Alcohol and the human body : an introduction to the study of the subject / by Sir Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge.

  • Horsley, Sir Victor Alexander Haden, 1857-1916.
Date:
1907
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Credit: Alcohol and the human body : an introduction to the study of the subject / by Sir Victor Horsley and Mary D. Sturge. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    each one-twentieth litre of brandy (equal to about 1^ oz.). The trials were made on different days, under varying conditions, several times a day, and the result was always the same. AVhen alcohol had been given the result was 30 per cent fewer hits in quick-fire, although the men always thought they were shooting faster, whereas actually they shot much more slowly. When slow aiming was allowed, the difference even went to 50 per cent in favour of shooting without having taken alcohol. The con- clusions are obvious.