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TIIE M lXICOLOGIST.

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where much beer, porter, and ale are drunk . The

same is true of the cities of Germany, whereas in Scot–

land and in Spain there is a happy absence of both

maladies.

So striking has been the coincidence of the association

of, gouty disease with the habit of beer drinking that

doctors have concluded there must be some pathological

connection between them. It has also been found m

individual cases that many patients who complain of

gout have been beer-drinkers, and that they experience

relief immediately on giving up this beverage.

Dr. S. Weir Mitchell declares that the safest drink is

whiskey, provi ded there is not some objection peculiar

to th e individual. Probably most physicians will agree

with th e doctor's views generally, though they will all

declare that whiskey, being strong in alcohol, should be

used moderately.

The trouble with beer is that it puts a great tax on the

liver and kidneys. The mere passing off of great quan–

titi es of liquid is unnatural, and when persisted in, so

weakens these organs as to invite cirrhosis of the liver,

Bright's disease, and other complaints.

Neverthel ess, each man is a law unto himself, and