The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1911-02-23
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GREAT ILLS OF ALCOHOLISM
Professor strumpeI, Leading Author
on Nervous Diseases, Gives In
terestins Experiences. +

Professor Strumpel, a leading L
thority on nervous diseases in ! u
rope, has been giving his medical !,
leagues some interesting experient b
of his researches in the field Of "'
cOholism as Viewed From the Medi, I
Standpoint" says a correspondent, }
the Chicago Daily News. In prtvE
talk before the most noted medic
scientists in Vienna the profess,
outlined in an impassiyely judic7
manner an appalling number al
variety Of physical and mental d1
eases resulting from the excessive L. 4
of alcohol He confined hims.1
chiefly to the subject of chronic ale
holism, as acute alcoholism was &c d
orally the result of isolated cases d
intoXication, the effects of which weIl
usually only temporary and without
any lasting consequences.
In the beginning he pointed OIL
that persons who regularly indulge
in large quantities of alcohol suffer-
from chronic catarrh of the thro;o
stomach and intestines, but, seriol
as these were, they didn't usually o'
velop further complications arr
therefore, to the doctor, were of Leu
interest But It was another thiIG
altogether when it concerns that -
gan which first introduces alcolet
into the blood-that Is, the liver oil
sufferers from liver diseases are itl
the most part alcoholists one mel
with justice assume an original col
nectiOn between such diseases an,
the use of alcohol; all the more SO a,
the patients are usually imbibers {
'schnaps' and spirits and not Of BEE
or wine, SO that is evident the come
ton depends largely upon the quantit
and intensity of the alcohol col
sumed. Through the liver the ale
hol enters the great arteries and CT
1t begins an insidious attack upon TIL
vast network Of blood vessels, deYeI
oping later into calcinatiOn of taI
arteries and blood yessels. This al
ease is frequently found among druI
ards But it would be scientifca
wrong to attribute the calcination vi
the arteries solely TO alcoholism, Il
it may also result from excess
smoking, extraordinary oyerwc
chronic infections, insufficient nu
ton and other causes. /
A second symptomatic Olsen !
among drinkers is the beer hea)J
This consists in an extraordinary anI
! largement of the heart, with all on
indications Of heart disease Nol
with beer hearts" almost invariahI
die at an age in which healthy "a
have scarcely attained full power al
Incorporate consumption of noulfl
ing matter fat is produced which ill
not be got rid of in the same degrI
consequently It accumulates internal
and is responsible for the bloatedhe
pulency OF beer drinkers, Respirs
diseases and cases of suffocation
the next consequence.
Professor Strumpel passed overs.
effects of alcohol upon the nered.
system and the horrible mental )
orders, dellrium tremens and thenIg
as these, he said. had been so,
quently and emphatiCally set FIR,
He went on to discuss the effeced
alcohol in disturbing the general or
tional workings of the body mace
ted in such complaints as govt ne
80 CIV ~ - -. Fly
ne sald' were louHu largely alg, j
! drinkers in
Among the indirect consequent of
alcoholism were an increased he
tiveness with weakened powle.'
resistance in the physical system
dering the subject liable to a Mt
Of ravaging diseases, chief aev
which is tuberculosis. 1t had oh
abundantly proved that, whereof
ordinary cases Of Inflammation erS
lungs normal persons recover, Il, u
drinkers the disease almost an
| proves fatal. Of