1899 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

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THE MIXICOLOGIST.

drinks whiskey. It would therefore stand to reason that if they were equally harmful, admitting that they are harmful, the beer-drinker would suffer the more. It is also important to bear in mind that there is a great dif ference in temperament between different individuals. A man who can drink beer in considerable quantities with little bad effect, might be easily upset by a moder ate indulgence in whiskey, and so, on the other hand, there are many persons accustomed to whiskey who are injuriously affected immediately on drinking beer. Since it would be difficult to obtain proper subjects for an experiment of this sort, it will probably answer the purpose to compare beer-drinking countries, dis tricts, and nations, with those that drink little beer, but consume great quantities of whiskey. An opportunity for such a comparison is afforded in studying the health statistics of the north and south of England. The percentage of deaths in the south of England is somewhat larger, but the most curious difference be tween the two sections is, that while the north is com paratively free from gout and rheumatism, those diseases are very prevalent in the south. Gout and rheumatism are found to prevail especially in manufacturing cities.