Temperance prize essays / By Drs. Mussey and Lindsly.

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

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    mite is ee ese i Te ee eee IN HEALTH OR DISEASE. (ely ‘suited to secure to him the uninterrupied, as well vas the highest and best exercise and enjoyment, of his physical, mental, and moral powers. His ‘drink was water. A river flowed from Paradise. From the moment that river began to ‘ water the garden,’till the present, no human invention has equalled this simple beverage; and all the attempts to improve it by the admixture of other substances, whether alcoholic, narcotic, or aromatic, have not only failed, but have served to deteriorate or poi- son it, and render it less healthful and safe. Water is as well adapted to man’s natural ap- petite, as to the physical wants of his .. adapted organs. A natural thirst, and the ‘to man’s appe- pleasure derived from its gratification, “” were given us to secure to the vital machinery the supply of liquid necessary to its healthy move- ments. When this natural thirst occurs, no drink tastes so good, and in truth none is so good as wa- ter; none possesses adaptations so exact to the’ vital necessities of the organs. So long as a fresh supply of liquid is not needed, so long there is not the least relish for water; it offers no temptation, while its addition to the circulating fluids would be useless, or hurtful. This topic has been most ably discussed by Dr. Oliver, as follows :—* The waste of the fluid parts of our bodies requires the use of drink Dr. Oliver. to repair it, and we derive a sensible gratification from quenching our thirst. What use do we make of this fact? Why, to try if we cannot find | something that we shall take pleasure in drinking, whether we are thirsty or not; and in this search mankind have been remarkably successful. To 4