ALCOHOL BANNED BY GERMAN RED CROSS.
The German Ked Cross Society has published a health tract entitled “How to Keep Well.” in which the following: advice is given:— “Avoid alcoholic beverages. The alcohol found in these beverages (beer, wine, brandy, cider, and others) is a poison which reduces a person's physical and mental performance, and lessens his resistance to disease. It weakens one’s sense of responsibility, and causes numerous misdemeanours, crimes and accidents, especially automobile accidents, and favours to a marked extent the development of venereal diseases. Alcohol constitutes an especially prave danper for children and juveniles. Adults may be injured as to health, economic position, and moral character, not only by the excessive, but also by the habitual moderate use of alcoholic l>everapes. Alcohol damapes the perm cells, and tints weakens the oncominp generation.
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White Ribbon, Volume 42, Issue 493, 18 October 1936, Page 5
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