By this influence it produces all those peculiar effects which in every-day life are so frequently illustrated." PARALYZES THE MINUTE BLOOD-VESSELS.
It paralyzes the minute blood-vessels, and allows them to become dilated with the flowing blood.
"If you attend a large dinner party, you will observe, after the first few courses, when the wine is beginning to circulate, a progressive change in some of those about you who have taken wine.

The face begins to get flushed, the eye brightens, and the murmur of conversation becomes loud.

What is the reason of that flushing of the countenance?
It is the same as the flush from blushing, or from the reaction of cold, or from the nitrite of amyl.

It is the dilatation of vessels following upon the reduction of nervous control, which reduction has been induced by the alcohol.

In a word, the first stage, the stage of vascular excitement from alcohol, has been established." HEART DISTURBANCE.
"The action of the alcohol extending so far does not stop there.