Alcohol, a dangerous and unnecessary medicine

the long version

ALCOHOL A DANGEROUS AND UNNECESSARY MEDICINE HOW AND WHY What Medical Writers Say BY MRS. MARTHA M. ALLEN Superintendent of the Department of Medical Temperance for the National Woman's Christian Temperance Union Published by the DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL TEMPERANCE OF THE NATIONAL WOMAN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION MARCELLUS, NEW YORK COPYRIGHT, 1900. ... "The writer does not presume to set forth her own opinions upon a question which is still a subject of dispute among the members of a learned profession; she simply culls from the writings of those members of that profession who, having made thorough examination of the claims of alcohol, have decided that this drug, as ordinarily used, is more harmful than beneficial, and that medical practice would be upon a higher plane, were it driven entirely from the pharmacopoeia." (from the preface)