1899 The Mixicologist by C F Lawlor

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THE MIXICOLOGIST.

from Mexico by the Franciscan fathers about the year 1769. Subsequently varieties of French, Ger man, and Spanish wines were introduced into the state. In Ohio upon the shores of Lake Erie and along the Ohio river the vine is extensively culti vated. The champagnes and clarets made in the neighborhood of Sandusky and Cleveland are pro duced in considerable quantities. New York, Missouri, Illinois, and Pennsylvania are likewise large producing states, the largest wine manufacturing establishment being in New York State, Steuben County. The total annual produc tion of wine in the United States now amounts to about 35,000,000 gallons. The British Medical Association, moved hy the outcry against the use of alcoholic drinks, and wish ing for some definite and reliable information as to the influence of alcohol on the duration of life, ap pointed a commission not long ago to gather statis tics in the premises. The observations made in cluded 4234 cases of deaths in five classes of indi viduals, and here are the results in the average age attained.by each case: Total abstainers, years and I month ; moderate drinkers, 63 years and }4 month; occasional drinkers,59 years and 2 months, habitual drinkers, 57 years and 2 months; drunk ards, 53 years and % month. It appears that moderate drinkers live longer than anybody else, and total abstainers are the shortest lived. HEALTH AND ALCOHOL.