What shall I drink? / by Reuben D. Mussey.

  • Mussey, R. D. (Reuben Dimond), 1780-1866.
Date:
[1863?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: What shall I drink? / by Reuben D. Mussey. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    medicinal use, an appetite for liquor may be contracted, which no human skill can permanently control. Dr. S. G. Howe, Superintendent of the South Boston Institution for the care of Idiots, reported to the Legislature of Massa- chusetts, In a large proportion of cases, alcohol is either directly or indirectly con- cerned in the production of the idiocy with which the State is burdened. In the Report of the Lunatic Hospital at Columbus, Ohio, for 1861, Dr. Hills, the physician, says of one of his patients, that his father, in the first part of married life, was strictly temperate, and had four chil- dren, all yet remaining healthy and sound. From reverses of fortune, he became dis- couraged and intemperate for some years, having in this period four children, two of whom we have now received into the asylum. A third one was idiotic, and the fourth epileptic. He then reformed in habits, had three more children, all now