Concerning Alcohol.

White Ribbon, Volume 12, Issue 136, 15 September 1906, Page 9

Concerning Alcohol.

Alcohol as a Drug.—The cables, on August 25th, conveyed the news that Sir Victor Horsley had declared before a meeting of the Hritish Association at Toronto, that the value of alcohol as a drug was practically nil. 0 0 Alcohol and Consumption. - The annual report of the Medical Officer for Wigton, Kngland, states that alcohol, as a predisposing cause of tuberculosis, is probably secondary to overcrowding. He advises that the effects of alcohol be taught in all public schools. 0 0 Alcohol and the Voice.—Mr Ch. .1. tiishenden, voice and health specialist, author of “ Profitable Health,” etc..

says, “In my met lux! for Voice, Singing, and Health, I lay great stress on the vital |x>int that spirits are esjiecially bad for the throat and voice. I studied thost*subjects with SirMorell Mackenzie at the London Hospital, and for tin* last thirty years I have enjoyed robust health, and so have all my pupils. Temperance has been one of the main causes of these vocal and physical benefits, and 1 am writing this with the object that mv words may be quoted in favour of temjieranoe for both voice ami health.” Wise Denmark Doctors.—Here is a copy of a poster drawn up by a number of Danish physicians and put up in all railway stations throughout the country : To the Danish people : Alcohol is a stupefying poison. Alcohol is the cause of many mental diseases and of most of the crimes. Every seventh man in Denmark dies of drink. In the struggle for Temperance, abstinence is the safest weapon. Abstinence never injures a man. Sure is the hand and clear is the thought of him who never drinks spirits. If you wish to make your |H»ople happy, increase their prosjierity, build up their homes, advance the interests of your country, and make the race sound in body and mind, become a total abstainer. 0 0 0 Nine cases of drunkenness were brought before the Stipendiary Magistrate at Christchurch, on September 11th —and yet it is asserted that publicans are now conducting their houses well.