Alcohol and the human body / with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme.

  • Horsley, Victor, Sir, 1857-1916.
Date:
1908
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Credit: Alcohol and the human body / with a chapter by Arthur Newsholme. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    Table showing Total Number of Beds in the Seven Hospitals together with their total expenditure on alcohol and Milk for each Year indicated. (The totals as to expenditure include both Staff and Patients.) Tear. Beds occupied by Patients. Expenditure on Alcoholic Liquids. Expenditure on Milk. 1852 1862 2254 £7712 £3026 1872 2361 7974 4237 1882 2354 5090 7795 1892 2275 3740 7362 1902 2309 2925 9035 The facts are represented graphically upon the accompanying chart, which shows that alcohol and milk have practically changed places as regards the extensiveness of their use. (Plate I.) The following statistics of the expenditure on alcohol and milk in Salisbury Infirmary for the years 1865 to 1905 are useful as substantiating our state- ment as to the increasing disuse of alcohol in medical treatment. The figures are taken from the annual report of the Salisbury Infirmary :— Year. Wine and .Spirits. Beer and Porter. Total. £302 Milk. L865 £164 £138 £94 L870 156 154 310 L30 I-;:. 136 1 1 1 250 158 1880 122 95 217 219 1H85 79 63 142 272 L890 93 52 145 235 L896 72 4-2 114 378 L896 52 46 98 .-{35