TY  - JOUR
T1  - ALcohol as a beverage.
Y1  - 1899/11/11
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1899.02450720049011
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1233
EP  - 1234
VL  - XXXIII
IS  - 20
N2  - A rather curious paper was read before the late meeting of the New York State Medical Association, the author taking the position that alcoholic drinks are a good thing as a beverage and that the recognized evils from whisky are due to drinking it when it is still too young. He says: "It may here be stated, without likelihood of contradiction, that if whisky was sold in its proper state two-thirds of the crimes and four-fifths of the insanity charged to the account of alcohol would disappear from the indictment, so bulky and terrible, that stands against it on the statute books of society." After alluding to the often quoted experiments of Atwater, he goes on to say that "alcohol in the banquet hall, in the beer garden and at the domestic hearth makes hundreds merry for every ten it makes miserable, and for every one it destroys." The cause
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1899.02450720049011
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1899.02450720049011
ER  -