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... says Dr. Rush , " and kept there for a thousand years as a punishment for drinking , and then returned , his first cry would be , ' Give me rum ! give me rum ! " " " The infernal powers blindfold the victims of their altars , " says ...
... says Dr. Rush , " and kept there for a thousand years as a punishment for drinking , and then returned , his first cry would be , ' Give me rum ! give me rum ! " " " The infernal powers blindfold the victims of their altars , " says ...
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... says Dr. Jennings , " why such and such men , possessing great intellect- ual power and firmness of character in other respects , can not drink moderately and not give themselves up to drunkenness . They become drunkards by law- fixed ...
... says Dr. Jennings , " why such and such men , possessing great intellect- ual power and firmness of character in other respects , can not drink moderately and not give themselves up to drunkenness . They become drunkards by law- fixed ...
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... says Dr. Sewall- " the individual who abandons the use of all intoxicating drinks ? The stomach , by that extraordinary self - restorative power of Nature , gradually resumes its natural appearance . Its engorged blood - vessels become ...
... says Dr. Sewall- " the individual who abandons the use of all intoxicating drinks ? The stomach , by that extraordinary self - restorative power of Nature , gradually resumes its natural appearance . Its engorged blood - vessels become ...
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... says Dr. Schrodt , " one may see gamins under ten years grub- bing in rubbish heaps for cigar - stumps ; soon after , leaning against a board fence , groaning and shuddering as they pay the repeated penalty of Nature , yet , all the ...
... says Dr. Schrodt , " one may see gamins under ten years grub- bing in rubbish heaps for cigar - stumps ; soon after , leaning against a board fence , groaning and shuddering as they pay the repeated penalty of Nature , yet , all the ...
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... says Dr. Jennings , " that the human system , when disturbed and deranged in its natural operations , becomes ... says Bichat , " has led to innumerable falla- cies and blunders . " Dr. Benjamin Rush said in a public lecture : " I am ...
... says Dr. Jennings , " that the human system , when disturbed and deranged in its natural operations , becomes ... says Bichat , " has led to innumerable falla- cies and blunders . " Dr. Benjamin Rush said in a public lecture : " I am ...
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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.