1934 What Shall We Drink by Magnus Bredenbek

General Observations 173 listed,such as noggs and cups. For the feverish person,some of the cold drinks, given with smaller portions of alcoholic content, will help more than harm the patient. In cases of poisoning, by snakebite,for instance,the need is to keep the patient from yielding to the benumbing in fluences ofthe poison,and nothing is betterthan a stiff hooker of whisky, brandy or rum- -far stiffer in ounces than one ordinarily might drink. The blood must be stimulated until aid is obtained and a doctor can coordinate his effort with the first aid afforded by the ardent spirits imbibed by the victim of the poison. Woundsare cleansed and made antiseptic by washing with whisky,brandy,rum,gin or straight alcohol. Nothing is better in anemia than rich Port Wine, the finest blood builder and progenitor of red corpuscles in all the wine list. Port,indeed,is virtuallythe basicingredientofmost tonic preparations. All wine tonics are good for general run down conditions and an occasional "shot" of whisky, gin or rum works marvels. Heavy eaters often suffer from indigestion. Too many times after a hearty meal they feel distressed. One of the simplest ways to overcome this effect is to sip, after the meal, a white or green Creme de Menthefrappe, which marvelously tonesthe stomach and avertstheformation ofthe gases which cause so much distress. Morning headaches, whether from over-drinking or any other cause, often are banished by a "fizz" or some of the "sour" drinks listed in this volume. Headaches arise mostly from stomachic disorders. Drinks containing bitters are very helpful, but hold down on the alcoholic portions—say, to about half the ordinary quantity called for in the standard drinks. For fatigue, nothing refreshes and stimulates the human system so much as the sparkling wines, lemonade-hquor drinks, slings,juleps, highballs,rickeys and bishops. These are but a few of the medical uses and values of the alcoholic beverages which man's geniusand God's Providence have bestowed upon the human family. Only abuse, not