CHAPTER III.
IT CURSES THE BODY .-- CONTINUED.
We have quoted thus freely in the preceding chapter, in order that the intelligent and thoughtful reader, who is really seeking for the truth in regard to the physical action of alcohol, may be able to gain clear impressions on the subject.

The specific changes wrought by this substance on the internal organs are of a most serious character, and should be well understood by all who indulge habitually in its use.
EFFECT ON THE MEMBRANES.
The parts which first suffer from alcohol are those expansions of the body which the anatomists call the membranes.

"The skin is a membranous envelope.

Through the whole of the alimentary surface, from the lips downward, and through the bronchial passages to their minutest ramifications, extends the mucous membrane.

The lungs, the heart, the liver, the kidneys are folded in delicate membranes, which can be stripped easily from these parts.