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ALCOHOL AND THE MIND

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Jul 2, 1914

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 91, No. 27.

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ALCOHOL AND THE MIND

By Alfred B. Olsen

ALFRED B. OLSEN, M.D., D.P.H.
The brain, which is the organ of the mind, may roughly be described as a thinking machine. But in a broader and more complete sense the mind embraces higher faculties than the mere animal operations. When the functions of the brain are only slightly damaged, it is the higher nerve centers which suffer most. Take the case of the insane patient: the intellect is partially or perhaps even completely destroyed, and control of the will is also lost; but the lower animal functions, those of nutrition and elimination, for example, go on pretty much undisturbed, and such a person may, from the animal standpoint, exist in a fairly comfortable condition for many years.

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