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INTRODUCTION 5

PREFACE TO SECOND EDITION 7

HISTORY OF THE STUDY OF ALCOHOL.

Discovery of distillation--First American investigator of effects of alcohol--Medical Declarations--Sir B. W. Richardson's researches--Scientific Temperance Instruction in American Schools--Committee of Fifty 9

THE WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION IN OPPOSITION TO ALCOHOL AS MEDICINE.

How the Opposition began--Memorial to International Medical Congress--Origin of Medical Temperance Department--Objects of the department--Public agitation against patent medicines originated by the department--Laws of Georgia, Alabama and Kansas on Medical prescription of alcohol 21

ALCOHOL AS A PRODUCER OF DISEASE.

Alcohol a poison--Sudden deaths from brandy--Changes in liver, kidneys, heart, blood-vessels and nerves caused by alcohol--Beer and wine as harmful as the stronger drinks--Alcohol causes indigestion--Other diseases caused by alcohol--Deaths from alcoholism in Switzerland 28

TEMPERANCE HOSPITALS.

The London Temperance Hospital--Methods of treatment--The Frances E. Willard Temperance Hospital, Chicago--"As a beverage" in the pledge--Address by Miss Frances E. Willard at opening of hospital--The Red Cross Hospital--Clara Barton and non-alcoholic medication--Reports of treatment in Red Cross Hospital--Use of Alcohol declining in other hospitals 37

THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL UPON THE HUMAN BODY.

The body composed of cells--Effect of alcohol on cells--Alcohol and Digestion--Effects on the blood--The heart--The liver--The kidneys--Incipient Bright's disease recovered from by total abstinence--Retards oxidation and elimination of waste matters--Lengthens duration of sickness and increases mortality 58

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