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whatever may afford them pleasure or Improvement!


MEssRs. EDIroRs:-In still discussing the
effects Of alcohol upon the human system, we
remark that The organ which uffers most is the
stomach, And when the Offices which this
organ is required to perform are considered,
and the sympathetic relation existing between
il and the brain and other of the most impor.
tant internal vicera or functions, il will not be
regarded as small matter when a reckless
blow is aimed at its healthy action and nor
NAL or natural condition. We have remarked
before, that the delicate and veyeiy coating
of this organ is inhamed by the cause we are
considering, and that its vicarious Offices do
thus become deranged. We say further, that
the injury the stomach receives by continued
drinking of ardent spirits, is generally OF a
chronic character. And what makes this hab-
Il much more dangerous, is the insidious ma


ture of its advances and the apparent slowness
of its effects upon such vital organs The
habtual drnker or alcohol does not believe
that his stomach is being injured until he finds
himself seriously diseased and then. upon
consulting physician, he learns, too late,
that impressions have been made that cannot
be efaced-he is told, perhaps, that scirrhus
or cancer has been engendered. or some other
equally fatal disease. The pyloric and cardiac
orifces OF this organ sometimes become indu-
rated and contracted, and when tuis is the case
death soon ensues. When these orifces become
dlsordered it is very difficult for the patient 10
retain any food upon the stomach, as it will
be elected as soon as swallowed. And should
small quantity be retained it will be i'm


perfectly digested, and will give rise 10 very


d'sagreeable symptoms, such as datulency,
pyrodina, &c. Obstinate costiveness, or
profuse diarrhGa is also frequent attendant.


and emaclation to an extreme degree rapidly


follows. When the stomach and other chy-


lopolelc viscera become disordered, Dyspepsia,
10 It's most peace destroying form, invariably


attends the drunkard. The liver, next to the
stomach, suffers most severely from a long
course OF 'n'emperance, An able writer says
on 'hls subject, that Intoxicating liquors have
oeen known from the earliest ages to effect


'nis viscus: and the story Of Prometheus is


generally supposed TO alude to the effects OF


wine upon the human body; and the punish


ment 10 which he was doomed Of having his
l'ver devoured by vulture, was the penalty


Tor excessive indulgence in the pleasures Of
drinking" Other animals besides man suffer
IN The same way. Hogs which are kept upon
the refuse Of breweries and dis,illeries have
diseased liyers. And those who raise and sell
fowls are said to increase the size Of their lv-
srs, which are thought by many great lux
ury, BY feeding them with corn stepped in al.