EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL. Ill 



EFFECTS ON THE DIGKESTIVE SYSTEM. 



To possess a healthy digestion is a 

 g reat blessing. It is essential to our 

 physical well-being. Here we have a 

 fine representation of a healthy stomach and liver. 

 (See Aid.) The liver naturally lies across the 

 stomach, but here* it is turned up to show us the 

 healthy appearance of a stomach which has never 

 been abused by that terrible destroyer, alcohol. 



If taken in an undiluted form, alcohol 

 " would burn the mouth and throat. The 

 stomach would suffer in a similar way. But in its 

 most diluted form it has an irritating effect upon 

 the lining membrane of the stomach and intestines. 

 Inflammation tells the story of the unnatural condi- 

 tion of things. The gastric juice becomes thick and 

 unfit for its work in the digestive process. The 

 constant inflammation indicates unnatural heat, and 

 an unnatural thirst ensues, which is the probable 

 reason for the fact that the more liquor a man drinks 

 the more he wants. The quantity he drinks to-day 

 will not satisfy him to-morrow, since more and more 

 will be needed to counteract the ever-increasing 

 inflammation. 



This second cut shows us plainly the early stages 

 of inflammation. It represents, perhaps, the stomach 

 of one who has had his first experience with the 

 deadly stuff; and yet how different in appearance 

 from the stomach represented above. 



OF THP 



UNIVERSITY 



