Excerpt from The Herald of Health and Journal of Physical Culture, 1871: Advocates a Higher Type of Manhood-Moral, Physical, and Intellectual; Volumes 17, 18 All standard books on poisons - of which Christison's is, perhaps. The highest authority represent alcohol as a poison. Says Christison It constitutes a powerful narcotic poison. Carpenter, author of the best work on Physi ology extant, says that alcohol is a dangerous poison. All standard works upon chemistry classify it among the poisons. The best writers on Materia Medica describe alcohol as a poison. Pereira, perhaps the most distinguished among these writers, calls it both an irritant and ia tal poison. The French, the British, and the American Dispensatories - high authorities cv erywhere in such matters - describe alcohol as a powerful irritant poison, rapidly causing ia toxication and, in large quantities, death. Medical dictionaries say the same thing; in fact, all standard writers on the subject agree in this description. But, to be more direct and practical, what are the ejects of alcohol upon the human system Is it a genuine poison by this test? About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.