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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. : 



10 O 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 



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. 



