ALCOHOL, A NARCOTIC 



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DRINK impaired SCHOLARSHIP 



A Comparison of Abstaining and 

 Drinking School Children in Vienna 



Investigation concerned "> sv » pnpili in ll classes 

 Drinks used included Wine. Beer and Knm in tea 





mental inefficiency, bnt also because of our unreliable 

 judgment. 



Alcohol Shortens Life. — At least nineteen of the great 

 American life insurance companies do not consider thai ;i 

 man who uses alcohol is a good risk, because be does not 

 live so long as the man who abstains. The statistics of 

 one insurance company, which cover the period 1*H4- 

 1909, show that during that 

 period 79.7 % of their risks 

 who were moderate drinkers 

 died ; while but 52.2 °f of 

 the abstainers died. In the 

 case of a second company, 

 during the period 1886-1909, 

 93% of the drinkers and only 

 70 % of the abstainers died. 



168. Alcohol, a Narcotic. — 

 Before studying this subject 

 further, we must understand 

 the meaning" of the terms 

 poison, anesthetic (an-es- 

 thet'ik), and narcotic. A 

 poison is a substance which 

 when taken into the body 

 tends to cause death. Aco- 

 nite, opium, carbolic acid, 

 and mercury are all poisons, and when taken in sufficient 

 quantities cause death. 



An anesthetic is a substance like ether or chloroform, 

 which when breathed into the lungs causes a temporary 

 loss of sensation. However, unless anesthetics are admin- 

 istered properly, they may cause death. 



A narcotic is a substance which causes dullness or 

 stupor, and even a temporal}' relief from pain. 



= Highest W. Fair nans Poorest 

 134 Abstaining Children 



42% 49 



y//Mw/W/Z$Z>/.. J 

 164 Who Drank Occasionally 



34% 57' ; 



■ 



219 Who Drank Once a Day 



29' 



71 Who Drank Twice a l):i\ 

 25% 58 18', 



Highest Scholarship Decreased, Peered In- 

 creased, as the I se of Lleohol »;is Increased 



[nveatigation bj E. Bajrr, School Din 



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