Temperance prize essays / By Drs. Mussey and Lindsly.

Date:
1835
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Credit: Temperance prize essays / By Drs. Mussey and Lindsly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ‘* Gite i * ‘ . vr ‘e ‘y) . . ai x ‘ ® * % * PREFACE. s » — Amone the numerous obstacles which have retarded the progress of that great benevolent enterprize, the Temperance Reformation, and which seem to stand in the way of its entire suc- cess, there is none greater than the prevalent im- pression, that Ardent Spirit, in the treatment of disease, is not only useful, but that it sometimes is indispensable as an article of medicine. If this impression be well founded, it is clear, that although ” Alcoholic Liquors be discarded as a ‘common drink, they will still continue to enter into the beverage of the invalid, and find, it is to be feared, too secure a lodgment in the sick room.
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