Word: alcoholic
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Jamaica ginger, which almost all of the stricken confessed drinking, has been mentioned as a cause. Jamaica ginger is an infusion of the peeled and ground roots of he ginger plant in alcohol. In medicine it s used internally to remove gas on the stomach. Many women use the candied root or the extract to soothe their periodic griping. Because Jamaica ginger gives a lot feeling to the stomach and because it contains alcohol it is like lemon extract, favorite tipple of inland drinkers unable to buy normal imported alcoholic beverages. They call Jamaica ginger "jake...
Providence, R. I. health officers reported 20 cases; blamed wood alcohol in Jamaica ginger. In two of their cases partial blindness was found...
...sleep-habit survey of 509 distinguished U. S. men, learned some of their ways of putting themselves to sleep: sticking feet out from under covers, straining eyes, random thinking, repeating Christian names, plans for an ideal home, extracting square roots, eating onions, praying. Of those questioned, only 2% used alcohol to induce sleep; half of them were distinguished college professors...
...other facts in the minds of the American parents. First, that Yale is a poor place to send his boy or girl. Second, you have conclusively explained why so many Yale graduates fail in life. Third, the only thing to do now is for every university to establish the alcohol-mindedness of its students...
...Gregg's communication was published by the News without comment. He congratulated the News on its poll, which he said, establishes the fact that 71 per cent of the students are "alcohol-minded." He added, in predicting the effect of the poll upon American parents...