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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‘ ¥ : 166 ALCOHOL AS REGARDS STRENGTH. axiom* that stimulants are always injurious in health, although they may be, and sometimes are, beneficial in disease. * A distinguished surgeon made the following experi- ment. He selected two children in perfect health, and gave every day after dinner to one a large China orange, and to the other a glass of wine. The former continued to enjoy good health, while the latter exhibited decided indications of fever—with furred tongue, high-colored urine, accelerated pulse, &c. &c.