The bases of the temperance reform: an exposition and appeal./ With replies to numerous objections. By Rev. Dawson Burns.

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alcoholic beverages, and gradually introduce habits of
temperance."
George Burrows, MAI.D., F.R.S., President of the Royal
College of Physicians, Physician-Extraordinary to the
Queen; George Busk, F.R.S., President of the Royal College of Surgeons; and nearly three hundred of the miost
eminent members of the Faculty in London, subscribed
the above.
INDIVIDUAL TESTIMONIES.
The following are but a few medical diC/ta culled from a
large repertory of voluntary evidence, much of it given
without any intention of aiding the temperance reform:
Aberrethiy.-"' If people will leave off drinking alcohol,
live plainly, and take very little medicine, they will find
that many disorders will be relieved by this treatment
alone." 1"Wine is neither food nor drink, but a stimulant."
Bo~'haae~.-" Food, not too fat or gross, and water as a
drink, render our bodies the most firm and strong."
Dr. Briz'lon (St. Thomas's Hospital).-" Mental acuteness, accuracy of perception, and delicacy of the,senses
are all so far opposed by the action of alcohol ais that the
maximumi efforts of each are incompatible with the ingestion of any moderate quantity of fermented liquid. The
mathematician, the gambler, the metaphlysician, the billiard-player, the author, the artist, the physician, would,
if they could analyze their experience aright, generally
concur in the statement, that a single glass will often
suffice to take, so to speak, the edge off both mind and
body, and to reduce their capacity to something below
what is relatively their perfection of work."
S'zr -e/?jav'a; Dro1~ze.-" I cannot doubt that, on the
whole, the condition of mankind would have been much
better if alcoholic liquors had never been within their
r-each" " Stimulants do not create nervous power-, thev
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