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“For Health’s Sake”
By MEDICAL ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
ALCOHOLISM
Alcoholism is synonymous with
•drunkenness or degree of intoxication
from spirituous liquors, wines and
beer. It carries a further implica
tion of habit or dependency upon the
change of feelings brought about by
.periodic or regular indulgence. If
•relatively small amounts of alcohol
are taken at infrequent intervals the
person’s recovery is complete. With
repetitions of increasing rates of
frequency there is accumulation in
the person’s body, and larger amounts
of alcohol are toxic or poisonous,
first, with a selective action on the
nervous system, then, perhaps, the
stomach and liver in the order named.
The immediate effect of overly
large dosage is a feeling of warmth
in the throat and stomach with a
loss of sensation to chill, then a flush
ing of the face and light headedness,
which is usually exhilarating. These
sensations are the initial stages of
the initial stages of progressive para
lytic symptoms, the continued ab-.
sorption of alcohol rendering the
person stuporous with rapid heart
beat and slowed breating and finally
deep sleep, this state continuing till
the alcohol is oxidized and exhaled
from the body although leaving a
definite trail of physical and mental
distress.
With the recovery from acute in
toxication additional alcohol seems to
give some measure of relief and this
With some’ increase of tolerance to
the toxic effects, an ideal situation
for habit formation with its train of
chronic degeneration. Spirituous
liquors irritate the lining of the
stomach directly with upsets of the
digestion and marked nutritional dis
turbances. Immediate nausea and
vomiting are valuable defences
against fatal over dosage. Wines and
beers irritate the stomach less than
whisky but perhaps lead more fre
quently to excessive eating and gain
ing in weight with fat and fatty de
generative changes of the liver and
heart. The rheumatic-like disease
known as gout is frequently associat
ed with regular beer drinking. Sus
ceptibility to pneumonia is notorious
ly evident.
Nervous and mental disturbances
are more common to the whisky
drinkers. Manic excitement and de
lusions are not uncommon but the
delirium tremens is more frequent.
Severe crippling with the condition
known as polyneuritis often follows
the delirium and this is one of the
most painful of all diseases. This
is an inflammatory-like condition of
the nerve tracts, usually those lead
ing to the arms and legs, but a
similar change can also take place in
the brain tissue, producing incoordi
nation of the entire musculature of
the body and usually with mental im
pairment.
The cure of alcoholism is first i
prevention, which can be summed up 1
in the adage, “Be ye temperate in •
all things.”
For the chronic form, this passage)
from Dr. W, E. White seems to sum.
up our present knowledge of treat-1
ment. After a medical consideration j
of the urgent needs of delirium
tremens and other mental illnesses
produced by alcohol, he says:
“The matter of isolation is an im
portant one. I feel that all cases
in which the habit is firmly fixed
isolation is highly desirable, if not
imperative, as in these cases the pa-
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bred fa America almost 300 years. A very Wm out oJ the way , he was
weak boy he could not go to school, but was elected Vice-President of the
educated by tutors. Living on a Western ranch. United Statefc Wi , h the dealh
working hard, he gradually grew strong. He o( McKinley, he came
became Assistant Secretary of the Navy, but to (he wh; , e House . th . young
with the outbreak of the Spanish-American es( p resident ta the history of
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tient is unable to resist temptation
and, as soon as the opportunity pre
sents itself, will lapse. After con
finement for a few months, during
which the patient is restored as far
as possible to physical health, he is
in a condition to abstain if he wants
to and is able. If he does not want
to or suffers too great a weakness
of will, he will return to his old prac
tices. If he does wish to stop drink
ing, however, he has been given the
best possible opportunity, an oppor
tunity which should be early extend
ed to all cases.”
The question of vitamin deficiency,
being an associated factor in alco
holic neuritis, has improved the
treatment of this distressing symp
tom, but it is quite evident that all
so-called alcoholic cures are without
the slightest value unless the pa
tient is determined of his own will
to get well.
COLOMOKEE HEADLIGHTS
From the first day of school there
has been rapid advancement through
out the school. The enrollment has
been growing, interest in all activities
grows, so we are expecting the school
and all other auxiliaries of the com
munity to do continually throughout
the school year. Plans are being
made to leave all auxiliaries a con
tinuous glow and an example for the
community and to associates to fol
low for a progressive state.
Colomokee wishes to say that they
are very happy over the showing that
they made at the County Fair, rating
first on the educational exhibit— )
bringing home the blue ribbon and i
the cash prize. Colomokee rated first i
in per cent attendance of all county
schools at the fair Friday.
Thanks very much to the County
Superintendent and the Board of
Education for the privilege of attend
ing the fair, and to the American
Legion, we were more than happy to
have the privilege of cooperating with
you.
Since basketball is a game which
will develop the body in strength and
health, Colomokee is a very small
school striving to accomplish its
needs. Not only will it try to ac
complish its purpose, but will en
deavor to produce the best athletes
possible. It stands as a challenge to
any junior high school. There may
be teams who can defeat us, but
remember, we wont stay defeated.
Play activity period has just be
gun. From 2:40 to 3:20 one can
come or pass Colomokee and see all
pupils being supervised and engaged
in many different activities, all of
which are planned by the teacher and
directed by same. This is a require
ment that should be enforced by all
schools, for it will develop a boy or
girl properly in health and strength
to a certain extent.
This week is examination week. All
pupils can be looking forward for
their names on the honor student’s
list which will appear in next -week's
News.
There will be a Halloween Carnival
at Colomokee on Friday night, Octo
ber 29. All kind of entertainment,
free, can be seen and heard. Many
amusements to enjoy, Come.
The plant food in soil can be
restored by the use of legumes and
fertilizer, but once the soil itself
has been lost, it cannot be Restored.
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ECONOMIC
HIGHLIGHTS
Happening! That Affect the Din
ner Pails, Dividend Checks and
Tax Bills of Every Individual.—
National and International Prob
lems Inseparable from Local
Welfare.
President Roosevelt’s speech on
world affairs, in which he castigat
ed dictatorships and proposed a
virtual quarantine of bellicose pow
ers, is perhaps the most important
international event of many months.
It was greeted with almost unani
mous praise in this cocntry, by
papers of all political affiliations.
It charted a definite course which
this government is apparently pre
pared to follow. It was direct, ag
gressive and, for the head of a gov
ernment, extremely daring. In the
view of the experts, it is believed
certain that the British and possibly
the French foreign offices were
consulted before the speech was
made, and that the plan of action
laid down by the President is ap
proved by the three great democra
cies of the world.
Mr. Roosevelt’s suggestion is as
simple as it is revolutionary. In ef
fect, he said that it might be neces
sary to place a towering commercial
wall around the nations which are
responsible for today’s war scares
and war prospects. Peaceful nations
would refuse to export to these coun
tries, and they would not import
from them. Little by little, as sup
plies on hand dwindled, the belli
gerent powers would find themselves
lacking in the raw and finished ma
terials which are essential to life both
in peace and in war. Thus, faced
with want and privation, they would
find it impossible to pursue their
dreams of conquest.
The President did not mention any
country by name. But it was obvious
that he was referring to three pow
ers: Japan, Italy, Germany. Italy
has taken over Abyssinia, in disre
gard of all treaties, by armed force.
Japan is atempting to achieve a simi
lar victory in rich North China. And
Germany, with Hitler as its spokes
man, makes no secret of the fact
that it regards colonial expansion as
essential.
The world effect of such a declara
tion of potential policy would have
been nowhere near as great had it
come from the head of any other
country. We are remote from all
other major powers. We are peace
fully inclined. We are one of the
two nations which are economically
self contained—that is, which possess
within their territorial borders the
resources needed to provide every
necessary and most of the luxuries
of modern life. And, for the past
few years, we have been the great
question mark in international affairs
—we have moved slowly, said little
and have kept aloof from participa
tion in world events.
The President’s attitude, roughly
described, is that we could not escape
being involved in a major war, that
we must therefore cooperate to pre
vent war. He gave approval to
American cooperation with the Lea
gue of Nations —which, significantly,
is shunned by Germany, Italy and
Japan. Out of this has come the be
lief that in the immediate future
the world will be divided into two
camps—the democracies and the dic
tatorships. On the side of the demo
cracies there will also be the dicta
torship which is economically self
sufficient—Russia.
The strength of an alliance be
tween the democracies and the U.R.
S.R. is impossible to exaggerate.
From either the economic or military
standpoint, they are immensely super
ior to the dictatorships. Japan, Italy
and Germany must import tremen
dous quantities of the basic commo
dities in order to exst. They must
export their own specialities, such
as silk and olive oil and wine, in
order to obtain foreign credits. Close
the world’s markets to them, and at
the same time forbid them to buy
in the democracies, and they would
be ruined. And, should they elect
to fight, every recognized military
expert is certain that they would be i
doomed to quick and crushing defeat.
The U. S. and England have the
I greatest navies afloat. Russia has the
I largest and best equipped standing
I army in the world. The dictator
■ ships have nothing to match these
I instruments of force.
The President’s address has al
i ready achieved results. Japan has 1
started a campaign to justify in this
country its war in China. Mussolini I
)is talking more softly than is his'
usual wont. Hitler speaks of peace.
! And the League of Nations, given
new strength by Mr. Roosevielt’s
stand, is in a far better position to
,be a major influence than at any
; time in the past five years, and to
resurrect some of its lost prestige.
Summing up, a union of the demo
cracies is designated to achieve two
ends. One, to maintain peace. Sec
ond, if that fails, to make sure that
the ensuing war will be swift and
ruinous to the dictatorships.
The Supreme Court has teen more
in the headlines than ever, due to
the appointment of Justice Black.
But this session the Court will have
I much less to do with national affairs
than for three years past.
Reason: Os the 450 cases on the
docket, very few involve issues of
; wide political or social interest. Only
| one New Deal law is certain to be
approved or disapproved—the au-
I thority of the PWA to make loans
and grants to towns for municipal
I projects.
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