The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-02-29

be financially Independent and morally
sound.) The preparation of such an
outline or address deserves the utmost
care. 1t wants to be sound in it's facts
and in its psychology, n must APP
peal tn the sober sensc of every hoy
and girl and not be any false senti-
mentality. Follow this presentation
with the careful suggestion hat the
only way to he sure of ones self is to
refrain entirely from the use of to-.
hacco or LIQUOR. ] cannot help the
thought that the use of the cigarette
among boys is vastly more pernicious
and far reaching in its effects than the
use of liquor because of the greater
indifference toward The sale of cigar
cites.
Can Produce Great Good.
I'm above method. il the proper
productive of great good. Other meth
DDS which may be used. and ] believe
are being used by w. G. T. l.. take the
form of offering prizes for the best
ESSAYS written upon subjects relating
TO abstinence. The weakness of this
method, in my judgment, would be
found in the few that would benefit
hy such contests.
l., u hin n one thing which must
IN" insisted upon always is exact trutl,
and f~rankncss.''
Patents increase Use OF Liquor
Ir. j. t;rissirk. secretary 1T the
state board of health, in speaking of
Alcohol in Medicine" before the con-
Nention of tho North Dakota Enforce
'mcnt league today, declared that while
prescribing alcohol by physicians has
dccreas"dti dispensing by the patent
medicine fraternity has Increased.
I'm this country, he declared, the
growth of anti-alrohnlic sentiment is
lusf as pronounced as abroad. He
g'l Va nat. .,"l ;.,,,-~ 49, AZ.
In many hospitals tho consumption of
milk has increased three times.
"A fair idea OF the trend of profess
Sional opinion on the use of alcohol in
medicine" he Said. may he obtained
from the Records of public institutions.
Take for example. the hospitals of
f~.nslHnd--St. Martholomcw's. Guys.
st. Georges. 81. Mnry's, University
college and Westminster
More Milk: Less Liquor
Her" You will note II very interest
ing and suggestive condition that
whereas the consumption of alcoholic
liquors has in forty years decreased
10 ono-third "f the original amount
used. the consumption of milk has in
creased three times. y still moro re-
m~ark'thl" condition is shown by the
records of the London county asylums;
I'm lSH" there were II total of S.107
inmates and they consumed during
tn" Wear 1902 gallons of alcoholic
liquors. In 1896. seven Years after
yard, they had 10, lG7 inmates and they
used during the Year only $50 gallons
of spirits. in other words about two
and II half times as many patients and
only one-eighth AS much spirits used
or onc-ciGhteenth as much per pa
tent. Dr. liHlits.her ut karlsbad at
the international Congress ON Alco-
holisn at London i'm 1908 reported that
a investigation of the consumption
of alcoholic liquors in tho hospitals
ana ;lSylums of Germany, Austria and
Switzerland showed that there was "A
decrease from 1895, in twelve years, of
51.2 per cent pnr head of spirits in
asNlums, and 1913 per cent per head of
spirits IN hospitals. In the case of
beer the hGures We're a decrease NJ 53.3
per cent and 2S.S per cent. The con-
sumption of milk III the other hand
showed an increase of 12.1 per cent
in asylums and 1873 per cent in hos
pitfalls.
LII 1908. in three representative
American hospitals. Cook County, Chi
ca2o; Bellevue. New York and Mas
sachusctts General, Boston. each pa
tlcnt got ten cents worth of whiskey
while in 1905 they got only four cents
worth each.
What is true of institutions is also
~ =" w ii'iN IltitlltlS ol lllc
medical profession, Il decided LESSEN
ing of II amounts of spirituous
liquors prescribed for mcdical pur-
poses, according to the physicians.
Appeal Against Liquor
Iron time to time manifestos on
the liquor question signed by inf1uen-
tial members of the medical profess
struction of the public" said Dir. Gras-
sick. Here is one, a fair sample l
believe. recently issued by 1O1 doctors
of North Wales. of whom thirty-four
are health officers:
I'VE. the undersigned. appeal to all
our medical brethren in North Wales
to Join us in an cndeavor to discount
tenarcc Tho various popular errors
that still largely prevail on this sub
lect. We appeal to them especially
not to give. or even seem to give the
sanction of their professional authors
~ I" any general employment of alec
h"lic drinks in east of disease. We
believe that these drinks arc not
necessary for the promotion of health, |
that they do not increase, nut. on the
contrary, impair physical and mental
efficiency. and that they do not pro-
long life
The long list of patents that are
now on the market are nearly all of
recent origin. Let us run over Il few
limlllal' names ana note the amounts
OF lcohol hat they contain: Pcruna.
- per cent; LYDIA Pinkham's Com
pound, II per cent: Paw Paw - per-
cent. Halls Catarrh Cure Is per cent.
Ayers S%arshparilla 20 per cent. Hoods
s>;lrs;' par1lla - per cent, Caldcn'S
Liquid Beef Tonic 81 per cent, Sher-
ry Wine Bittcrs ~ per cent. Warm
er's SAT" Tonic Hittrrs SO per cent.
furitana - per cent, Fainc's Celery
Compound II per ccnt. Kaufman's
sulphur Bitters 20 per cent. Hostel
tcr's Stomach %l3ittcrs II per cent, Bur
dock Blood Bit:crs - per cent, Bak-
cr's Stomach ~l;iiters - per cent, At
woods Quininc Tonic ,? per cent.
Parkcr's Tonic ~ per cent, and So on
down tho line.
Appetite Is Established
Il need hardly tell you that analy-
SEES show that most of these contain
little if ANYTHING outside of alcohol
that is of value as Il medicine. They
ar" designed through misreprcsenta-
tons and exaggerated statements of
their virtues to induce the sufferer to
give them ~ trial. \ trial bcsets an
II the appetite once estab-
llShed calls for more and ever more.
We rail AT the saloon keeper who
dishes up to us drinks under their
names but we so complaicently
to the shop INT and barefaced-
get out booze under the disguise of
Il fictitious title. Let us at least he
us take it straight. What place then
has alcohol as a therapeutic agent in
scientific medicine? From what I have
already raid YOU will have drawn the
conclusion that its circle of usefulness
mas become very much narrowed il