Quarterly Journal of Inebriety, Volume 4, Issue 11880 - Alcoholism |
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Page 64 - ... sleeplessness, apprehension of evil, exhaustion of mind and body, with disinclination to mental and physical exertion, increased and irregular action of the heart, increased respiration.
Page 12 - A functional disease of the nervous system in which the cerebral activity is concentrated in some limited region of the brain, with suspension of the activity of the rest of the brain, and consequent loss of volition.
Page 44 - ... treatment of inebriety, in which such conditions are recognized, becomes a positive need of the age. 6. In view of these facts, and the increased success of the treatment in inebriate asylums, this association urges that -every large city should have its local and temporary hospital for both the reception and care of inebriates ; and that every State should have one or more hospitals for their more permanent detention and treatment.
Page 44 - ... acquired ; but the disease is often induced by the habitual use of alcohol or other narcotic substances. 4. Alcohol has its place in the arts and sciences, but as a medicine it is classed among the poisons, and its internal use is always more or less dangerous, and should be prescribed with great caution. 5. All methods hitherto employed for the treatment of inebriety that have not recognized the disordered physical condition caused by alcohol, opium, or other narcotics, have proved inadequate...
Page 20 - This arises from the transient character of the prominent symptoms, which are only brought out under the paralyzing influence of alcohol. As one writer has said, the dipsomaniac is only sane while in the hospital. Although in his extremity, under arrest for disturbance of the peace, and perhaps suffering mentally and physically from the immediate effects of drink, he acquiesces in his commitment, in a surprisingly short time he is on his feet, under perfect control, looking around for a lawyer to...