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and all traces of it pass away. Not so with the brain : a 

 clot produces pressure on the delicate nervous tissue, which 

 results in paralysis more or less complete or death. 



Brain most affected by Alcohol. " The brain is more 

 unfavorably affected by alcohol than any other organ, and 

 that in a variety of ways."- M. S. WJiitcstonc, M.D. 



" Science has established that alcohol destroys first and 

 most those parts which are the most delicate. These are 

 those wonderfully delicate brain cells upon whose proper 

 formation the difference between men and beasts chiefly 

 depends." - Franz Schb'nenberger, M.D. 



" All indications point to the conclusion that it is the 

 nervous tissue which is especially exposed to the cumula- 

 tive action of the alcoholic poison. The alcohol sets up a 

 chemical action in the nervous tissue, which at first inaugu- 

 rates only imperceptible change ; but once inaugurated, 

 the process goes on until the tissue passes into a perma- 

 nently diseased condition."- Dr. A. Striimpell. 



Effect on the Brain quickly shown. The effects of 

 alcohol on other organs may not be revealed for some 

 time. But the effect of alcohol on the brain is very 

 quickly apparent. The brain controls most of the actions, 

 so the action, or even the inaction, of the body promptly 

 reveals the indulgence in alcoholic drink. 



Dr. Crothers, author of Diseases of Inebriety, says : " I 

 have often been made impatient in listening to the lecturer 

 presenting the * scientific aspects of the alcohol question ' 

 to an audience, to see him illustrate extensively with charts, 

 and spend hours to show the effects of alcohol upon the 

 coats of the stomach, and upon the structure of the liver 

 and the kidneys, and never allude once to the brain ; when 

 the fact is, alcohol's principal effect is upon this organ, 



