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432 the medical society of the state of north carolina some of the other stimulants, that clo not irritate the stomach and interfere with digestion as does alcohol in typhoid fever. If drug stores would handle alcoholic stimulants only in the right and proper way, and doctors would prescribe them only in the right and proper way, as a medicine and not as a beverage, they have a proper place in medicine. They should be prescribed and handled just as calomel, just as morphin, just as many other drugs that are liable to abuse are prescribed and kept in the drug stores. Dr. L. D. Wharton, Smithfield: I, too, was at the meeting in Raleigh when the State Medical Society went on record against the use of whiskey. It was at that meeting, if I am not mistaken, when Dr. J. F. McKay, of Buies Creek, who sits at my right, read a most valuable paper on the use of alcohol in disease. I was there, but did not, like Dr. Kent, vote with the majority, although I am a Prohibitionist and voted for prohibition. That recalls the first meeting of the North Carolina Medical Society I ever attended—I think it was in 1884, in Goldsboro. Dr. Smith, of Goldsboro, read a paper on the use of alcohol. (Dr. Kent: Pardon me—it was in 1895, and I read a paper on the abuse of alcohol.) Then it was Dr. Smith who discussed your paper. He recounted at length his experience in the use of alcohol in diseases that man falls heir to, especially pneumonia, and closed his discussion, I very well remember, by saying: "I believe in the use of alcohol internally, externally, and eternally." Dr. J. F. McKay, Buies Creek: The American Medical Association two or three years ago took a solemn referendum on this subject, and those opposed to the prescribing of alcohol in medicine were decidedly in the minority. I do not want this occasion to pass without saying that I read a paper on this very subject before the society at its meeting in Greensboro, in 1917. More thought and further observation have confirmed me in the views therein expressed. We should have some legal means of getting alcohol for our patients, when it is needed, but as long as the members of this society have not the courage to ask the legislature to grant the relief needed, the present condition w7ill continue. Dr. A. J. Crowell, Charlotte: As one who voted for the resolution and one who voted for prohibition, I wish to say that if I had opportunity to vote in the society or in the state to have alcohol placed back in the hands of the doctors and drug stores I should unhesitatingly vote for it. Most of my work is in dealing with old men. At that time I was dealing more with young men. Today I feel the need of having alcohol for my patients, I expect, about as much as any person who is practicing medicine in the state of North Carolina. Technically, I have secured and administered whiskey illegally to my patients. As a result I feel sure that it has not been long since I saved two who were in the hospital at the same time, being prepared for prostatectomy. Morphin is a thousand times more
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-16: Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1925 |
Identifier | NCHH-16-072 |
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Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Document Title | Transactions of the Medical Society of the State of North Carolina [1891-1939] |
Subject Topical | Medicine -- North Carolina -- Societies, etc. |
Subject Topical Other | Societies, Medical -- North Carolina. |
Description | After 1939 transactions published in the North Carolina Medical Journal |
Creator | Medical Society of the State of North Carolina. Annual Session. |
Publisher | Raleigh, N.C. : Medical Society of the State of North Carolina, 1891-1939. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1925 |
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Language | English |
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Volume Number | 72 |
Page Number | 432 |
Health Discipline | Medicine |
Full Text | 432 the medical society of the state of north carolina some of the other stimulants, that clo not irritate the stomach and interfere with digestion as does alcohol in typhoid fever. If drug stores would handle alcoholic stimulants only in the right and proper way, and doctors would prescribe them only in the right and proper way, as a medicine and not as a beverage, they have a proper place in medicine. They should be prescribed and handled just as calomel, just as morphin, just as many other drugs that are liable to abuse are prescribed and kept in the drug stores. Dr. L. D. Wharton, Smithfield: I, too, was at the meeting in Raleigh when the State Medical Society went on record against the use of whiskey. It was at that meeting, if I am not mistaken, when Dr. J. F. McKay, of Buies Creek, who sits at my right, read a most valuable paper on the use of alcohol in disease. I was there, but did not, like Dr. Kent, vote with the majority, although I am a Prohibitionist and voted for prohibition. That recalls the first meeting of the North Carolina Medical Society I ever attended—I think it was in 1884, in Goldsboro. Dr. Smith, of Goldsboro, read a paper on the use of alcohol. (Dr. Kent: Pardon me—it was in 1895, and I read a paper on the abuse of alcohol.) Then it was Dr. Smith who discussed your paper. He recounted at length his experience in the use of alcohol in diseases that man falls heir to, especially pneumonia, and closed his discussion, I very well remember, by saying: "I believe in the use of alcohol internally, externally, and eternally." Dr. J. F. McKay, Buies Creek: The American Medical Association two or three years ago took a solemn referendum on this subject, and those opposed to the prescribing of alcohol in medicine were decidedly in the minority. I do not want this occasion to pass without saying that I read a paper on this very subject before the society at its meeting in Greensboro, in 1917. More thought and further observation have confirmed me in the views therein expressed. We should have some legal means of getting alcohol for our patients, when it is needed, but as long as the members of this society have not the courage to ask the legislature to grant the relief needed, the present condition w7ill continue. Dr. A. J. Crowell, Charlotte: As one who voted for the resolution and one who voted for prohibition, I wish to say that if I had opportunity to vote in the society or in the state to have alcohol placed back in the hands of the doctors and drug stores I should unhesitatingly vote for it. Most of my work is in dealing with old men. At that time I was dealing more with young men. Today I feel the need of having alcohol for my patients, I expect, about as much as any person who is practicing medicine in the state of North Carolina. Technically, I have secured and administered whiskey illegally to my patients. As a result I feel sure that it has not been long since I saved two who were in the hospital at the same time, being prepared for prostatectomy. Morphin is a thousand times more |
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Article Title | Has Alcohol A Place As A Therapeutic Agent |
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