The catechism of the four-fold pledge / Independent Order of Good Templars. Grand Lodge of England.

Date:
[Between 1880 and 1890?]
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Credit: The catechism of the four-fold pledge / Independent Order of Good Templars. Grand Lodge of England. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    4. What do you mean by fermented beverages ? Those liquors which have had their sugar changed into alcohol by the action of yeast or leaven. y. What is alcohol l Alcohol is an acrid narcotic poison. 6. What do you 7nean by “ a poison ” ? “A poison is a substance which, wrhen taken inter¬ nally, is capable of injuring or destroying life.” 7. What proportion of alcohol is there in fermented drinks ? The proportion varies. In small beer it is 3 per cent, or 3 pints in every IOO ; in strong beer 8 per cent, in claret wine 15 per cent. ; and in port wine 25 per cent. 8. How is it there is so much alcoholic spirit in daret and port wine ? Because the spirit merchant puts from 8 to 20 pints of alcohol, i.e. spirit, into every 100 pints of the ordinary fermented wine, which in France is called vin ordinaire. q. What proportion of alcohol is found in distilled or spirituous liquors l They contain upwards of 50 per cent, when sold by publicans. 10. What is the effect of drinking alcohol ? A large quantity of alcohol taken at once would coagulate the blood and cause death by apoplexy. In proportion to the quantity swallowed, the brain is dis¬ turbed, the nerves deadened, the stomach inflamed, the heart excited, and in process of time various diseases are engendered in different organs of the body. 11. Hoes alcohol produce any other evil effects t Yes. It injures the mind, checks its growth in know¬ ledge and self-control, and produces insanity, vice and