[First Book in Physiology and Hygiene by J.H. Kellogg]@TWC D-Link bookFirst Book in Physiology and Hygiene CHAPTER VI 13/16
On this account it is not safe to use any kind of alcoholic drinks, either fermented or distilled.
The only safe plan is to avoid the use of every sort of stimulating or intoxicating drinks. ~21.~ It has been found by observation that those persons who use intoxicating drinks are not so healthy as those who do not use them, and, as a rule, they do not live so long. ~22.~ This is found to be true not only of those who use whiskey and other strong liquors, but also of those who use fermented drinks, as wine and beer.
Beer drinkers are much more likely to suffer from disease than those who are strictly temperate.
It is often noticed by physicians that when a beer-drinker becomes sick or meets with an accident, he does not recover so readily as one who uses no kind of alcoholic drinks. ~23.~ Alcoholic drinks not only make people unhealthy and shorten their lives, but they are also the cause of much poverty and crime and an untold amount of misery. SUMMARY. 1.
Water is the only thing that will satisfy thirst. 2.
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