ALCOHOL
ITS SOCIAL VALUE
Uiii.ied Press Association. —By Electric
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LONDON, November 29
Professor Sidney Smith, lecturing at Edinburgh University, gave one of the • most competent analyses ot the social value of alcohol in the history of pedagogics. He expressed the ppjpio : n.. 'thnt alcohol .exerted its off ifects almost entirely on the brain. Under its influences, lie said, little worries tended to disappear, the small .disappointments of everyday life lost their sting, .and the world in general appeared to be more pleasant. Alcohol jfiade self expression easier. ' The shy man lost his self-consciousness, and the critic became less critical. Nevertheless, he said, when the reactions to'alcohol were analysed, it would be found that there was a subtle, but fastidiousness of control, which became more pronounced with large doses, es-j peciallv if taken without food.
There was, be said, little correlation between drunkenness and serious crime, but, there was a close correlation between it and minor violence and the neglect of children. i,
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Hokitika Guardian, 1 December 1930, Page 3
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