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

A,Piilz'ccs.
Dr. yohiz tJo,e (inventor of the stethoscope). —" I
have a strong conviction that drinking is the grand curse
of this country, and more especially the notion almost
universally prevalent among the lower classes, that a
proportion of stimulating liquors is indispensable for the
maintenance of health and strength, under which impression they take from two to four pints of ale per day, and
think that moderation. I have hitherto taken no part in
the cause of teetotalism, but if the question should ever
become a strictly medical one, I shall feel it due to my
country and to the cause of humanity to lend the aid of
my feeble pen on the affirmative side."
Sz'r Ifeiery -Io/ialzd, ]F.]f.S.-" We have not the less assurance that it (vine) is in numerous other cases habitually
injurious in relation both to the digestive organs and to
the functions of the brain. It is the part of every wise
man once, at least, in life, to make trial of the effect of
leaving off wine altogether; and this even without the
suggestion of actual malady. To obtain them (the results)
fairlvy, the abandonment must be complete for a time, a
measure of no risk even where the change is greatest."
Dr. _7(iizes _ohizsoT.-" A very considerable proportion
of the middling and higher classes of life, as well as the
lower, commit serious depredations on their constitutions,
when they believe themselves to be sober citizens and
really abhor debauch. This is by drinking ale or other
malt liquor to a degree far short of intoxication indeed,
yet from long habit producing a train of effects that nembitterthe ulterior periods of existence,"
Professor -fqfzaiTz (Prussia).-" Drinkers of water, provided it be pure and excellent, are more healthy and
longer-lived than such as drink wine or malt liquors. It
generally gives them a better appetite, and renders them
plump and fleshy."
Dr. HlifeZi-nd (Prussia, author of "The Art of Prolonging Life.")-" The best drink is water, a liquor commonly
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