370 BODY CONTROL AND HABIT FORMATION 



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Notice that the curve of efficiency is lowest on Monday and that crimes and 

 accidents are most frequent on Sunday and Monday. Account for this. 



mental condition of the drinker, and loss of efficiency on Monday, 

 because of the poisonous effects of the drug. 



Effect of Alcohol upon Duration of Life. Still more serious is 

 the relation of alcohol as a direct cause of disease (see table). 



It is as yet quite impossible, in the United States at least, to tell 

 just how many deaths are brought about, directly or indirectly, by 

 alcohol. Especially is this true in trying to determine the number 

 of cases of deaths from disease promoted by alcohol. In Switzer 

 land provision is made for learning these facts, and the records of 

 that country throw some light on the subject. 



Dr. Rudolph Pfister made a study of the records of the city of 

 Basle for the years 1892-1906, finding the percentage of deaths in 

 which alcohol had been reported by the attending physician as one 

 cause of death. He found that 18.1 per cent of all deaths of men 



