Carpenter,EdwardBiblio.com
Carpenter, William BBiblio.com
The Physiology of Temperance and Total Abstinence. An Examination of the Effects of the Excessive Moderate and Occasional Use of Alcholic Liquors on the Human System
1870réf. 10971London: Bell & Daldy. Good with no dust jacket. 1870. First Thus. Hardcover. Ex-library. Library stamps and markings Early 20th century rubber stamp of "Kaitangata Athaenaeum" on front endpaper early 20th century gilt stamp "Public Library Otago New Zealand" on front board. Moderate foxing to endpapers. ; viii 231 1 pages 4 page index. Preface dated 1853. Rebound early 20th Century in half-calf binding. Page dimensions: 178 x 117mm. The author was a Fellow of the Royal Society and Examiner in Physiology in the University of London. Contents: Introduction; Poisonous Action of Alcohol; Diseases Induced by Alcoholic Excess; Effect of Habitual Moderate Use of Alcoholic Liquor; Rapidly Injurious Effects of Alchoholic Liquor in Tropical Climates; Alcholic Liquors do not really sustain physical or mental power; Supposed advantages of occasional use of alcoholic liquors seldom real or permanent; Medicinal use of alcoholic liquors in appropriate cases. ; Ex-Library; 12mo . Bell & Daldy hardcover
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