The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1917-11-02
DIR. ABRAHAM jacob. FAMOUS
SCisnIiST. DEFENDS
ITS USE
ALSO IS 4 FOOD
In Moderate Quantities Good For
Stomach Helps to Cure Ger.
tain Diseases "ProhibItion
Movement Kept Up BY 400.
OC0 Women No Proof to
Contrary

Contrary
DR.. Abraham jacob, noted New
York physician, in the following arti,
cle for the New York Times Magazine.
defending the use of alcohol in medi
cal practice, says in part:
Unfortunately, alcohol is utilized
not only by those who know but also
by those who are ignorant; not only
by those who use It for legitimate pur-
very name for political pretexts.
There viii be a time soon when our
courts o. Justice" will be crowded by
fanatica!. ignorant women and their
grasping attorneys, and unchristian
healers. in prosecution and persecu,
tion of your honest doctors who know
they have benefited their patients
with small or, as the case may be, big
doses of alcohol.
After all, we are expected to be-
lieve that the principal roots of alec.
mol and alcohol m are the persons
who sell beer, wine, and spirits, and
corrupt the people by heavy taxes,
S300,O00,000 or more. That is what we
are expected TO believe and to teach.
decline to follow that advice, and
will give you n reason for declining.
"Physicians have always found aco-
hoI a valuable ave, an indispensable.
remedy. There Is hardly a human or
eanisnn which is net favorably nfu-
enced; mainly the aged, feeble, fat,
and convaIescert feel it's benefactions.
Alcohol treatment, that means wine
in moderate doses or diluted liquors.
is highly appreciated by physicians
and those who are teachable, and rec
ognized as an article of diet and cure.
1t need not make you strong, but 1t
makes you feel strong; for temporary
efficiency that is OF import and eff
cient II makes your waning pulse re-
turn. your fainting attack pass by. and
your fatigued or exhausted muscle re-
cover.
Good For the Stomach.
"Alcohol preparations always taking
stomachics; that is. they aid you in
your digestion. Mr. Beverley Robin
son tells us in recent interview that
he takes. and requires. a small dose
of diluted whisky with his meal. From
three to six ounces of mild wine will
render the same service. One-third OF
that ! took once a day until half
year AGO. and shall be pleased to re-
turn to that when my objections TO 1t
shall have been removed. Maybe 9TH
er people. of different sex or age or
disposition, will require another dose,
larger or more frequently. And those
who are forbidden by their health, or
I'll health, kidney troubles. or harden
ing arteries" will be guided by their
contradictory indications.
"The value Of alcohol should not be
estimated or supposed, but studied and
demonstrated. A prohibition move
ment kept up by 100000 women" 10
no proof. Nor are 600 congressman
capable OF deciding a scientific prob
lem, though fortified by caucus.
Great scientists, fortified by the re-
suits OF their experience extending
over a century OF studies In the labora-
tories or at the bedsides, are required
to furnish proofs. They are numerous.
| give you only few names. / quote
F.. Penzoldt's seventh edition 19OS)
OF Clinical (MedicinaD Treatment
and the sixth edition (1915) of Arthur
X. Cushing's 'Pharmacology and Their
apeutics. They are standards. Pen
zoldt says:
alcohol in the shape or alcoholic bev-
erages in individualzing administration,
is an invaluable remedy in the treatment
of numerous. mostly feverish, diseases,
particularly IN cardiac debility. IL is very
much administered externally" And
"Alcohol dilates the blood vessels. In
that way the sense of warmth is a regu-
lar occurrence. Sti1. the body tempera-
/ ture is usually not increased, probably
caused by the diatiol of blood vessels.
Alcohol introduced into the body is burn
other positive effect Of alcohol is Its saw
ing OF fat and also OF protein. Direct
stimulation of the nerve eenterS increases
the amount or respiration. Medic nal
doses reduce the sensitivtness for pain
and worry. The local application of alco-
ho is frequent Il results rapidly in
GOODNESS and secondary hvperaemia which
Is very extensive
Alcohol Is a Food.
Arthur r. Cushinr. nis6 1871:
Alcohol is food. II has been shown
that only 3 per cent or less Of the ingest-
ed alcohol Is excreted. while the rest Of
that absorbed from the stomach and
bowel. amounting 10 over 20 per cent. un-
dergoes combustion in the tissues. = .
In undergoing combustion alcohol gives
up energy. and therefore is technically a
food . Ii acts as substitute fo- car
bohydrates in the food"
MY life has been spent among the
sick and the recovering and the dying.
That has been so with diphtheria since
1858. when il appeared among US. mild
and bad. Many thoroughly septic
cases got we'll after having been Civ
on mn No amount NJ whisky will