On the use of alcoholic liquors in general and of the wine of St. Raphael in particular in temperate and cold countries / by Dr. Bouchardat.

  • Bouchardat, A. (Apollinaire), 1806-1886.
Date:
[between 1870 and 1879?]
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Credit: On the use of alcoholic liquors in general and of the wine of St. Raphael in particular in temperate and cold countries / by Dr. Bouchardat. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ALCOHOLIC LIQUORS IN GENERAL A.ND OP THE WINE OF ST. RAPHAEL JN PARTICULAR IN TEMPERATE AND COLD COUNTRIES As a general rule we find, the farther north we go, the greater is the use made of alcohol. The dangerous effects of rather large doses diminish with the lowering of the external atmosphere. But excess in strong drinks is dangerous everywhere and always. Alcohol has a twofold part to play in nutrition. It is, as we and M. Sandras have shown, an equally rapid and energetic factor of heat. If the apparatus of nutrition be less imperilled by an equal dose of alcohol in cold countries than in the inter- tropical regions, still we must always keep in mind the specific action exercised by alcohol onthe nervous