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... increased since 1850 at the average yearly rate of three and one third per cent ; in France , two per cent ; in Switzerland , five and a half per cent ; in northern Germany ( in- cluding Saxony and Alsace - Lorraine ) the manufacture of ...
... increased since 1850 at the average yearly rate of three and one third per cent ; in France , two per cent ; in Switzerland , five and a half per cent ; in northern Germany ( in- cluding Saxony and Alsace - Lorraine ) the manufacture of ...
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... more exorbitant . For , by and by the jaded organism fails to respond to the spur ; the stimulant palls , but the hankering for stimulation remains , and the toper has to satisfy his thirst either by increasing the quantum of 6 PREFACE .
... more exorbitant . For , by and by the jaded organism fails to respond to the spur ; the stimulant palls , but the hankering for stimulation remains , and the toper has to satisfy his thirst either by increasing the quantum of 6 PREFACE .
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Felix Leopold Oswald. to satisfy his thirst either by increasing the quantum of his tipple or by resorting to stronger poisons . After kindling the flames of alcoholism it is in vain to urge the advantage of a moderate conflagration ...
Felix Leopold Oswald. to satisfy his thirst either by increasing the quantum of his tipple or by resorting to stronger poisons . After kindling the flames of alcoholism it is in vain to urge the advantage of a moderate conflagration ...
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... increases and decreases with the needs of the organism , while that of the poison - drinker yields only to the temporary extinction of conscious- ness . In a state of Nature every normal function is as- sociated with a pleasurable ...
... increases and decreases with the needs of the organism , while that of the poison - drinker yields only to the temporary extinction of conscious- ness . In a state of Nature every normal function is as- sociated with a pleasurable ...
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... increased craving for a repetition of the stimulant dose forces its victim either to in- crease the quantity of the wonted tonic , or else to resort to a stronger poison . The experience of individual drunkards probably corresponds to ...
... increased craving for a repetition of the stimulant dose forces its victim either to in- crease the quantity of the wonted tonic , or else to resort to a stronger poison . The experience of individual drunkards probably corresponds to ...
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The Poison Problem: Or the Cause and Cure of Intemperance (Classic Reprint) Felix L. Oswald No preview available - 2018 |
The Poison Problem; Or, the Cause and Cure of Intemperance Felix Leopold Oswald No preview available - 2011 |
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Page 85 - The alcohol does not relieve the individual from cold by increasing his temperature ; nor from heat by cooling him ; nor from weakness and exhaustion by nourishing his tissues ; nor yet from affliction by increasing his nerve...
Page 85 - ... and thereby lessening his consciousness of impressions, whether from cold, or heat, or weariness, or pain. In other words, the presence of the alcohol has not in any degree lessened the effects of the evils to which he is exposed, but has diminished his consciousness of their existence, and thereby impaired his judgment concerning the degree of their action upon him.
Page 101 - In the course of my duty as internal revenue officer, I have become thoroughly acquainted with the state and extent of the liquor traffic in Maine, and I have no hesitation in saying that the beer trade is not more than one per cent. of what I remember it to have been, and the trade in distilled liquors is not more than ten per cent. of what it was formerly. . . . When liquor is sold at all, it is done secretly, through fear of the law.