CHAPTER XV.

TESTIMONIES OF PHYSICIANS AGAINST ALCOHOLIC MEDICATION.

No need for substitutes for alcohol--Alcohol hides symptoms of disease--Responsibility of physicians--Opinions of many teachers in medical colleges--Hot milk better than alcohol--_Journal of the American Medical Association_ on researches of Abbott and Laitinen--Resolution against alcohol of West Virginia Medical Society--Dr. Knox Bond on Scarlet Fever--Metchnikoff on white blood-cells--Kassowitz describes his treatment of fevers--Sims Woodhead's opinions--Opinions of German Physicians--Dr. Harvey blames medical profession for careless use of alcohol and opium--Use of Alcohol declining rapidly in medical practice 356