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marked by frantic action and shrieks of fear, at other 

 times comparatively quiet, the victim cowering in abject 

 terror, making but little noise. The mind is filled 

 with the most horrible visions, frequently of snakes 

 or other dreaded forms, causing loathing, fright, and 

 horror. Repeated attacks of delirium tremens usually 

 end in death. 



Alcohol and Insanity. In a drunken fit the person 

 may be said to be temporarily insane. In the more or 

 less complete loss of self-control he shows the symptoms 

 of insanity. This temporary insanity may, and too often 

 does, lead to permanent insanity. Statistics show that 

 many of the insane have become so through the influ- 

 ence of alcohol. 



Inheritance of the Effects of Alcohol. The evil effects 

 of alcohol are shown not only on the individual who in- 

 dulges in alcoholic drink, but often on his children or 

 even grandchildren. First there is a tendency to inherit 

 an impaired nervous system with weakened will power. It 

 becomes very difficult for one with such an inheritance to 

 resist the temptation to drink, while the craving for drink 

 is more quickly acquired. Many children are weak-minded, 

 even idiotic, or have various defects as a direct result of 

 the effect of alcohol on the parent. If the evils multiply 

 and increase from generation to generation, the line of 

 descent soon becomes extinct. 



Dr. Clum, in his work entitled Inebriety, its Causes, its 

 Results, its Remedy, says: "The most important part of 

 man is his nervous system ; the cerebrospinal, sympathetic, 

 and vasomotor being intimately interwoven and connected, 

 composing the whole. The great nervous center, the brain, 



