[41] Alcoholic beverages contain the following proportions of alcohol: beer, from 2 to 5 per cent; wine, from 10 to 20 per cent; liquors, from 30 to 70 per cent. Patent medicines frequently contain as high as 60 per cent alcohol. (See page [294].)
Reference Reading on Foods
Hunter, Laboratory Problems in Civic Biology. American Book Company.
Allen, Civics and Health. Ginn and Company.
Bulletin 13, American School of Home Economics, Chicago.
Cornell University Reading Course, Buls. 6 and 7, Human Nutrition.
Davison, The Human Body and Health. American Book Company.
Jordan, The Principles of Human Nutrition. The Macmillan Company.
Kehler, L. F., Habit-forming Agents. Farmers' Bulletin 393, U. S. Dept. of Agri.
Lusk, Science and Nutrition. W. B. Saunders Company.