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We read in the New Dictionary of the medicinal plants, |
by
Dr. A. Heraud (Paris 1875. J.-B. Baihiere and Son, 19 |
Hautefeuille Street): "If one takes account of the weak |
quantities of alcohol and essences which absinthe contains, one
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sees that with the amount of one or two glasses per day, it can |
have only slight influence on the consumer." |
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Dr. Heraud notes that the danger comes not from |
moderate use of absinthe, but from the abuse in which a great |
number of drinkers all too easily involve themselves. |
One can say as much of the abuse of wine, beer, cider and |
other
drinks classed as healthy. |
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MM. Dujardin-Beaumetz and E.Egasse, in their treatise |
on the indigenous and exotic medicinal plants (Paris 1889. |
Doin, editor), after having indicated the proportions of alcohol |
and essences contained in an ordinary glass of absinthe, add |
"One sees that the proportion of essence is very tiny, and it is |
appropriate to incriminate all alcohol as well, especially |
when it contains pentanol, as is the case with inferior liquors. |
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Bad alcohol, that is the enemy! We need look no further. |
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That was demonstrated by Mr. Emmanuel Alglave at the |
international congress of hygiene which met in Budapest in |
September 1894, the cause of alcoholism lies much less in the |
quantity of alcohol absorbed than in the bad quality of the |
alcohol. Indeed, liquors derived from industrial alcohols |
contain, in addition to pure ethanol, pentanols, butylic and |
methyl alcohol, etc. It is important
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(Translated by "Artemis" for your pleasure.) |
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