Alcohol Not Much Good As Medicine
The edition of the British Pharmacopeia issued in 1862 included brandy and whisky as officially recognised medicines. The revised edition in 1893 dropped whisky, and the revision of 1932 dropped brandy also. Science marches on. Since then, by international agreement under the League of Nations wines have been dropped as a base in medicines. The far-famed St. Bernard res me dogs used to carry brandy, but that has long since ceased, and hot coffee is now carried in a thermos flask. Step by step the cold light of science has exploded the pretensions of alcohol. The medical scientist r.o longer regards alcohol as a stimulant, but as a narcotic; the hosp'tal 'physician has abolished it from diet lists, and' only uses it occasionally as a drug.
But how many of us honestly take it for our health?
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 6, 11 October 1948, Page 7
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143Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 13, Issue 6, 11 October 1948, Page 7
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