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ease, hardening of the brain structure, increase of the con- 

 nective tissue, with diminution of the proper brain cells, 

 thickening of the membranes, and effusions of serous fluid 

 into the ventricles or cavities, are among the appearances 

 often found. All these changes are usually accompanied 

 with inflammatory and other degenerative processes, with 

 a lowering and perversion of function, and with premature 

 decay of all the mental and physical powers." - Palmer. 



How Alcohol affects the Brain. " Alcohol in the body 

 acts as a paralyzant on certain portions of the brain, de- 

 stroying the more delicate degrees of attention, judgment, 

 and reflective thought." - Graham Lusk, M.D. 



" The rapidity of thought, the clearness of memory, the 

 capacity to reason, the power of control of the will, are 

 measurable by instruments, and are all found to be lowered 

 and palsied by alcohol." - Journal of Inebriety. 



Loss of Control through Alcohol Under the influence 



of alcohol the person says and does foolish things ; he en- 

 gages in rash undertakings ; his higher nerve centers in 

 the brain are more or less paralyzed; his judgment is 

 weakened ; in short, he has lost self-control. 



" That a man is in a different mental state when intoxi- 

 cated and when sober no one will deny. He says, feels, 

 thinks, and does things which in a sober condition he 

 would not have felt, thought, or done. The cause of these 

 changes, however, lies neither in the muscles nor in the 

 skin, nor in any other part of the body, but simply and 

 solely in the brain. It is a disturbance of the mental 

 life." August Forel, M.D. 



Alcohol impairs Mental and Moral Faculties " Many 



of the worst forms of nervous disease, including epilepsy 

 and paralysis, are results of alcoholic indulgence. All 



