The disease of inebriety from alcohol, opium, and other narcotic drugs : its etiology, pathology, treatment and medico-legal relations / arranged and compiled by the American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety.

  • American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety.
Date:
1893
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Credit: The disease of inebriety from alcohol, opium, and other narcotic drugs : its etiology, pathology, treatment and medico-legal relations / arranged and compiled by the American Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ Therefore, resolved, that the secretary be authorized to prepare a volume, which shall contain the most reliable conclusions and studies of eminent authorities on all phases of the disease of inebriety up to the present time * “Resolved, that the secretary, with the publication com- mittee, make all arrangements for the printing and issuing of said volume at the earliest possible moment. This volume is in conformity with this resolution, and simply aims to give the reader many of the best and most suggestive studies of this subject which have appeared. More prominence has been given to heredity, treatment and medico-legal relations, because these phases are dis- puted and the subject of confusing controversy. The fact of disease in inebriety has passed beyond question and is practically settled, hence all moral theories or discussions are of little or no value from a scientific point of view. These various studies are not presented as exhaustive, but rather as outlines suggesting wide stretches of the unknown, inviting the reader to take up this subject and extend its frontiers far in advance of the present. It will be apparent to all that the scientific study of in- ebriety is yet in its infancy, and no student or volume can do more than give a general view of the most probable facts which appear to be sustained by the strongest evidence available up to this time. This volume is intended to represent the work of the Association for the Study and Cure of Inebriety and the character of the papers and discussions which have appeared in its journal. For over a quarter of a century, this association has studied exclusively the scientific side ot inebriety, and although it has not attracted much attention and is practi- cally unknown, it has been a great silent power, crystalliz- ing and marshalling the many facts constantly appearing from a knowledge of these cases.