Alcohol: A Dangerous and Unnecessary Medicine, How and Why What Medical Writers Say

CHAPTER XII.

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WHY DOCTORS STILL PRESCRIBE ALCOHOLICS.

Public often demand it--Lack of knowledge of true nature of alcohol--Alcohol given undeserved credit for recoveries--Use of alcohol results from custom--Education of the people in teachings of non-alcoholic physicians necessary--Prescription of alcohol a matter of routine--Two examples 291