The temperance primer : an elementary lesson book designed to teach the nature and properties of alcoholic liquors, and the action of alcohol on the body / by J. James Ridge.

  • Ridge, J. J. (John James), 1847-1908
Date:
1879
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Credit: The temperance primer : an elementary lesson book designed to teach the nature and properties of alcoholic liquors, and the action of alcohol on the body / by J. James Ridge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    having taken a moderate quantity of Alcohol. It does not take much to alter the brain and interfere with its natural action. We have said that the thoughts and feelings [emotions] of the mind are at first more active because the circulation of the blood in the brain is increased. Another cause for this in- creased excitement is found in the lessened control of the will. The driver takes less notice of the horse and does not hold him in so much, and thus he can start off more quickly and follow his own course; he is more likely to run away if startled. So, also, when the pas- sions or feelings are excited by Alcohol a man will take offence at or be pleased with trifles, such as he would not notice when quite sober. Thus, you see he has weakened his mind, and come down again for a time to be a foolish child. The tendency of Alcohol is always to lower men so that they become children in in- telligence while they keep the vicious habits they have formed : but the Apostle says, “ In