Alcohol in health and disease : a lecture introductory to the fourth annual course of the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, October 15, 1855 / by R.D. Mussey.
- Reuben Dimond Mussey
- Date:
- 1856
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Alcohol in health and disease : a lecture introductory to the fourth annual course of the Miami Medical College, at Cincinnati, October 15, 1855 / by R.D. Mussey. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)
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![■and the drinking of a pint of water to day, Creates no appetite for the drinking of more than a pint to-morrow. This beverage sustains the healthy functions of the several organs of the body [See note B.] while alcohol disturbs and deranges these functions creates disease, and shortens life. Like arsenic, foxglove, and lead, its effect are cumulative. Men sometimes die of delirium tre- mens who have been habitual tipplers, but not drunkards—what kills them ? The first dose, the last dose, the tenth, or the hun- dredth ? Must not the result be the accumulated effect of the whole ?](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21143262_0020.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
