[16] We presume Mr. Parton thinks these three unprofessional opinions enough to outweigh the all but unanimous testimony of physicians to the tonic effects of beer, wine and brandy.
[17] Anstie, op. cit. pp. 381—385.
[18] In view of these and similar facts, Dr. Anstie remarks that "the effect of nutritious food, where it can be digested, is undistinguishable from that of alcohol upon the abnormal conditions of the nervous system which prevail in febrile diseases." p. 385. For the use of wine or brandy in infantile typhoid and typhus, see Hillier on Diseases of Children, a most admirable work.
[19] See Chambers, Digestion and its Derangements, p. 249; and in general, Johnston, Von Bibra, and the paper of Dr. Hammond above referred to.
[20] Carpenter, Human Physiology, p. 387.
[21] Anstie, op. cit., p. 359.
[22] Baudot, De la Destruction de l'Alcool dans l'Organisme, Union Médicale, Nov. et Déc., 1863. See also the elaborate criticism in Anstie, op. cit., pp. 358-370.
[23] De la Digestion des Boissons Alcooliques, in Annales de Chimie et de Physique, 1847, tom. xxi.
[24] Ueber das Verhalten des Alkohols im thierischen Organismus, in Vierteljahrsschrift für die praktische Heilkunde, Prague, 1833.
[25] See Moleschott, Circulation de la Vie, tom. ii. p. 6.