Alcohol and the human body : an introduction to the study of the subject / by Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge ; with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme.
- Victor Horsley
- Date:
- 1907
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Alcohol and the human body : an introduction to the study of the subject / by Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge ; with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.
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![Apparent Toleration shown by some Persons to Alcohol Frequent attempts have been made to ascertain whether there exists a minimum dose of alcohol which a man can take without being affected in any disadvantageous way—and, in accordance with the steady advance of scientific opinion on this matter, smaller and smaller amounts have been suggested as permissible. In reality we have no proof that a minimum and permissible dose exists at all. The fact that certain men seem able to assimilate alcohol without obvious evil effect, simply means that they happen to be strong and stable in health, and so are able to withstand, without immediate signs of injury, the effect of doses which are disastrous to many highly strung, sensitive persons. After a military campaign there are always some men who return alive and not apparently injured; but this does not alter the fact that a large proportion of the soldiers are either killed, disabled, or overstrained by the war. Indeed, this apparent toleration of alcohol is, ii] the majority of cases, only a deception; for, when illness comes to a man of this type, it is found that his tissues show signs of being unduly disposed to inflammatory conditions, and that invading microbes and germs create undue havoc in spite of his naturally strong body and originally good endow- ments in the way of health. Moreover, the real condition of an apparently very strong and robust](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21535450_0054.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
