IS ALCOHOL A FOOD.

Waikato Times, Volume XXVI, Issue 2131, 6 March 1886, Page 2 (Supplement)

IS ALCOHOL A FOOD.

Rn.\Uiu\<: tin- ninth disputed fate of alcohol in the human system, I'rofessoi Cloetta u-ceiitly published some oiigtnal in\cstigati r)ii-i.r )ii-i. The com lusions he. arrived atiiie: — That alcohol becomes con vo.ite.el in the '3 stem into laihou dioxide and watei ; th it only a vei> .small poition parses off as alcohol by tho lungs, kidneys, and skin, and that nearly the whole of tlu; quantity consumed becomes oxidized. None is found in the fieces or milk. In modulate doses it Ins no iniliK'iicc on the body heat, nnd it only loweis it when taken rapidly and 111 laige quantities, th« t-lleo-t bJn_j the same whether fever is pros 11 1 o. not. lit the tissues, in consequence ot absorption of oxjeen by tiie nlooh >!, tis-'i"- niotanwjihosis is un 1 1 < I. <i"d 'lie (a-enti.l constituents or. tic 'iih'l a c driiwi's'u d. Alcohol is i 1 -U(J.ir a loo>l tl-" t it pioteots against to rap Mil consumption. It is thus an impoitant agent in fc-bnlo cases in duly divided doses of five to seven (lsac'ims. Iv lais^er doses its important u a -i a iiutrL-nfc and conserving a&ent icccd.'S and its effects become injurious, an aeeiitnulation of the terminal piodncts of ti«Mie metamorphosis takes place, alonj with inciea-c of uric acid and urea. This fact indicates that oxidation in the tissuc3 has its limits, aud the terminal products of tissue metani| rrhosis may he produced in other ».'ays.— Med.cal Press, October 21, ISBO.