An Address Delivered Before the Readfield Temperance Society At Their First Ann
An Address Delivered Before the Readfield Temperance Society At Their First Ann
Merritt Caldwell
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Thus the functions of life are disturbed the constitution is broken down, and the energy of the sys- tem is diminished. And where this is the case, it is no wonder that disease should settle, and that it should fix itself there by a more fatal grasp. But there is another prejudice, which arises from the same source, in favor of ardent spirit as a medicine in the treatment of disease. Here too, I shall be permit- ted to quote from medical writers, that the charge of making drunkards may ba remov...ed from the profession, and rest where indeed it ought to rest on those indi- vidual practitioners who still advocate its use. On this subject, Dr. Warren of Boston says, " That the neces- sity of using ardent spirits in medicine is extremely lim- ited ; and if the reservation of the use of alcohol for / * Thfi Cholera broke out in New York, only a day or two previous to the dp- livery of this Adrfross ; and its existence in tile United States waa not known to the author at that time. cases of sickness leads to practical abuses, such a reser- vation should not be made.
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