In certain countries and climates where the nervous system is strong and the temperature more equable than with us, in what I sometimes call the temperate belt of the world, including Spain, Italy, Southern France, Syria and Persia, the habitual use of wine rarely leads to drunkenness, and never, or almost never, to inebriety; but in the intemperate belt, where we live, and which includes Northern Europe and the United States, with a cold and violently changeable climate, the habit of drinking either wines or stronger liquors is liable to develop in some cases a habit of intemperance.

Notably in our country, where nervous sensitiveness is seen in its extreme manifestations, the majority of brain-workers are not safe so long as they are in the habit of even moderate drinking.

I admit that this was not the case one hundred years ago--and the reasons I have already given--it is not the case to-day in Continental Europe; even in England it is not so markedly the case as in the northern part of the United States.

_For those individuals who inherit a tendency to inebriety, the only safe course is absolute abstinence, especially in early life._" In the same article, Dr.Baird remarks: "The number of those in this country who cannot bear tea, coffee or alcoholic liquors of any kind, is very large.

There are many, especially in the Northern States, who must forego coffee entirely, and use tea only with caution; either, in any excess, cause trembling nerves and sleepless nights.