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listed,such as noggs and cups. For the feverish person,some
of the cold drinks, given with smaller portions of alcoholic
content, will help more than harm the patient.
In cases of poisoning, by snakebite,for instance,the need
is to keep the patient from yielding to the benumbing in
fluences ofthe poison,and nothing is betterthan a stiff hooker
of whisky, brandy or rum- -far stiffer in ounces than one
ordinarily might drink. The blood must be stimulated until
aid is obtained and a doctor can coordinate his effort with the
first aid afforded by the ardent spirits imbibed by the victim
of the poison.
Woundsare cleansed and made antiseptic by washing with
whisky,brandy,rum,gin or straight alcohol.
Nothing is better in anemia than rich Port Wine, the
finest blood builder and progenitor of red corpuscles in all the
wine list. Port,indeed,is virtuallythe basicingredientofmost
tonic preparations. All wine tonics are good for general run
down conditions and an occasional "shot" of whisky, gin or
rum works marvels.
Heavy eaters often suffer from indigestion. Too many
times after a hearty meal they feel distressed. One of the
simplest ways to overcome this effect is to sip, after the meal,
a white or green Creme de Menthefrappe, which marvelously
tonesthe stomach and avertstheformation ofthe gases which
cause so much distress.
Morning headaches, whether from over-drinking or any
other cause, often are banished by a "fizz" or some of the
"sour" drinks listed in this volume. Headaches arise mostly
from stomachic disorders. Drinks containing bitters are very
helpful, but hold down on the alcoholic portions—say, to
about half the ordinary quantity called for in the standard
drinks.
For fatigue, nothing refreshes and stimulates the human
system so much as the sparkling wines, lemonade-hquor
drinks, slings,juleps, highballs,rickeys and bishops.
These are but a few of the medical uses and values of the
alcoholic beverages which man's geniusand God's Providence
have bestowed upon the human family. Only abuse, not