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Credit: Alcohol and the human brain. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![SCIEFCH AID TEjWURA/CE. By BENJAMIN W. RICHARDSON, M.A., M.D., F.R.S., FtUoio of the Royal Colhtjf of Physician*, London, etc. The National Temperance Society baa published the following new and vain able works on alcohol, from a scientific stand-point, written by Dr. Richardson, one of the foremost scientists ol the age. On Alcohol. With an introduction by Dr. Willurd Parker, of New York. ]2mo, 190 pages. Paper rover-, SO cents; cloth #1 .OO This book contains the Cantor Lectures recently delivered before the Society of Arte. These justly celebrated lectures, six In number, omhrace a historical sketch of alcoholic distillation, and the results of an exhaustive -ei en title Inquiry concerning the nature ol Ico ud Its effects upon the human body and mind. They have attracted much attention throughout Great Britain, both among physicians and general readers, and an the latest and best scientific expositions <>i alcohol and Its i ffecte extant. The Temperance Le*»oii-Book. A series of 52 short Lessons on Alcohol and it- \< in the Body. Adapted f»>r public and private schools, and BuppliOS a great, educatioi.nl need. Umo, 220 pages. School edition, per do sen, $(i.0u ; singly 75 It i- tin mature resall of mosl careful and extended research on the part of its gifted author, whose attainment place him In the front rank of the ablest scientists a? the world. Then- arc iHiy-iwu i >bbou», i acb follow* 11 i>> a series ol Questions tor examination and review. Thevars free from labored and wearisome details, cover a wide range of physiological and hygienic Information, and in -1 l- arc simple and attractive, admirably sdaptc i to win and retain to the end the Interest if Btudonti, Their pracl leal value, as a means of prevention and u safeguard for the youajt agamsi Hie di ink peril, it wouhj be im possible i compute, ltd DS i Moderate Drinking: For and Against, from Scientific Points of View. 12ino', 4^ Paper 20 it i- ■ thoroughly scientific and Impirtlal discussion of the subject of the moderate ij-i hi alcoholic bei. rages, by one who stands in the front rank of the most distinguished ■dentists in Qreal Britain, and as such possesses'a rare value for circulation among the young, and all who m;iv not vet hsvc arrived at mature convictions as i total abstinence. \\ la one of the mosl valuable contributions Us rihjed author bas yet made i<» temperance literature, ii ougfal to be in tbo hand- of all college students, and of young men, minis- ters, teacher*) and Intelligent people everywhere. Action ol Alcohol on the Body and on the Mind, The. l2mo, (10 pages. Paper 20 Two aide and important lectures, the result f careful and extended researches as to the results of alcohol from a scientific stund-poinf. and are among the ablest contributions to this branch of tii«- subject. The IVIedlcal Profession and Alcohol. An Address before the British Medi- cal Association. 12mo, 33 pages. Paper 10 It is a scientific plea for total abstinence; of great power. It embodies also a very earnest appeal to members «.f the medical profession to join in the pending vitally im- portant warfare against alcoholic beverages. It is a most valuable publication to place in the hands of the physicians of this country, among whom it should have the Widest possible circulation. Address J. N. STEARNS, Publishing Agent,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21028953_0028.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
