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Augusty 1939 The Health Bulletin 13 "Beer Drinkers Warned of Dangers of Cirrhosis of the Liver" 'Upon seeing my eighth patient die from cirrhosis of the liver and ascertaining that she was a heavy beer drinker, I am writing to ask if your Board should not warn the public that beer drinking causes this disease. " 'When we had no beer in Georgia, I saw no cirrhosis, but since beer has returned I have had eight cases, all proved by operation or autopsy. All the patients except one were women and all of them were admittedly heavy beer drinkers. . . "This letter was sent to Dr. T. F. Aber-crombie, Director of the Georgia Department of Public Health, by one of the most prominent physicians of our State. It carries its own message of warning, and we are reprinting it just as he wrote it. "To bear out, statistically, the importance of this warning, attention is called to the fact that in 1938 there were 127 deaths in Georgia from cirrhosis of the liver, this figure being provisional and not final." The above item is quoted from the official Bulletin of the Georgia State Board of Health, known as Georgia's Health, for March. This reminded us of what we have already observed in our own State. The number of deaths from cirrhosis of the liver in the last five years since the sale of beer was legalized and received the State's blessing has been constantly rising. In 1932, 83 deaths from cirrhosis of the liver was reported in this State. In 1937, the number was 125. Reports for 1938 are not yet available. As a rule, controversial subjects are avoided in these columns, but in the mind of the Editor there can be no controversy on the one essential question which the liquor trust, including the beer trust, of course, would try to have everybody forget, and that is the fact that alcohol, no matter in what guise, is the same chemical poison wherever found. The alcohol found in beer is the very same chemical which is found in hard liquor in the official State Stores. The liquor simply has more alcohol than the beer. There is no particle of difference in the alcohol found in legalized beer and the liquor in State Stores from that of the bootlegger in the swamps. Alcohol is alcohol. It has a wonderful place in medicine and is practically indispensable, but used in the guise of social drinking, it has always and everywhere when used to excess lead to but one end, and that is disaster for the individual who goes to the extreme in such use. The present style set by the socialites of hard liquor, as well as beer, drinking to excess is merely a repetition of the fashions prevailing in earlier days. Conditions became so bad about the turn of the century that an effort at prohibition was the result. The propaganda put out constantly by the liquor trust is almost as subtle as that saturating the world by the Nazi party in Germany. It is the most insistent and insidious propaganda aimed at utter destruction of the health and moral fiber of the young people in this country, that the older people have probably ever observed. A few days ago, the daily papers all carried a story from Washington—propaganda, of course—that the General Counsel for the United States Brewers' Association and the General Counsel for the American Brewers' Association, meeting before a sub-committee of the Senate of the United States, insisted that such institutions as Princeton and the University of Wisconsin were encouraging their students to drink beer. If true, this is a horrible state of affairs. It is a pleasure to recall that a high official of the National Education Association appeared with these two lawyers representing the two big beer trusts in the United States, and opposed the bill then being discussed. The bill was for the purpose of al-
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1939 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-054 |
Form General | Periodicals |
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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Volume Number | 54 |
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Fixed Title * | Page 13 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1939 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-054-0099 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
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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Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 54 |
Issue Number | 6 |
Page Number | 13 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | Augusty 1939 The Health Bulletin 13 "Beer Drinkers Warned of Dangers of Cirrhosis of the Liver" 'Upon seeing my eighth patient die from cirrhosis of the liver and ascertaining that she was a heavy beer drinker, I am writing to ask if your Board should not warn the public that beer drinking causes this disease. " 'When we had no beer in Georgia, I saw no cirrhosis, but since beer has returned I have had eight cases, all proved by operation or autopsy. All the patients except one were women and all of them were admittedly heavy beer drinkers. . . "This letter was sent to Dr. T. F. Aber-crombie, Director of the Georgia Department of Public Health, by one of the most prominent physicians of our State. It carries its own message of warning, and we are reprinting it just as he wrote it. "To bear out, statistically, the importance of this warning, attention is called to the fact that in 1938 there were 127 deaths in Georgia from cirrhosis of the liver, this figure being provisional and not final." The above item is quoted from the official Bulletin of the Georgia State Board of Health, known as Georgia's Health, for March. This reminded us of what we have already observed in our own State. The number of deaths from cirrhosis of the liver in the last five years since the sale of beer was legalized and received the State's blessing has been constantly rising. In 1932, 83 deaths from cirrhosis of the liver was reported in this State. In 1937, the number was 125. Reports for 1938 are not yet available. As a rule, controversial subjects are avoided in these columns, but in the mind of the Editor there can be no controversy on the one essential question which the liquor trust, including the beer trust, of course, would try to have everybody forget, and that is the fact that alcohol, no matter in what guise, is the same chemical poison wherever found. The alcohol found in beer is the very same chemical which is found in hard liquor in the official State Stores. The liquor simply has more alcohol than the beer. There is no particle of difference in the alcohol found in legalized beer and the liquor in State Stores from that of the bootlegger in the swamps. Alcohol is alcohol. It has a wonderful place in medicine and is practically indispensable, but used in the guise of social drinking, it has always and everywhere when used to excess lead to but one end, and that is disaster for the individual who goes to the extreme in such use. The present style set by the socialites of hard liquor, as well as beer, drinking to excess is merely a repetition of the fashions prevailing in earlier days. Conditions became so bad about the turn of the century that an effort at prohibition was the result. The propaganda put out constantly by the liquor trust is almost as subtle as that saturating the world by the Nazi party in Germany. It is the most insistent and insidious propaganda aimed at utter destruction of the health and moral fiber of the young people in this country, that the older people have probably ever observed. A few days ago, the daily papers all carried a story from Washington—propaganda, of course—that the General Counsel for the United States Brewers' Association and the General Counsel for the American Brewers' Association, meeting before a sub-committee of the Senate of the United States, insisted that such institutions as Princeton and the University of Wisconsin were encouraging their students to drink beer. If true, this is a horrible state of affairs. It is a pleasure to recall that a high official of the National Education Association appeared with these two lawyers representing the two big beer trusts in the United States, and opposed the bill then being discussed. The bill was for the purpose of al- |
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