324 THE ABNORMAL MAN. 



habit," she seemed incapable of restraining her- 

 self from its use. 



At W , Oregon, an elderly gentleman 



brought to me his little three-year-old grand- 

 Drtmkaid. daughter, whose appetite for liquor was so strong 



that she would cry and fret continually if she did 

 not have it. When allowed her way she would 

 drink until stupidly intoxicated and then sleep 

 for ten or twelve hours, awakening only to call 

 for more liquor. Both parents were habitual 

 drunkards. 



At S , Illinois, a most excellent young lady 



called at the study with her mother requesting 

 advice that might aid her in overcoming an ab- 

 normal appetite for stimulants. She said that 

 from the time she was a little girl she had been 

 tormented by the constant temptation to use 

 liquor. At times she could scarcely go by a saloon, 

 the odor of liquor was so tempting to her. She 

 assured me that but for the constant companion- 

 an< ^ protecting care of her loving mother, 

 she must have yielded to temptation and led a life 

 of shame. After the young lady retired the 

 mother informed me that her husband whom 

 the daughter greatly resembled was a sporting 

 man, a liquor dealer, who fortunately ran away 

 and left her before the daughter was born. 



The hereditary effects of alcoholism are not 

 always manifested in an appetite for strong drink. 

 As indicated in the preceding quotation, the off- 

 spring of alcoholics are often neurotic, epileptic, 

 feeble-minded, or criminally disposed. Many thus 

 afflicted have no abnormal appetite for strong 

 drink. Moreover, owing to other hereditary and 



