THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON THE HUMAN BODY.
In an interesting address on “The Effect of Alcohol on the Hum in Body,” Dr. A- B- O’Brien said: — “Alcohol, as we know, lias a great affinity for water, and the brain, containing a larger percentage ct water than any other part of the body is quickly affected by alcohol. Recent discoveries show that in the main there is one particular nerve whose function is to regulate the beating of the heart in the same way as the ‘governor’ regulates the speed of the steam-engine. When alcohol is imbibed, this motor nerve is immediately affected; ’he nerve being narcotised, does not funci’on properly. and the heart races in tlie same way as the steam-engine would if tlie ‘governor’ was not in action. This pumping of the heart gives exhilaration and leads to tin* erroneous idea that alcohol had stimulated »he person. If the narcotising is continue, the effect will lie increasing until t!. c man i* helpless, or dead drunk, and the heart will be more exhausted ever after the so-called ‘stimulant.’”
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White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 383, 18 June 1927, Page 9
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180THE EFFECT OF ALCOHOL ON THE HUMAN BODY. White Ribbon, Volume 33, Issue 383, 18 June 1927, Page 9
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