OF ALCOHOL UPON DIGESTION. 



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alcohol. But the wines and malted beverages contain a variety 

 of other constituents such as organic acids,* which perhaps 

 contribute to increase the stimulating effect, and are doubt- 

 less partly responsible in a number of experiments for the 

 high acidity observed. The contrast between the action of 

 water and wine is strikingly shown in Experiments XVI, a 

 and & carried out on the same animal. 



COMPARISON OF THE TWO EXPERIMENTS (XVI, a, j8). 



* Cf . Chittenden and Mendel : loc. cit, pp. 66, 80. 



