The Action Of Alcohol On Man Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The Action of Alcohol on Man I conceive that in a book such as this, written from the purely scientific standpoint, it will be possible to find material on which arguments might be based for or against the use of alcohol. I hope, however, that those interested in the problem will not be satisfied with sen tenoes taken from their proper context, but will study the evidence as a whole. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Alcohol and Man: The Effects of Alcohol on Man in Health and Disease In no instance have the authors participating in this volume been aided financially, or supported in any way by the advocates or opponents of Federal Prohibition, or of the liquor trade. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Physiological Action of Alcohol Doubtless, if no person took more alcoholic liquor than a glass of beer, such a procedure would be ruinous to all teetotal societies, as well as to a good many brewers; for, according to the calculation of Mr. Gladstone, every adult male in England consumes not far short of six hundred quarts per year. But the term moderation, with regard to alcoholic drinks, defies all definition. What may seem a moderate dose for one person, may nearly poison another. A patient of mine, some years ago, asked me if he might have a sup of ale to steady his stomach and revive him a little. I replied, he might have a little. He drank a gallon of ale next day; and then said, From lately being so abstemious, it got into my head a bit! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from The Temperance Movement: Or the Conflict Between Man and Alcohol The conflict between man and alcohol is as old as civiliza tion, more destructive than any other form of warfare, and as fierce to-day as at any time since the beginning. It is not an exaggeration to say that no other evil known in human history has been of such vast proportions and lamentable consequences as that of alcoholic intemperance. As the whole past of the race has been cursed by it, so its whole future is threatened with increasing calamity, unless there be a period put to its ravages. It is a peculiarity of this curse that it is developed by civilization, and then, like the parricide, it destroys the source of its own life. But although alcohol is his special foe, it by no means confines its dagger and chalice to civilized man. Combining with the spirit of a mercenary commerce, this active essence of evil is hunting and extirpating the weaker races and indigenous populations of uncivilized countries from the face of the earth. The object of this book is, if possible, to arrest the atten tion of the American, if of no other people; to place before them the leading facts which enter into the great debate now pending on our own and the European continents, and to assist man, however feebly, in this great struggle with alcohol for his life. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Alcohol and the Constitution of Man: Being a Popular Scientific Account of the Chemical History and Properties of Alcohol, and Its Leading Effects Upon the Healthy Human Constitution I found it necessary to explain something of the properties of organ izod substances generally, and especially of that class which comprises the alimentary principles of diet; that I might show how it 19 that a liquid, taken into the stomach, revolutionizes the intellectual nature, it became important to set forth, in a clear light, the absolute depend ence of mental operations upon material conditions of the Brain. It is hoped that these portions of the work, independent of their bearing upon the main subject, will be found far from uninteresting, as they cast light upon the means and policy which God, the Infinite Author of science, employs in sustaining the daily life of a human being. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Tobacco and Alcohol: I. It Does Pay to Smoke; II. The Coming Man Will Drink Wine Five weeks ago to-day the idea of writing an essay upon the physiological effects of Tobacco and Alcohol had never occurred to us. Nevertheless, the study of physiology and pathology-especially as relating to the action of narcotic-stimulants upon nutrition - has for several years afforded us, from time to time, agreeable recreation. And being called upon, in the discharge of a regularly-recurring duty, to review Mr. Parton's book entitled Smoking and Drinking, it seemed worth while, in justice to the subject, to go on writing, -until the present volume was the result. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.