Red Noses | AdventAI

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Sep 30, 1886

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 12, No. 38.

Red Noses.

WHY is a dram-drinker's nose red? The question is answered by Dr. J. B. Johnson, a Washington physician, who says that the dram-drinker's heart beats about thirteen times oftener in a minute than the heart of one who does not drink alcohol. The arteries, in consequence of this increased heart action, carry the blood to the nose quicker than the veins carry it back. The blood, therefore, remains congested in the overfilled vessels, and the nose and the face as well thus becomes habitually red. So stagnant is this blood that when the dram-drinker's nose meets a current of cold air it immediately turns purple and so remains until warm air restores the red color. So the red nose is caused by congestion. Every organ of the body is in a similar state—a warning of an impending fate not to be avoided.—Temperance Reform.