by any side action, to
exaggerate their results. The cases were taken indiscriminately,
except that they gave admission to the worst cases first; that
was to say, they never caused patients to come under their
treatment if they saw they were only slightly affected, and were
bound to get well."--_Medical Pioneer._

Dr. Landmann, of Boppard-on-the-Rhine, Germany, says:--

"The members of the Association of Abstaining Physicians, reject
the use of spirituous liquors in every form, and particularly
declare the use of alcohol at the sick-bed a scientific error of
the saddest kind. In order to war against this abuse, they
earnestly appeal to the officers having charge of funds for the
sick, henceforth, under no circumstances, any longer to permit
the prescription of wine, whisky and brandy for sick members;
but to resist to the utmost, according to the right given them
by the laws insuring the sick, the taking of spirituous
liquors, under the false pretext that they have a curative and
strengthening effect."

Dr. Bleuler, Rheineau, Switzerland, says:--

"The treatment of chronic diseases with alcohol is contrary to
our knowledge of the physiological effects of alcohol. There is
no probability that its use will be beneficial, certainly its
benefits have not been established. Often an injurious result is
proved.

"It is not implied that there may not be some benefit in the use
of alcohol in cases of sudden weakness with or without fever.
But even in such cases the benefit is not demonstrated. At any
rate, other remedies can with advantage be substituted for
alcohol.

"The essential thing in the treatment of all alcoholic diseases,
delirium tremens included, is total abstinence.

"The physiological effect of alcohol is that of a poison, whose
use is to be limited to the utmost. Even the moderate use as now
practiced is injurious.

"The customary beneficial results unquestionably depend chiefly
on suggestion, and by making the patient believe falsely that
the momentary subjective better feeling means actual
improvement.

"Physicians share the blame of the present flood of alcoholism.
They are, therefore, morally bound to remedy the evil. Only by
means of personal abstinence can this be done."

Dr. A. Frick, professor in Zurich, is a careful student and an
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