Alcohol as a drug in medical practice debated
A discussion on alcoholic medication in medicine argues against its therapeutic value. Historical critiques note hospital mortality drops after abandoning alcohol, citing Davis's hospital and European data. The piece warns alcohol acts as a tissue poison, increases heart strain, and harms germ cells, with generational impacts like impaired infant nourishment and hereditary predisposition to drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ss. Harper Smith
Academy of Medicine
McKeesport
Paw
London
Nathan Smith Davis
Chicago
Emperancee
Humman
Ueir
Dro Miller
Alcoholism and Degeneration Claim Examined by Experts
The passage reports Dr Miller and Dr Bunce, with support from Prof Moore, arguing alcohol abuse by fathers harms children, citing statistics from Murve and experiments at Clark University. It notes science lacks undoubted proof that strong drink appetite is inherited by offspring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eh Goo. Miller
Sh Ta
Betroft
Bunce
Ravel
Sworld
Miller
Murve
Nis
Moore
Clark University
Britain’s Heaviest Handicap in World Markets
John Burns, M P, argues drink is Britain’s heaviest handicap harming its goods in global markets. He compares per‑capita spending on drink in Germany and the United States, projecting massive potential losses for Britain. He also notes Ireland’s paradoxical rise in public houses from 1841 to 1902 as drink-related woes worsen with population declines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Burns
M. P
Britain
Germany
United States
America
Burns
Ireland
Doctor Shrady Endorses Lower Rates for Abstainers
Dr George S Shrady Grant's physician backs reduced insurance rates for total abstainers versus drinkers. He cites higher death rates among liquor users and says rate reductions reflect daily life observations. He warns moderation may shift to heavier consumption over time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George S. Shrady
New York
Gen. Grant
Tfe
Licensing trends show no license votes and crime drops
In 1902 New Zealand six electorates chose no license by a large margin. Licenses expire in June 1908. Reports from Australia note low drunkenness convictions in Mathura and orderly conditions in Ashburton. Gore shows fewer convictions in six months of 1903 compared with 1902.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Heese
Ashburton
no-Heenie
No- Meenie
Looking Failure In the Face Prose Poem
A compact inspirational remark by I W Robertson on facing failure with practical resolve. It frames success as using available tools and embracing one’s situation within what it calls God’s providential plan, urging constructive effort over regret.
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I. W. Robertson
Cost of Tuberculosis Costs United States and New York
Dr. Harmon Tiggs estimates national tuberculosis costs at 330 million dollars annually with New York deaths valued at 1.5 thousand dollars each. Additional losses from illness and care push municipal losses to 23 million annually, while long-term mortality trends show declines amid rising general population. The piece discusses historical life expectancy, Brazilian longevity anecdotes, and a philosophy on natural health and usefulness.
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Harmon Tiggs
New York
American Medicine
United States
Se Orst
New York City
Biggs
Eity
Oil Rubbing for Cold Prevention and Skin Health
The article explains oil rubbing as essential in cold weather to protect skin and prevent chilling. It notes risks from over rubbing, advises post bath oiling for susceptible individuals, and highlights benefits for infants, malnutrition, and digestive disorders with dry skin.
Horrors of the Cocaine Habit in a Lecture Room
Horace Mann recalls a materia medica professor who praised cocaine as harmless. He urged students to test its effects on debility, and a third of the class became cocaine takers within two years. Ten years later thirteen were drug and spirit takers, with several dying from direct use. The professor himself became an invalid and retired, a victim of his own counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Materia Medica
Tuberculosis Classed With Other Contagious Diseases
The Philadelphia Health department will require all tuberculosis cases to be reported by attending physicians to enable disinfection and public health measures. The law aims to prevent spread by informing patients and friends how to avoid infection, and reflects moral responsibility for body and mind.
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Health Department
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Union
Flealth Department
Simple Living and Longevity of Brazilians
A contemporary magazine excerpt states that Brazilians, when first discovered, lived the natural life of early mankind as described in ancient histories, highlighting long ago simplicity and health as observed by the writer.
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Rilo Janeiro
Quiet Ways Are Best in a Rainy Calm Poem
A meditation on choosing restraint over bustle. The verse urges embracing serenity to avoid ruin, praises rain and gentle winds, and rewards self mastery and peaceful, quiet living over hurried conflict. Its timeless message favors inner control and calm conduct.
Exercise Builds Strength and Immunity Over Time
The article explains gradual exercise enhances physical power and resilience against illness by steadily increasing intensity, promoting stamina, and boosting overall health. It emphasizes consistency and progressive load to widen endurance and immune defense.
Frequency of Tuberculosis Highlighted at 1902 Congress
From the Massachusetts Medical Journal summary of the New York 1902 congress, Dr. Pryor notes 14 000 deaths yearly in New York State and that one sixth of world deaths are from tuberculosis. France 150 000, Germany 170 000, US 160 000 die annually. Paris 11 000, London 13 000. Tuberculosis kills a third of deaths aged 15 to 40, half of those 15 to 35. mortality from TB surpasses many major calamities. Plato warned the mind at the body's expense.
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Massachusetts Medical Journal
New York
Pryor
France
Germany
United States
Paris
Tondon
New York City
Healthful Dishes And Garnishes From A Vintage Menu
A compact collection of old fashioned recipes including Fruit Nectar, Macaroni au Gratin, Grapefruit serving ideas, Vegetable Bouillon, On each bread end buttered, and Golden Galad. Instructions cover boiling, straining, mixing, and baking to create fruit drinks, a cheese crust pasta, dressed eggs, and leafy salads.
Found His Level and the Saint at Heaven
A Cleveland Leader verse recalls a bachelor drifting through flats filled with children, angered by their presence, until he finally dies and faces St. Peter. The gatekeeper cites the raucous, child filled heaven as unsuitable, sending him to the other place.
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Morod Sais
St. Peter's Golden Gate
Big Bag of Jack Rabbits
Mrs William Boyd of Miller South Dakota shot through a kitchen window killing thirty nine jack rabbits in one blast Two neighbors observed rabbits gathered to feed on oats in moonlight before the strike The husband reportedly carried over 100 pounds of game before sinking into snow and needing assistance pulling free
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William Boyd
Miller
S. D
Boyd
Remarkable Case of Training a Tongue to Write and Embroider
A six year old girl with a severe brain disease left paralyzed limbs but kept a flexible tongue. She trained it to write and embroider, knot threads in her mouth, thread a needle, and cut dolls dresses with scissors in her mouth. Her tongue lengthened enough to touch her nose. She died recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medizinische Wochenschrift
Dog Travels 300 Miles Back Home
Carlo the water spaniel owned by James Dingman of Stroud Oklahoma rode in a car to Idaho with stock, then was untied and bolted 300 miles back to Stroud. The dog arrived starved but safe, proving remarkable attachment to its home place per the Kansas City Times.
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Carlo
James Dingman
Stoud
O. T
Idaho
Stroud
Kansas City Times
Crowing Competitions at Silverton Devon
An entertainment feature in Silverton Devon held a cock crowing contest at the village schoolroom. Birds competed in crowing speed and volume for top prizes with the winner crowing fifty-one times in seventeen minutes. Second and third placed birds crowed forty-one and thirty-three times. Belgian workmen are noted for similar contests, with a bird crowing 463 times in an hour.
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Silverton
Devon
England
Pollution of Air at Manchester School of Technology
Air drawn by huge fans into the Manchester School of Technology was cooled and washed by water and filtered through corrugated galvanized iron sheets. Recent fogs left wash water inky black. Solid matter was large though soot was scarce. analysis showed considerable iron from the screen with ammonia lime magnesium and a trace of arsenic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
School of Technology
Manchester
England
Bells Made by Paul Revere in Plymouth Town
Plymouth houses three bells attributed to Paul Revere with the First Church bell melted and recast after a fire while the Memorial and Universalist church bells retain the same Revere cast. A strange pink flower was found in Bath Missouri greenhouse, showing three shade pink red and white, noted as a remarkable freak of floriculture.
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Paul Revere
Plymouth
Maine
Bath
Aged Lady Keeps Busy in 97th Year
Mrs. Charlotte Montgomery of Randolph Vermont is in her 97th year. She learned crochet lace recently and in the past five or six years has made lace four inches wide for over sixty-five shawls or nearly 100 yards total.
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Charlotte Montgomery
Randolph, Vt
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