Half the men every year who die of fevers
Half the men every year who die of fevers might recover, had they not been in the habit of using ardent spirit. Tory Burch Flats Many a man, down for weeks with a fever, had he not used ardent spirit, would not have been confined to his house a day. He might have felt a slight headache; but a little fasting would have removed the difficulty, and the man been well. And many a man who was never in¬toxicated, when visited with a fever, might be raised up as weH as not, were it not for that state of the system, which daily mod¬erate drinking occasions, who now, in spite of all that can be done, sinks down and dies." Nor are we to admit for a moment the popular reasoning, as applicable here, " that the abuse of a thing is no argument against its use; " for, in the language of the late Secretary of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Philadelphia, " All use of ardent spirits (t. e. as a drink) is an abuse. They are mis¬chievous under all circumstances." Their tendency, says Dr. Frank, when used even moderately, is to induce disease, prema¬ture old age, and death. And Dr. Trotter states, that no cause of disease has so wide a range, or so large a share as the use of spirituous liquors. Dr. Harris states that the moderate use of spirituous liquors has destroyed many who were, never drunk; and Tory Burch Outlet Dr. Kirk gives it as his opinion, that men who were never considered intemperate, by daily drinking have often MBT Shoes shortened life more than twenty years; and that the respectable use of this poison, kills more men than even drunkenness. Dr. Wilson gives it as his opinion, that the use of spirit in large cities, causes more diseases than confined air, unwholesome exhalations, and the combined influence of all other evils. Dr. Cheyne, of Dublin, Ireland, afterthirty years practice and observation, gives it as his opinion, that should ten young men begin at twenty-one years of age to use but one glass of two ounces a day, and never increase the quantity, nine out of ten would shorten life more than ten years. But should moderate drinkers shorten life only five years, and drunkards only ten, and should there be but four moderate drinkers to one drunkard, it would, in thirty years, cut ofF, in the United States, 32,400,000 years of human life. An aged physician in Maryland, states, that when the fever breaks out there, the men who do not use ardent spirit, are not half as likely as other men to have it; and that, if they do have it, they are ten times as likely to recover. In the island of Key West, on the coast of Florida, after a great mortality, it was found that every person who had died, was in the habit of using ardent spirit. The quantity used was after¬wards diminished more than MBT nine-tenths, and the inhabitants be¬came remarkably healthy. A gentleman of great respectability from the South, states, that those who fall victims to Southern climes, are almost inva¬riably addicted to the free use of ardent spirit. Dr. Mosely, after a long residence in the West Indies, declares, 11 that per¬sons who drink nothing but cold water, or make ii their principal drink, are but .little affected by tropical climates; that they un¬dergo the greatest fatigue without inconvenience, and are not so subject as others to dangerous diseases;"
Half the men every year who die of fevers might recover, had they not been in the habit of using ardent spirit. Tory Burch Flats Many a man, down for weeks with a fever, had he not used ardent spirit, would not have been confined to his house a day. He might have felt a slight headache; but a little fasting would have removed the difficulty, and the man been well. And many a man who was never in¬toxicated, when visited with a fever, might be raised up as weH as not, were it not for that state of the system, which daily mod¬erate drinking occasions, who now, in spite of all that can be done, sinks down and dies." Nor are we to admit for a moment the popular reasoning, as applicable here, " that the abuse of a thing is no argument against its use; " for, in the language of the late Secretary of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Philadelphia, " All use of ardent spirits (t. e. as a drink) is an abuse. They are mis¬chievous under all circumstances." Their tendency, says Dr. Frank, when used even moderately, is to induce disease, prema¬ture old age, and death. And Dr. Trotter states, that no cause of disease has so wide a range, or so large a share as the use of spirituous liquors. Dr. Harris states that the moderate use of spirituous liquors has destroyed many who were, never drunk; and Tory Burch Outlet Dr. Kirk gives it as his opinion, that men who were never considered intemperate, by daily drinking have often MBT Shoes shortened life more than twenty years; and that the respectable use of this poison, kills more men than even drunkenness. Dr. Wilson gives it as his opinion, that the use of spirit in large cities, causes more diseases than confined air, unwholesome exhalations, and the combined influence of all other evils. Dr. Cheyne, of Dublin, Ireland, afterthirty years practice and observation, gives it as his opinion, that should ten young men begin at twenty-one years of age to use but one glass of two ounces a day, and never increase the quantity, nine out of ten would shorten life more than ten years. But should moderate drinkers shorten life only five years, and drunkards only ten, and should there be but four moderate drinkers to one drunkard, it would, in thirty years, cut ofF, in the United States, 32,400,000 years of human life. An aged physician in Maryland, states, that when the fever breaks out there, the men who do not use ardent spirit, are not half as likely as other men to have it; and that, if they do have it, they are ten times as likely to recover. In the island of Key West, on the coast of Florida, after a great mortality, it was found that every person who had died, was in the habit of using ardent spirit. The quantity used was after¬wards diminished more than MBT nine-tenths, and the inhabitants be¬came remarkably healthy. A gentleman of great respectability from the South, states, that those who fall victims to Southern climes, are almost inva¬riably addicted to the free use of ardent spirit. Dr. Mosely, after a long residence in the West Indies, declares, 11 that per¬sons who drink nothing but cold water, or make ii their principal drink, are but .little affected by tropical climates; that they un¬dergo the greatest fatigue without inconvenience, and are not so subject as others to dangerous diseases;"