Grappling With The Monster Or The Curse And The Cure Of Strong Drink Classic Reprint PDF Download

Excerpt from Strong Drink: The Curse and the Cure But it is in the second part that he addresses himself to the more serious purpose of his work. It is because the ma jority of the people are ignorant of the specific action of alco hol on the nerves, membranes, blood-vessels and vital organs, that so many indulge in its use. Under this head he gives the latest and most carefully-conducted experiments of physiolo gists and scientists, from which it has been clearly demonstrated that alcohol invariably acts as a poison when taken into the body, and that its habitual use always lays the foundation for disease, often of a fatal character. This chapter is a most im portant one, and should be read by every young man, and by every moderate drinker in the land. Its well-authenticated statement cannot fail to arrest the reader's attention, and deeply impress him with the dangers that always attend the use of alcoholic drinks. It is also shown how mental failure always keeps pace with the physical deteriorations which attend the regular drinking of alcoholic beverages; that no man can do his best, mentally or physically, while under their in uence, and that their continued use steadily lessens the intellectual vigor and blunts the moral faculties. In treating of the means of reformation and cure, the author shows what has been done and is now doing in Inebriate Asy lums and Reformatory Homes and also through what is known as Gospel Temperance Work - giving, in this connection, a brief history of the Woman's Crusade, of The \voman's National Christian Temperance Union, and the establishment of Reform Clubs, Temperance coffee-houses and Friendly Inns. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."