1899 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

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THE MIXICOLOGIST.

where much beer, porter, and ale are drunk. The same is true of the cities of Germany, whereas in Scot land and in Spain there is a happy absence of both maladies. So striking has been the coincidence of the association of gouty disease with the habit of beer- drinking that doctors have concluded there must be some pathological connection between them. It has also been found in individual cases that many patients who complain of gout have been beer-drinkers, and that they experience relief immediately on giving up this beverage. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell declares that the safest drink is whiskey, provided there is not some objection peculiar to the individual. Probably most physicians will agree with the doctor's views generally, though they will all declare that whiskey, being strong in alcohol, should be used moderately. The trouble with beer is that it puts a great tax on the liver and kidneys. The mere passing off of great quan tities of liquid is unnatural, and when persisted in, so weakens these organs as to invite cirrhosis of the liver, Bright's disease, and other complaints. Nevertheless, each man is a law unto himself, and

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