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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    — / — a y pes s * - IN HEALTH OR ,DISEASE. ao * red or purple spots upon the lining membrane of the stomach, from some of whith: exuded small drops of grumous blood ;—aphthous or changes in the cankery patches upon the same mem- ‘he stomach. brane; ‘the gastric fluids mixed witha large propor- tion of ropy mucus, and muco-purulent matter slightly tinged with blood, resembling the discharge from the bowels in some cases of dysentery.’ It is worthy of remark that these beginnings of disease were not always accompanied nn setenial signs or symptoms of disorder. When of considerable standing, however, these appearances were occa- sionally observed to be attended with Sympathetic ‘an uneasy sensation and tenderness eMects. at the pit of the stomach, and some dizziness and dimness and yellowness of vision on stooping down and rising again,’ also, with a brown coat upon the tongue, and a slight sallowness of the coun- tenance. ‘Improper indulgence in eating and drinking,’ says Dr. Beaumont, ‘has been the most Pactofwihe common precursor of these diseased produces these conditions of the coats of the stomach. °2°* The free use of ardent spirits, wine, beer, or any intoxicating liquor, when continued for some days, has invariably produced these morbid _ changes.’ In evidence of the directly poisonous influence of alcoholic drinks upon the constitution, is the fact, that men long accustomed to their daily use x may be taken off suddenly and en- Men may tirely from them, not only without im- ane pairing the health, but with a certainty of im- proving it. In the summer of 1829, Mr. Powers, a