Page:Alcohol, a Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine.djvu/445



bbott, Dr. A. C., 264, 278, 280, 281, 368 Abdominal bandage 199 Abel Pro. J. J. 128 Acetanilid 180, 301, 346 Acetic acid in pharmacy. 134, 136 Aiken, Dr. J.M. 376 Adelung, Dr. Edward Von, 326, 379 Alabama law and alcoholic prescriptions 27 Albumen 30,60,62,152,173 Alcohol, food claims 112–114, 128 a mocker 364,377 a narcotic 121,123 a posion 28,29,100, 105, 358, 371, 388 injurious to living cells 275 advance in study of 380 affinity for blood and tissues 114 affinity for water, 148, 149 and foods, action contrasted 406 and empty stomach 100 mental work 400 anti-spasmodic 124 apparent benefits; deceptive warmth from evanescent 108 anæsthetic and paralyzlant 120,181 anæsthetic effect deceptive 222,262,266 antipyertic 127 as medicine causes waste of force 83 as medicine diminished use 20, 53–57 as medicine, need of popular education regarding 297 as medicine, opposition to by W. C T. U., 21–27 causes disease 28–36 as sedative 127 as tonic 124,126 beginning of scientific study. 11 Alcohol,  a cause of Bright's disease 34,91 causes malnutrition 284 craving 140 delusion that it "supports" 294 depressent 150, 178 dangerous in pneumonia 201 difference in action from carbohydrates and fats 403 diminishes arterial pressure 119, 120 effect on respiration, 263, 266 experiments, 11, 15, 62, 65, 80, 93, 101, 119, 120, 149, 200, 266, 267, 268, 275, 279, 288, 392–405, 421 Alcoholic diseases ascribed to other causes 33 drink, no danger in sudden stopping 293 drinks, stories of life sustained on 112 dyspepsia 63 proprietary medicines, 299–334 Alcohol, medical use bulwark of liquor-traffic, 96, 97, 360, 361 medical use causes death 260 medical use delays recovery 115 medical use evidence against 336–391 medical life result of habit and tradition, 292, 294, 295, 208, 378 medical use, Toledo Blade on 358 medical use, mortality increased by, 247–261, 267 Ammonia 40,188 Anæsthesia 119, 120 Anæmia 141 Anders, Dr. Howard S. 370 Angina pectoris 181, 182 Anthrax 281, 282 Alcoholism 36, 111