RT Journal
T1 Alcohol in moderation and excess: A study of the effects of the use of alcohol on the human system
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1939
FD July 15
VO 113
IS 3
SP 255
OP 255
DO 10.1001/jama.1939.02800280067024
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1939.02800280067024
AB This volume on the effects of alcohol on the human system was prepared by members of the faculties of the medical schools of the two state supported universities of Virginia at the express direction of the general assembly of that state. The text and illustrations clearly and judiciously summarize for the benefit of teachers and other especially intelligent laymen available information regarding the effects of alcohol. Further simplification, explanation, interpretation and popular illustration would be necessary to bring the material within the range of the average reader or school child. "A moderate drinker" is defined as "a person who does not consume a sufficient quantity to noticeably affect his behavior or alter his reflexes. It corresponds to about 0.01% in the blood." The consumption of 1 ounce (30 cc.) of whisky or one bottle of beer, suggested for such drinkers, although only a third of "Anstie's limit," would, according to