ALCOHOLOGY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 332, 20 June 1911, Page 7

ALCOHOLOGY.

FACTS CONCERNING ALCOHOL. (Published by Arrangement). Heinrich Quensel gives these facts which all should know; — A MOTHER SHOULD KNOW * That alcohol quickly leads to fatigue, and causes dullness and inattention at school. That alcohol weakens the resistance of the body and favors attacks of disease. That alcohol prolongs the duration of disease.

That every penny spent for spirituous drinks would be far better used for strengthening fond—milk, for example. That domestic happiness and fidelity in marriage arc endangered and often undermined and destroyed through alcohol. TEACHERS SHOULD KNOW— That no alcoholic drink, whether beer, wine or distilled liquor, contains an.v nourishing or strengthening ralue worth mentioning.

That the alcohol contained in all spirituous drinks is a poison which impairs the vital processes of the cells and tissues of the body, and therefore injures the health of the user in proportion to the strength and amount That alcohol, by weakening the higher brain-centres involved in reflection and self-control, leaves the way open for the expression of the lower impulses.

The teacher must therefore be well convinced that an energetic campaign against alcohol would open the way for a general advance in culture and health, and therefore a practical co-operation of the whole teaching fraternity in the solution of the alcohol problem is from every standpoint urgently desirable. THE WORKING-MAN SHOULD KNOW That whisky possesses no nutritive value whatever, and therefore can afford no strength. That all alcoholic drinks, on account of the alcohol they contain, may exert a brief temporary feeling of warmth and excitability, but they soon induce sleepiness and lower the body temperature. That alcoholic drinks, on account of the same poison, weaken muscular power, steadiness of the hands, and the whole mental and physical' working ability—make one slow and inattentive, and diminish the power of self-preservation. , That the regular use of alcohol increases the liability to all kinds of diseases and prolongs recovery. . That the habitual use of alcohol particularly favors liability to consumption. That nearly half the accidents occurring in working hours are caused by the use of alcohol.

That the regular use of alcohol draws from the workman's pocket a large amount of money that is wasted, which would much better be spent for food, clothing, and other useful things. That the regular use of alcohol greatly endangers health and property.