1895 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

TH E MIXI COLOGIST.

drinks whiskey. It would therefore stand to reason, that

if they were equally harmful, admitting that they are

harmful, the beer-drinker would suffer the more. It is

also important to bear in mind that there is a great dif–

ference in temperament between different individuals.

A man who can drink beer in considerable quantities

with little bad effect, might be easily upset by a moder–

ate indulgence in whiskey., and so, on the other hand,

there are many persons accustomed to whiskey who are

injuriously affected immediately on drinking beer.

Since it would be difficult to obtain proper subjects

for an exe eriment of this sort, it will probably answer

the purpose to compare beer-drinking coun tries, dis–

tricts, and nations, with those that drink little beer, but

consume great quantities of whiskey. An opportunity

for such a comparison is afforded in studying the health

statistics of the north and south of England.

The percentage of deaths in the south of England is

somewhat larger, but the most curious difference be–

tween the two sections is, that while the north is com–

paratively free from gout and rheumatism, those diseases

are very prevalent in the south. Gout and rheumatism

are found to prevail especially in manufacturing cities,