MEMOIR ON PARENTAL ALCOHOLISM 25 



Habits of Wife. 

 Horsley & Sturge. 



Teetotaler. 



Drinks. 



Drinks, but not seen 

 to be drunk. 



Teetotaler. 

 Teetotaler. 

 Teetotaler. 



Drank at least during 

 child-bearing period. 



Suspected of drinkin* 

 No evidence. 



No evidence ; * home 

 miserable. 



My remarks, with extracts from the Edin- 

 burgh Report. 



Teetotaler. 



No history of drink. * Father most excellent, 

 trustworthy and first-rate '. * Very nice, v^ell- 

 doing teetotal people '. Included in ' neither 

 parent drinks '. 



Father teetotal ; no past history of drink. 

 Mother drinks a little. Case went of course 

 into * Mother only alcoholic '. 

 This is a good illustration of Sir V. H.'s 

 method. The statement is, « A nice family, 

 the man teetotal and steady at his work, the 

 wife not teetotal, but never seen the worse for 

 drink' — *the home is a comfortable one '. No 

 man would have an objection to being de- 

 scribed as * not teetotal, but never seen the 

 worse for drink'. He would properly bring 

 an action for libel if described as ' drinks, but 

 not seen to be drunk '. 



No history of drink. * A model family'. En- 

 tered by us as * neither drink '. 

 No history of drink. < Strict teetotalers'. En- 

 tered as * neither drink '. 

 No history of drink. 'Strict teetotalers'. 



* Drinks an enormous amount of tea and looks 

 like it '. Entered as ' neither drink '. 



No history of drink in case of father. Wife began 

 to make free with drink at one time, but took 

 pledge and is all right. ' Nice family ' ; * Good 

 workman ; rent always paid up to date '. En- 

 tered under * Mother only drinks ' by us, 

 although this is scarcely justified. Sir V. H.'s 

 statement that she ' drank at least during child- 

 bearing period' is still more unjustifiable. 

 No history of drink in case of father. En- 

 tered by us under ' Mother only drinks '. 



* A total abstainer and man of splendid charac- 

 ter'. Entered as father does not drink, but 

 not in the double parent tables, as there is 

 no statement as to mother's (earlier wife's) 

 habits. 



This man should not have been entered as 

 a teetotaler by Sir V. H. and Dr. S. He has 

 a past history of drinking. His wife has no 

 such history and may therefore be treated as 

 sober. She is a slattern. 



No past history of drink. ' Respectable, sober 

 people ' ; * total abstainers '. 



* In cases marked with an asterisk in this table Sir Victor Horsley and 

 Dr. Sturge have made a mis-statement in saying there is ' no evidence ' as to 

 habits of wife. 



