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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
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
CHAPTER II.
EFFECT OF ALCOHOL UPON THE HUMAN BODY AND SOUL.
Liquor as an Article of Commerce
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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.
CHAPTER III.
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
Drink
CHAPTER IV.
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 .
CHAPTER V.
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
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CHAPTER VI.
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
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CHAPTER VII.
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
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CHAPTER VIII.
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-
clusions.
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CHAPTER IX.
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
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CHAPTER X.
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..
CHAPTER XI.
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
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CHAPTER XII.
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