Inebriety a disease : president's anniversary address delivered before the American association for the cure of inebriates, at Chicago, Ill., September 13, 1877.

  • Mason, Theodore L. (Theodore Lewis), 1803-1882.
Date:
1878
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Credit: Inebriety a disease : president's anniversary address delivered before the American association for the cure of inebriates, at Chicago, Ill., September 13, 1877. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    '^ President's Anniversary Address delivered before the Annerican Asso- ciation for the Cure of Inebriates, at Chicago, Illinois, s E :e=> T E nvE ::b E! .E=i. iscio., lavv, BT OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, Mr. Vice-Preside7it, and Members of the Association': In the year 1870, the Presidents, Physicians and Superintendents of several of the Inebriate Asylums in these United States met in the City of J^Tew York and or- ganized the Ameeicaj^ Association fob the Cure of Ine- briates. The objects of the Association, as set forth in the Plan of Organization adopted by them, were to study the disease of inebriety, to discuss its proper treatment, and to endeavor to bring about a cooperative public sentiment and jurispru- dence. (Art. 3, Plan of Organization.) In the progress of the meeting, a Preamble and Declar- ation of Principles'' were unanimously adopted, in which these postulates were enunciated: 1st, Intemperance is a disease,'''' and 2d, It is curable in the same sense as other diseases are curable. This Association further committed itself deliberately and unanimously to the theory that, in certain cases, inebriety is