Alcoholism : a study in heredity / [G Archdall Reid].

  • Reid, G. Archdall (George Archdall O'Brien), Sir, 1860-1929.
Date:
1901
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Credit: Alcoholism : a study in heredity / [G Archdall Reid]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A STUDY IN HEREDITY CHAPTER I EVOLUTION The antiquity of drinking habits—Inebriety a problem of evolution —Proof of evolution—Evolution implied in all creeds— Enough for the purposes of this work. At a period extremely remote in human history, and in an evil hour, the discovery was made that fermented liquors were capable of inducing pleasant sensations. At the same time, or shortly afterwards, it was doubtless observed that deep drinkers purchased their short-lived pleasure at heavy expense in health and happiness, and that through them the well-being of the community suffered. As a consequence, from a period also extremely remote, historically for some fifty centuries,1 punishments have been inflicted on drunkards, and attempts have been made to diminish or abolish the consumption of alcohol—with the 1 Vide Appendix A. A
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