Where else may we find albumen?—"In some seeds, and in the gray part of the brain and the nerves."
What harm does alcohol do to the nerves?—"It takes away their moisture and hardens them."
What harm does this do to them?—"It paralyzes them, or makes them lose their power."
What happens when nerves are paralyzed?—"They lose their power over the muscles; they are unfit to carry messages to and from the brain."
What harm does alcohol do to the gray part of the brain?—"It hardens it, as it hardens the white of an egg."
What harm does this do to the brain?—"It paralyzes it, or makes it lose its power."
What then happens?—"It cannot properly do its work of thinking, and cannot control the nerves."
What disease is sometimes caused by this hardening of the brain by alcohol?—"Paralysis, which often ends in death."
What harm does alcohol do to the blood-vessels of the brain?—"It fills them with impure blood."
What disease is caused by the blood-vessels of the brain being filled with impure blood?—"Congestion of the brain, or apoplexy, which ends in death."