Chapter III deals with “The Peace and War Footing of Alcohol,” and

is a reprint from the _Medical Record_, Aug. 7, 1915. It, too, sings the praises of the “lighter beverages,” while deprecating the use of “ardent spirits.” For instance:

An overwhelmingly large proportion of persons who develop alcoholic psychoses in America are drinkers of whisky, or some corresponding ardent spirit, whereas this condition is seldom seen in _beer_ and wine drinkers. [Italics ours.--Ed.]

Thus we find the highest percentage of alcohol psychoses among the whisky drinkers who come from western Europe, while the wine and _beer_ drinking races of central and southern Europe show a distinctly lower percentage, in some instances only about one-fourth as many per thousand. [Italics ours.--Ed.]