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