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upon which they dissented from the terms of the Report. These 

 comments are printed after the clauses of the Report. Mr 

 Kesteven supplies a separate Report. Dr Longhurst, Dr Sullivan, 

 and Surgeon-Major Poole were unable to sign the Report. 



Dr Thomas Morton has kindly acted as Secretary to the 

 Committee, and is especially thanked for his services ; Dr Harry 

 Campbell is also thanked for his kindness in lending his house 

 for the meetings of the Committee. 



Dr Wynn Westcott was appointed Chairman of the Heredity 

 Committee, and he presents the accompanying Report and 

 opinions to the Council of the Society. 



At a meeting of the Council, held on i6th April 1901, this 

 Report was received and adopted, and ordered to be printed 

 and circulated among the Members and Associates. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE UPON THE 

 HEREDITY OF INEBRIETY. 



I. The genesis of inebriety in the individual depends on three 

 essential factors, of which one is inborn and the others acquired. 

 — Dr Thomas Morton declining to sign. 



II. The inborn factor is a capacity for enjoying the sensations 

 evoked by indulgence in alcohol. Without it men would not 

 drink, for they would not enjoy drinking. — Dr Thomas Morton 

 declining to sign. 



III. The acquired factors are : — (a) A personal experience of 

 the sensations evoked by alcohol. Without this acquired know- 

 ledge, this memory, no man would crave for the sensations in the 

 sense the inebriate craves, (b) The increased delight in drink 

 which continued indulgence in drink confers. It is an essential 

 factor, for, in Europeans at any rate, a single experience of drink 

 rarely gives rise to a craving for it. — Dr Thomas Morton declining 



to sign. 



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