Corporation of Glasgow
13%Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 1, 1914
FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 34.
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Abuse of Alcohol and Its Results
Effect on Adults
- The abuse of alcoholic stimulants is a most potent and deadly agent in producing physical deterioration.
- Alcohol IS NOT A FOOD.
- It is NOT a source of muscular vigor or dexterity, but the reverse.
- It may produce temporary exhilaration, but DEPRESSION SOON FOLLOWS.
- Its continued use IMPAIRS THE PRODUCTIVE POWER of the skilled artisan.
- Its CONTINUED USE, whether in the form of beer, wine, or spirits, even though never to the extent of producing drunkenness, RESULTS IN CHRONIC POISONING.
- It WEAKENS the natural FORCES WHICH RESIST DISEASE.
- It increases the risk of CONSUMPTION.
- It INCREASES LIABILITY TO DISEASE, adds to its severity, and RETARDS RECOVERY.
- It PERVERTS the moral nature, affects the judgment, and impairs the memory.
- It deadens sensibility to miserable surroundings, and destroys all desire for improvement.
- It is INCREASING the PROPORTION of men and women who are being CONFINED in LUNATIC ASYLUMS.
- It SHORTENS LIFE. The death-rate of abstainers is little more than half that of the whole male population living between the ages of twenty-five and sixty-five.
Effect of Parental Intemperance on the Children
- Intemperance in parents BRINGS SUFFERING on their CHILDREN.
- It produces PHYSICAL and sometimes MENTAL WEAKNESS in them.
- If they escape death in infancy, PERMANENT DISABLEMENT may still result from PARALYSIS, EPILEPSY, or IDIOCY.
- The DEATH-RATE among INFANTS of inebriate mothers is two and one half TIMES GREATER than among the children of sober mothers.
- The report states that drinking habits are increasing among women of the working classes.