DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION 315 



Effect of alcohol upon digestion. — ^While the use of 

 alcohol may have a serious effect upon the activities of the 

 body as a whole, through its influence on the nervous system, 

 according to Chittenden and others it has little direct effect 

 upon digestion. Their experiments have shown that it 

 leaves the alimentary canal and enters the blood very soon 

 after it reaches the stomach. In quantity it deprives the 

 system of its normal healthy appetite. 



