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DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION 



process of gastric digestion, with perhaps at times a tendency 

 towards preponderance of inhibitory action." Others have come 

 to the same or stronger conclusions as to the undesirable action 

 of alcohol on digestion, as a result of their own experiments. 



Effect of Alcohol on the Liver. - The effect of heavy drinking 

 upon the liver is graphically shown in the following table prepared 

 by the Scientific Temperance Federation of Boston, Mass. : - 



DEATHS BY: 



Accidents. 



Hul. Tuberculosis 



Heart Disease 



A'po-plexy 



Paralysis 



neumoma 



Arterial Disease 



Suicide 



1388 



4647 



Bright s Disease. 



5Z54 



259 



Cirrhosis f Liver. 



erea 



1361 



Alcoholism. 



2025 



TOTAL 



26.507 



96.065 



Proportion of deaths from disease in a certain area due to alcohol. The black 



area shows deaths due to alcohol. 1 



" Alcoholic indulgence stands almost if not altogether in the 

 front rank of the enemies to be combated in the battle for health." 

 -PROFESSOR WILLIAM T. SEDGWICK. 



1 Does not include deaths from general alcoholic paralysis or other organic 

 diseases due to alcohol. Liver cirrhosis due to alcohol conservatively estimated 

 at 75 per cent of total cases. 



