Alcohol aiid «_ .. v Influenza What are the Facts ? The "Trade** says: The hotels were closed for the same reason as churches were closed— to prevent crowds. The Fact is; They were closed m Auckland first, because—- " Whisky drinkers were dropping off like flies ! " The "Trade" says: It wasn't necessary to close them at all. v The Fact is: They were closed upon the advice of Surgeon-General Henderson, Lieut. Gol. Makgill arid Dr. Hay. The course advised by these unbiassed Medical Authorities was afterwards followed by the f . Medical Advisory Boards of New South Wales, Victoria and Queensland. The "Trade" sayai The liquor bars should be kept m full blast UNTIL the epidemic returns and day after day forever AFTER the epidemic has gone m order that the people may obtain alcohol as medicine DURING the epidemic. I The Fact is: That the first thing the Government would do if the * epidemic returned would be to close the liquor bars as was done before. The "Trade" says: The hotels are the only source from which a supply of liquor could be obtained. - N The Fact is: The Act specifically provides for alcohol for medicinal purposes and the Government has undertaken to provide adequate supplies without charge for medical certificates. Moreover, the liquor will be of good qualify instead of the doped an^l adulterated "■iJ' article so often served. *&&&*. f v , THE MINISTER OF HEALTH ha* m this connection made the following statement: "In the event of National Prohibition being carried the Public A.-V- . "Health Department would have to carry. stocks of alcohol for : -- . v -' ; "medicinal purposes. To get this medicine, people would require "certificates, and arrangements would be made for Government "doctors to give these certificates free of charge" The "Trade" says: The Minister's promise cannot be depended on. The Fact is: The 'Trade" and the Moderate League are the only persons who think this I The Act makes specific provision for alcohol for medicinal purposes. •**_ ' , The "Tirade" says: That medical opinion supports itt contention* that the liquor bars should be kept m full blast .. C_> The Fact is: Most doctors are of the opinion that whisky drinkers " have less chance of recovery than total abstainers. LOOK— Dr. Nmwlandm, the well-knoWn Dnnedin Dr. Godfrmy (i1f. 8.C.M., Edinburgh), speakmedioo, made the following statement ing recently m the Opera House, Palmerston when approached on his return from the North, >teted that "During the recent 1 t_t__4.;..«. ~# -i.- »-:*:__, iu-.j^-i epidemic he had attended over 300 famines Annual Meeting of *c British Medicd _g d flaw ab<mt IQQQ tientg aufferil , from Association held m Wellington on Ms_oh 4th influenza. He did not use one drop of alcblast, and whioh he attended aa delegate from hoi for the internal treatment of influenza, Dunedin:— , nor did he see the need for its use m any . single case. Further, he saw no patient die 1. That alcohol was useful during the who get ne alcohol" Epidemic when msed under strict * medical supervision. Dr. Plattt-Milh, of Wellington, speaking V before the Epidemic Commission, stated that _L That hi the case ef many so~ealled she had known alcohol used m two cases, and moderates, who would have resented m only one of them had the patient recovered. - any charge of drinking to excess, the In heir opinion the lavish use of alcohol m the disease manifested itself with greatly Epidemic was distinctly harmful. It was increased severity. used by many as a panic remedy, and it was given to patients who had no symptoms calS. That, provided an adequate supply of ling for stimulants, but rather with symptoms alcohol, both as to quality and quantity, indicating that stimulants woulfl do harm, were guaranteed by the Government, In her experience no bad results had foi lowed the. contention of the Efficiency League the removal of alcohol. Certainly, heavy that Prohibition would be beneficial drinkers died of the disease, and possibly-the * both to the -general health and well- heavier mortality among males was due to being of the community cannot be the fact that males used alcohol more reasonably disputed. freely as a beverage than women did. *> The "Trade" says: ' It is concerned only for the health of the community and that the Prohibitionists care nothing whether their fellow citizens live or die. The Fact is: The "Trade's'' only concern is to sell as much liquour as it can and to let the people bear the consequences. _ The. "Trade's" (concern for the health of the people is a sham and a fraud. It has only one ' concern* and that is to save itself from the death sentence which is about to be pronounced upon it. I^EXT THURSDAY __ - r\ -
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14880, 7 April 1919, Page 9
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