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

A.Ppcidices.
Dr. B. W. 2?cAardso;z, Tf.D.-" All alcoholic bodies are
depressants, and although at first, by their calling injuriously into play the natural forces, they seem to excite,
and are therefore called stimulants, they themselves supply no force at any time, but take up force, by which
means they lead to exhaustion and paralysis of power."
Dr-. Edward Si;zth, F.R.S.-" Alcohol is probably not
transformed, and does not increase the production of heat
by its own chemical action. It interferes with alimentation. Its power to lessen the salivary secretions must
impede the digestion of starch. It greatly lessens mnuscular tone and power. Alcohol is not a true food; and it
neither warms nor sustains the body by the elements of
which it is composed. In from three to seven minutes
Lafter a moderate dose taken in the morning by himself
and friends], the mind was disturbed. Consciousness, the
power of fixing attention, the perception of light, and
the power of directing and co-ordinating the muscles,
were lessened. After thirty minutes the effect diminished,
as shown by increased consciousness and the perception
of light, as if a veil had fallen from the eyes."
Dr. Troller (Physician to the English Fleet in the
French War, and author of an "Essay on Drunkenness,"
I802).-" Intoxicating liquors in all their forms, and however disguised, are the most productive cause of disease
with which I am acquainted."
Dr. S. Ilezs (Guy's Hospital.)-" Alcohol, though an
excitant, is a sedative to the nervous system-is, in fact,
an anaesthetic. The argument, therefore, that a man
feels better after his glass or two of grog would be equally applicable to the case of the Turk, who feels better for
his opium.... Indeed, it may generally be assumed
that whilst his feelings are benumbed, his organization is
being injured."
Dr. Wood (late President of the Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh.)-" I have long been a practical ab
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