of was all the other way; great
medical men could not be _bought_ by distillers or brewers to tell
anything but the truth, and the truth of experimental research was all
against alcohol. The text-books endorsed by Mrs. Hunt and her advisory
committee being assailed again and again as containing erroneous
teaching, were finally, in 1897, submitted to an examining committee of
medical experts, nearly all of whom were connected with medical
colleges. This committee consisted of Dr. N. S. Davis, Sr., of Chicago,
Ill.; Dr. Leartus Connor, of Detroit, Michigan; Dr. Henry Q. Marcy, of
Boston, Mass.; Dr. E. E. Montgomery, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Dr. Henry D.
Holton, of Brattleboro, Vt.; and Dr. George F. Shrady, of New York City.
From their reports upon the books the following is culled:--

"I find no errors in the teaching of any of them on this
subject."

"No statement was found at variance with the most reliable
studies of especially competent investigators."

"I was asked to point out any errors in these books which need
correcting. I find no such errors."

"I find their teaching completely in accordance with the facts
determined through scientific experimentation and
investigation."

"I find them to be in substantial accord with the results of the
latest scientific investigations."

Dr. Baer, of Berlin, Germany, the foremost European specialist on the
subject treated in these text-books, has recently subjected the books to
rigid examination. He says in his report upon them:--

"On the basis of the examination I have made I can assert that
the above mentioned school text-books, (the endorsed
physiologies), in respect to their statements regarding
alcoholic drinks contain no teachings which are not in harmony
with the attitude of strict science."

Still the opposers of the text-books were not satisfied, and a self
constituted Committee of Fifty undertook an investigation. Men of
unquestioned ability were chosen to make researches, but the result of
their investigations was so different from what was looked for, that,
with the exception of Professor Atwater's contention for the food value
of alcohol, the report of the Committee of Fifty did not stir up much
controversy.

The school text-books deal exclusively with the effects of alcohol used
as a beverage; for obvious reasons this is all they can do. But as
intoxicating drinks have been generally suppos