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A BRIEF STUDY OF ALCOHOL.

Alcohol as a Superstition-Its Place among the Gods and the

Devils of Imagination - The Doubtful Origin of Wine and

Ancient Traditions Concerning It-Discovery of Distillation

in the Twelfth Century - How Webster and Worcester Define

Alcohol-Dr. Richardson's Statement of its Chemical Proper-

ties The Nature of Alcohol and its Relation to the Ele-

ments of our own Organism-The Foods that Nourish the

Body and the Food Properties of Alcohol Compared - The

Process of Fermentation - The Process of Distillation

Name and Strength of Various Alcoholic Preparations

Alcohol the Product of Man's Ingenuity and not of Nature . 1

EFFECT OF ALCOHOL UPON THE HUMAN BODY AND SOUL.

Liquor as an Article of Commerce

Alcohol in the Body - Im-

portance of Medical Testimony - The Development of Drunk-

enness during the Past Three Centuries- The Experiments

of Lallemand, Perrin and Duroy - A Terrier Dog under the

Influence of Liquor - The Latest Demonstrations of Dr.

Richardson-How Alcohol Travels with the Blood, and what

it does on its Travels - Experiments of Parkes and Wallowicz

on a Healthy Man - How his Heart was Affected by Alcohol

- Effect of the Social Glass at a Dinner Party.

ALCOHOL NOT A FOOD.

Can it be a Very Bad and a Very Good Thing at the Same Time? --

How Ale and Beer Fatten- Dr. Richardson's Examination of

the Qualities of Alcohol as a Food-No Claim to Efficacy

in Structure Building - The Search of the Physicians for a

Virtue in Alcohol - Four Stages of Change Produced on the

Body by Liquor - How Alcohol gets out of the Body - If it

is not a Food, there is No Occasion for its Consumption as a

ALCOHOL AGAINST THE BODY.

Dr. Richardson's Investigations Continued-Experiments with a

Frog - Alcohol as a Regular Stimulant a Delusion - How

Light Drinkers are Affected-Effect on the Heart and Other

Organs - How Disease is Originated - When the Memory

becomes a Victim of the Habit-Gradual Steps of Physical

Regeneration through Use of Liquor .

SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS.

When Liebig's Theory was Supreme - Alcohol in the Brain of a

Dead Debauchee- The Alcoholic Alphabet - How the Liquor

gets out of the Body-Is it Poison, Food, or Medicine?—

How the Dictionaries define the Terms - Dr. Hammond's Ex-

periments with a Dog-His List of Diseases Created by the

use of Alcohol-His Letter to the Author-Literal Meaning

of the Word "Intoxication"-The use of Poisons for Medi-

cal Purposes - The use of Beer-Its Stupefying Effects on

its Devotees - The Cruel Results which have followed the

wide use of Beer - How Old Appetites have been Awakened

and New Ones Created

ALCOHOL AS THE CREATOR OF DISEASE.

Alcohol as the Creator of Disease - How it attacks the Integrity

of the Body through the Blood - Dr. Dickinson's Account of

the Diseases it Fosters - The Ally of Cholera -- Recollections

of the Cholera Epidemic in New York, 1832 - Dr. Beau-

mont's Experiments - Striking Illustration of the Effects of

Drink - The Drunkard's Stomach, Reproduced in Colors-

The Curse of Intemperance transmitted to Posterity - Start-

ling Facts from Experience - The History of Four Genera-

tions of a Family of Drunkards - The Causes of Insanity

Intemperance Leading them All

CONTENTS.

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ALCOHOL AND LENGTH OF LIFE.

Investigations of the Subject by Life Insurance and Provident

Associations-Human Life as a Business Commodity - Ex-

perience of some Great English Institutions - Superior Show..

Cases where the

ing made by their Temperance Sections

Premiums are Reduced Ten Per Cent. for Total Abstainers -

Striking Comparisons shown by Diagrams-Experience of

the Sons of Temperance - Mortality among Beer Sellers-

Testimony of Leading Insurance Experts - Letter from Chief

Medical Examiner Lambert of the Equitable

ALCOHOL IN MEDICINE.

Considerations which Influence the Body of Physicians to Pre-

scribe it Difficulties they Encounter - Declarations of Noted

Medical Bodies-Evidence that the Physicians were Early

Advocates of Moderation-Resolutions of English Bodies-

The Views of Dr. Stillé- A Physician who thinks Alcohol

Sometimes Useful, Necessary and Indispensable - The Opin-

ions of Dr. Davis on the Other Side-His Dissection of the

Arguments for Alcohol - Review of Various Investigations

Letter from Dr. Hargreaves - Dr. Palmer's Statement of the

Case - Varying Opinions and how they are Sustained - Dr.

Rembaugh's Position - Dr. Wilder's Letter - Important Con-

ALCOHOL IS PAUPERISM AND CRIME.

The Two Great Burdens of Society - The Difference and the Like-

ness between Them - What the Pauper Returns of Massa-

chusetts Show - Figures and Facts from Almshouse Super-

intendents-Sir Matthew Hale's Statement of the Causes of

Crime Experience of New York Officials - What Gover-

nor Dix said in 1873-Startling Facts about the Effects of

Beer Drinking by Women-A New Hampshire Opinion

Based on Practical Experience

INTEMPERANCE AMONG MANUAL WORKERS.

A Topic that is Closely Connected with the Labor Problem - Testi-

mony taken by the Senate Committee A Manchester Carpen-

ter's Thoughtful Observations-Practical Effect of the Drink-

ing Habit on the Skilled Trades Wages and the Money

Spent for Drinks-Some Considerations Based on Tenth

Census Facts - Edward Atkinson's Calculations-George E.

McNeill's Contrary Views on the Subject of Economy - His

Statement of the Cost of Living - Mr. Powderly's Answer to

a Critic A letter in which he Defends his Position as an

Ultra Temperance Man -- His Presentation of the Cost of the

Drinking Habit to Workingmen-Testimony of Fall River

Mill Hands-Some Final Considerations upon the Relation of

Temperance to the Wage and Labor Problems..

ALCOHOL DESTROYS THE WEALTH OF THE PEOPLE.

Some Things that are Clear in Regard to the Effects of Alcohol

An Invoice of the Stock in Trade of an Industry of Destruc-

tion - The Claim that Temperance Statistics are Inflated and

Unreliable The Demand for a Commission of Inquiry -

Col. Switzler's Work-The Liquor Production of the United

States A Table Representing a Gigantic Business Transac-

tion - Remarkable Increase in the Use of Malt Liquors -

Facts Furnished by the Brewers' Association- Letter of Louis

Schode Mr. Zimmerman's Figures - The 100,000 Annual

Victims The Figures for 1886-The Cost of Drink per

Family The Annual Loss to the Nation-Demand for a

Commission of Inquiry

ALCOHOL DESTROYS THE WEALTH OF THE WORLD.

The Fate of all Civilized Nations Affected by the Liquor Traffic —

Consumption of Spirits in the United Kingdom - The Amount

per Capita- Money enough Spent for Liquor from 1831 to

1881 to Purchase the Entire United Kingdom - The Case in

France-The Use of Liquor Doubled in Forty Years - Re-

port to the French Government - The Home of the American

Despot - Telling Facts and Figures Showing the Vast Extent

of the Traffic .

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The Trade with Africa, Asia and the Islands of the Sea-How it

has Followed the March of Discovery - The Situation in the

Valley of the Congo-The Vice of Intemperance almost

Unknown where the Mohammedan Religion Prevails - Ad-

vent of the European Slave and Gin Trade-Testimony of

the Missionaries - Government Influences at Work in South-

ern Africa - A Heathen Gough- How a Heathen Tribe Vig-

orously Suppressed the Habit and the Trade ..

Alcohol the Tyrant of all Ages and Races - Are the Chains of the

Liquor Habit to be Perpetual? Shall there be a "New Eman-

cipation"? - The Forces of the Temperance Reform until

lately a God-inspired Mob-A Great War before us - The

Emancipation of Fifteen Hundred Millions - Agencies to be

Employed by the Organized Army of Reform Considered:

Individual, Associated and Political - Personal Total Absti-

nence a Recent Evolution of Christian Civilization - The

Dictum of Science and Duty.

The Policy of Prevention - Education of the Child the Secret of

Success - Rescue the Drunkard; but Educate the Child-

Home the Primary Field of Action - The Church Work of

Education - The Public Schools and Scientific Instruction-

"Temperance Education Law"- The Bill for National Aid

to Education-Its Principles Stated-Its Bearing on the

Temperance Work - Testimony of Public Men to its Merits

and Importance.

"PERSONAL LIBERTY" AND PUBLIC LAW.

The Right to Fight the Rum Traffic by Legislation - The Objec-

tion urged against Prohibition - The Manufacture and Sale

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