Temperance prize essays / By Drs. Mussey and Lindsly.

Date:
1835
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Credit: Temperance prize essays / By Drs. Mussey and Lindsly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    as a eek # to be owing to the increased determination of blood to the head, which is the natural effect of alcohol stimulants. | The unhappy victims are of course, during such periods, doubly exposed to numerous and distres- sing accidents. Doctor Trotter relates that two drowned. 5. Hysterics. Females, who are addicted to the disgusting vice of intemperance, are very frequently attacked with hysterics during the paroxysm. ‘There is a cal, in the female sex which places them pecu- liarly under the control of external excitements. Hence the exhilaration produced by wine and hysteric fit. 6. Perspiration Altered. The perspiration of a habitual drunkard often has a decided alcoholic odor. It is said by some authors occasionally to partake even of the color of the liquor, upon which the debauch has been committed; as in the instance of claret and port drinkers.* _* M‘Nish’s Anatomy of Drunkenness.