol was
discovered there have been physicians
who doubted and opposed its claims to
merit. II remained for the medical sci
,-uce of the latter half of the 18Th century
To clearly demonstrate with nicely ad-
iuSted chemical apparatus ana dppldiceS
In, wisdom of those doubts.
Leading medical scientists Of America.
England and Continental Europe nave
for the last 20 or - years been MAKING
IN. drug alcohol. Il special study me
most careful and elaborate experiments
have been made as to its heat producing
qualities, its strengthening properties,
and its effects upon the dlilefeht oi saiS
of the body Dogs We're exposed III a
frosty atmosphere, one with alcoAol IN
his blood aud the other without Inc
one with alcohol in him would die from
the cold the other would be as Wen az
usual With men Il tiny thermometer uh-
der the tongue gave normal temperature
of % degrees Fahrenheit; Shottly aItsI
alcohol was swallowed the Tempe tempe t"' W.,
would increase a degree or more put
soon il would fall again. and Keep Tan
ing until It would 20 down desfes ~, VI
more below normal, showing tildt a.
me first flush from the drink Is over d
man is colder than before he took ~
Thus was it proved clearly that the olu
idea that alcohol warns the bodS u a
delusion and exactly the reverse ni tIt
facts in the ease This finding OF science
is now accepted by all OF the medlcal
fraternity who keep up WIN . ne az .h.rl
proof of this remember ma ~ 20
brandy is now used in fever II i 70 ~
dnce the temperature, and when u man
is found in summer upon the slfeFl. an ,,'
il is doubtful whether tht cas- - IN
~ anoultxv or solar alcoholism, IL Is -
ia Nv the little thermometer peihs
niacad under the tongue to ind the neat
of the body.
The streneth Giving Delusion.
Tho STRENGTHENING properties 50 popu-
larlv credited to alcohol were i9nia -
be as much of deluslon as lile hsa ~,
giving 1t was shown that InhsSie, DC
.eennes fiabhv, and with some klHd OF
drinks, fat. where II sh"uld De ST. on5
and tense the heart is defaheea. an"
every organ Of the oody su in1ital ~ taEen
nortion to the amount oil aleohoi ta I
INTO The blood The doctors say IN.
the drinking man passes OIL the stass ~
action that he died or - -. - ts,t1el
whatever organ gave out hfst; -
Wsshters and men in training Tor nolt
aces or other feats of endurance L., -
learned that if they intend - haNs - 80
firm muscles they must auIuAe ttsIgfss
IN IL, ~ raining. Thus in practice a.he tba
at,ree With medical science tn ,1i',s III ~
strength giving properties OF an M a
5.I2Tjr drinks are Il delusloh tin,
az and that the effect, Of alcohol gP ,5a
ne ne, nI, is the exact opposite oil tue
Alcohol a Nerve Oeadener'
vvhy is it so dificult to remove these these
dalusions from the minds oi titt ~
in general Because ol ,llS nstye dead
80 This power to deaden the n5tNS IL
sensation accounts largely loi TIL them
this drug has upon the peolttr nv which
aicohnl Possesses no property - - ,,a
,ise,ia can be built up. ana lhdt ~ 10 In
cod ouaIltv worthy Of mehliol - CO
renlv. Well, ] feel stronger a - hl1ieve
mist he stronger" They VIII no faaiine
lilui 80 moi been told, that thtif leei i
" Strength comes from the dea a,T,,tIe,
% tha nerves which gave the VIZ ~ ~
signal of fatigue, thal uie time because
6,7nper masses away for a VIM aud
~ nerves Of hunger are behuilio.,ii ii,,sd
so Of other uneasy S'is4 dti in,,o n is
temnorarily by this deceiliui ~. ~ 75eadea
e,ioftSai to resort to drugs when 9ea III
sui i',iotion The Creator designed 't t.i
selse ,I,r nerves cry out, "FatlGuea'
Sbnnia rest: when they say -, Som
CIV ehauld eat BY pouring INTO lle 80 co
we sno I.,a tvhich causes person 10 50
az working when worn out, or 10 ,e fmel
FOOD when the engine runs l pM which
ne is shortened. Thus tne " ~ hnIv dulls
aaems 10 strengthen, Whlle II o!!tn.ttalranIv
setidi9a is n dangerous enemy mlstahen'S
clung to as frlehu, orises ..If these
Tho question naturally arises, ~ have
drinks are not i ha'ieye i' how is it. since
. peen arc made from barley, corn. - "ot
notstoes. etc ." These drln s, hecause
food. although made ron m, Food food is de-
~ .'.o1 The grain is matted 10 I,parin9 :
starch into sugar-loss OF ~ i"" saalxed in
bere1fhen the matted gram - waiter
water to extract the saccilal M ,atar The
When The sugar is all in the Maee,
erain goes to the hogs, ana me antation
water is fermented. Ine dei Ian irri-
changes the sugar dns ma, and alcohol are all
%at remain with littie r. is
l IN NATTER from the gram. frrit
GUM, ba same with drinks from l ,,,l.d
imices When woman mos u.s., and
tsut,it fermented she calls 1t foIteH aba ax-
I've 20, II away as unfit for 1000 otten
.lnasged fruit juice fermented Is Vel
preoiseiv as was the canned lru', r.atten
pr ~ IL q vine drinker, Will set up Aias
s sur as n most delectable dflhk' 90,
~, the decisions OF the alcolo r, that
iVt he but believe Gods wora us IS
MIN is mocker, ~ ana WiV 80, how
daceived thereby is not WISE Aio'
mich would he be saved
No Place in List OF hemeo'es.
For many years past there have we p epd
nbvsicians both in Great btlldil i No
Rmerica, who have given aicoho ~, a no
mace i'm their lists of remedles, -, 10
Len were patient, independent inVesusa-
Us and we're not satisfied with Ger :
toin method of practice simply oeca 9,as
that method was taught in the hleuitta
enhools where they studied IN yo4t QUIZ
iThev were men who faithfully Watchtsu
~, Tho bedside of their patients the 81
fects of various medicines, ana reJg GSee,
an Thai gave unsatisfactory results / .n ney
fnnnd that alcohol Quoted festiessf'eia ,9
So that symptoms of disease WEI , INV,
Am that should be revealed tlteE lounu
mat ii retarded the passage OF Ma ~
matter from the system, thus hoiulhs wy
germs of disease longer in the pouS MI, Nh
nav would remain We're 1t absent. ihes
fn1nd also that patients who utterly re-
fuead 10 take 1t in any shape hiaus
a