258 ANIMAL BIOLOGY 



In smaller quantities its effect on digestion is less marked, 

 and more difficult to determine. As people addicted to a 

 moderate use of alcohol live, on the average, a less number 

 of years than those who are temperate, the general effect 

 of small quantities of alcohol on the body in general, and 

 probably also on the digestive organs, is not good. People 

 who take alcohol with their meals are apt to take more than 

 is good for them, and it is quite certain that the digestion 

 of normal, healthy persons is better without alcohol than 

 with it. Those whose digestion is impaired should take 

 alcohol, if at all, only as prescribed by a good physician. 



