ALCOHOL A POISON
. We are not oar own; and have not a right to do with ourßelves »s we please. Our body Is the Instrument with which we hare to do the work of life, and ■elMnttroat requires that we keep It In the highest possible state of efficiency by wholesome food, pure water, pare air, propar olothing, suitable employment, congenial recreations, legitimate gratifications, sufficient sleep, personal cleanliness, and a contenttd mind. Our organs no more need extraneous aid, suoh as stimulants, than the planets need freih impulses to speed their flight, Many people take more care of their watohe* than the/ do of their bodies. They work their fteam engines according to the purpose for which these are oonstruoted, and the ttratn they can bear ; but leave their bodies to the mercy of appetite or circumstance, instead of to the proteotion of reason and physiological law, the result often being premature decay. In drinking alcohol, men drink a poison, and the pleasure It affordß Is at the expense of Injured tissue and altered fonotloßi which wonld be permanent but for the body's power of resistance and power of repair. — Dr A. H. M'Murlry,
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1691, 19 October 1887, Page 3
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194ALCOHOL A POISON Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1691, 19 October 1887, Page 3
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