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24 THE I'llESENT EVOLUTION OF MAN — MENTAL 



ALCOHOLIC. NON-ALCOHOLIC. 



More frequent. Morefreque^it. 



Pericarditis less frequent, but Endocarditis and pericar- 

 more often suppurative. ditis. 



Hypeitrophy of heart. 



All kinds of cerebral inflam- 

 mation and baimori'liafres. 



Repair slow and unsafe, by Fibrinous exudation and 

 tendency to suppuration adhesive inllamuiation. 



and cellulitis. 



lienal cJumges, 82 cases, con- lleual clianyes, 83 cases, 

 gested and granular kid- lardaceous disease, 



neys. 



" 93. Dr. Dickinson summed np liis paper by saying — 

 ' Alcohol causes fatty degeneration and fibroid encroacli- 

 ment ; it engenders tubercle, encourages suppuration, 

 and retards healing ; it produces untimely atheroma, 

 invites hsemorrhage, and anticipates age, . . . Alcohol 

 gives an asthenic type to disease ... it retards adhesive 

 and plastic ^^I'ocesses.' 



" 94. In confirmation of these observations the experi- 

 ence of the last Russo-Turkish war may be cited. The 

 Turkish soldiers, though much more poorly clad and 

 fed, recovered from wounds which proved rapidly fatal 

 to the vodka-drinking Russian. This was so marked 

 as to be notorious, and was noted at the time by several 

 newspaper correspondents. 



" We cannot but conclude, therefore, that the dis- 

 appearance of alcohol from popular use would be 

 attended by a considerable improvement in the health 

 of the nation." 



