CHAPTER III.
ALCOHOL AS A PRODUCER OF DISEASE.
Alcohol a poison--Sudden deaths from brandy--Changes
in liver, kidneys, heart, blood-vessels and nerves caused
by alcohol--Beer and wine as harmful as the stronger
drinks--Alcohol causes indigestion--Other diseases
caused by alcohol--Deaths from alcoholism in Switzerland 28
CHAPTER IV.
TEMPERANCE HOSPITALS.
The London Temperance Hospital--Methods of treatment--The Frances
E. Willard Temperance Hospital, Chicago--"As a beverage" in the
pledge--Address by Miss Frances E. Willard at opening of
hospital--The Red Cross Hospital--Clara Barton and non-alcoholic
medication--Reports of treatment in Red Cross Hospital--Use of
Alcohol declining in other hospitals 37
CHAPTER V.
THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL UPON THE HUMAN BODY.
The body composed of cells--Effect of alcohol on cells--Alcohol
and Digestion--Effects on the blood--The heart--The liver--The
kidneys--Incipient Bright's disease recovered from by total
abstinence--Retards oxidation and elimination of waste
matters--Lengthens duration of sickness and increases mortality 58
CHAPTER VI.
ALCOHOL AS MEDICINE.
Medical use of alcohol a bulwark of the liquor traffic--Alcohol
not a Food--Alcohol reduces temperature--Food principle of grains
and fruits destroyed by fermentation--Alcohol not a
Stimulant--Experiments proving this--Alcohol not a
tonic--Professor Atwater on Alcohol as Food 96
CHAPTER VII.
ALCOHOL IN PHARMACY.
Strong tinctures rouse desire for drink in reformed
inebriates--Glycerine and acetic acid to preserve
drugs--Non-alcohol tinctures in use at London Temperance
Hospital--Sale of liquor in drug-stores condemned by pharmacists 131
CHAPTER VIII.
DISEASES, AND THEIR TREATMENT WITHOUT ALCOHOL.
Alcoholic Craving--Anaemia--Apoplexy--Boils and
Carbuncle--Catarrh--Hay-Fever--Colds--Colic--Cholera--Cholera
Infantum--Consumption--Displacements--Debility--Diarrhoea--
Dysentery--Dyspepsia--Fainting--Fits--Flatulence--Headache--
Hemorrhage--Heart Disease--Heart Failure--Insomnia--La
Grippe--Measles--Malaria--Neuralgia--Nausea--Pneumonia--Pain After
Food--Snake-bite--Rheumatism--Spasms--Shock--Sudden
Illness--Sunstroke--Typhoid Fever--Vomiting 140
CHAPTER IX.
ALCOHOL AND NURSING MOTHERS.
Beer not good for nursing mothers
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