Alcohol Depresses Rather than Stimulates
DR. EMIL KRAEPELIN, professor of mental diseases in the University of Munich, Bavaria, has conducted a large number of very carefully planned experiments to get the true effect of alcohol upon the system. The reports say that his conclusions were "determined with almost mathematical certainty, by experiments made dozens of times under absolutely similar conditions, as regarded time of day, food, exercise, and surroundings." After making his experiments in this careful and accurate manner, he reached the conclusion that alcohol is a narcotic, that it is a depressant, and not a stimulant. The apparent stimulating effect is deceptive. In each case, under the influence of alcohol the individual did less and poorer work, although in his semi-intoxication he thought he was doing more and better work. Other men noted for their research have reached similar conclusions, but perhaps none of them have made more careful and patient experiments in reaching the accurate effect of alcohol upon the system than Dr. Kraepelin.