Physiological reflections on the destructive operation of spirituous and fermented liquors on the animal system / [T. Forster].

  • Thomas Ignatius Maria Forster
Date:
1812
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    state of visceral disorder will affect the brain, the nervous actions will become perverted and irregular; and, by this means, such a ' compound of weakness and irritation will be produced as I have spoken of above. Spiritous and fermented liquors may there* fore be considered as having the most di¬ rect tendency to produce and aggravate a disordered state of the constitution, which becomes the exciting cause of other dis¬ eases. An attentive inquiry into the history of different complaints where satisfactory evi¬ dence can be obtained, will generally afford ample proof of what has been asserted above. To encourage and direct such an inquiry by persons who are capable of ac¬ curate investigation, is the principal object which I have in view in intruding these ob¬ servations on the public. It may not be improper to remark here, that besides constitutional predispositions to different forms of disease, arising from peculiarities of temperament, or the compa¬ rative weakness of different parts of the body, there appear to be many varieties in the disorder of the digestive organs, which