Word: alcoholism
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...organization to keep track of births and deaths. They married only within their small fold, lived in isolated farm colonies where they produced their own food, clothing and shelter. Their descendants still scorn doctors, and live robustly to old age; they faithfully fast every Wednesday and Friday, shun tobacco, alcohol, coffee...
...drink, but I discovered alcohol is the dullest form of escape I've ever experienced in my rigid adventures. During this otiose period I was continually accompanied by a large bottle of Scotch for which I had (and have) the utmost contempt. So with great character I exorcised this minor unsatisfactory pleasure abruptly and have not drunk since 1954. I still carry a big bottle around with me, but I don't drink...
...help he can get, and he knows it. "Statistics about San Francisco indicate that it is one of the most spiritually needy cities in the country," he said last week. "It has three times the suicide rate of any other major city in the country. It ranks high in alcoholism and in the consumption of alcohol. One out of two of its marriages end in divorce, which is a much higher rate than the national average. There are only 40,000 Protestants* in San Francisco [pop. 814,000], and it has probably the lowest church attendance of any major city...
...their study: 8,692 patients admitted to eight Seventh-day Adventist hospitals in southern California in 1952-56. Of these, 564 were Seventh-day Adventists who did not smoke or drink because their religion forbids, while 8,128 were of persuasions that take no stand on tobacco or alcohol, so many, but not all, both smoked and drank. All patients had either cancer or coronary artery disease, or had suffered heart attacks...
...Alcohol, Dr. Fabricant declared, has a number of effects that are useful in fighting a cold: it speeds the circulation, provides warmth and comfort, induces drowsiness, and encourages the patient to take to his bed. And bed rest "diminishes the severity of the common cold, limits its spread to others, and reduces the frequency of complications." But while Dr. Fabricant recommended the odd shot, he was not prepared to prescribe repeated doses: "Some people don't know when to stop...