The anatomy of drunkenness / By Robert Macnish.

  • Macnish, Robert, 1802-1837.
Date:
1832
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The anatomy of drunkenness / By Robert Macnish. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    are very apt to become drunkards, and, in truth, most of them are so, more or less, especially if they have naturally much joviality or warmth of temperament. A fine voice to such men is a fatal accomplishment. Ebriety prevails to an alarming degree among the lower orders of society. It exists more in towns than in the country, and more among mechanics than hus- bandmen. Most of the miseiy to be observed among the working classes, springs from tliis source. No persons are more addicted to the habit, and all its attendant vices, than the pampered servants of the great. Innkeepers, musicians, actors, and men who lead a rambling and eccentric life, are exposed to a similar hazard. Husbands sometimes teach then- wives to be drunkards by indulging them in toddy, and such fluids, every time they themselves sit down to their libations. Women frequently acquire the vice by drinking porter and ale while nursing. These stimulants are usually recommended to them from well-meant but mistaken motives, by their female attendants. Many fine young women are ruined by this pernicious prac- tice. Then- persons become gross, their milk unhealthy, and a foundation is too often laid for future indulgence in liquor. The frequent use of cordials, such as noyau, shrub,