Grappling with the Monster

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Author

Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay), 1809-1885

Title

Grappling with the Monster; Or, the Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink

Credits

E-text prepared by Leah Moser and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare

Subject

Temperance

Category

Text

eBook-No.

13509

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/13509

Release Date

September 21, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.T.S. ARTHUR
3. 3.INTRODUCTION
4. 4.CONTENTS — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II. — CHAPTER III. — CHAPTER IV. — CHAPTER V. — CHAPTER VI. — CHAPTER VII. — CHAPTER VIII. — CHAPTER IX. — CHAPTER X. — CHAPTER XI. — CHAPTER XII. — CHAPTER XIII. — CHAPTER XIV. — CHAPTER XV. — CHAPTER XVI. — CHAPTER XVII. — CHAPTER XVIII.
5. 5.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
6. 6.CHAPTER I. — THE MONSTER, STRONG DRINK. — ALCOHOL AN ENEMY. — PLACE AND POWER IN THE HOUSEHOLD. — FREEDOM OF THE NATION; — ENORMOUS CONSUMPTION. — POVERTY AND DESTITUTION — LOSS TO LABOR. — TAXATION. — CURSING THE POOR. — CRIME AND PAUPERISM. — THE BLIGHT EVERYWHERE.
7. 7.CHAPTER II. — IT CURSES THE BODY. — ALCOHOL NOT A FOOD AND OF DOUBTFUL USE AS A MEDICINE. — DIGESTION. — ALCOHOL RETARDS DIGESTION. — ITS EFFECT ON THE BLOOD. — ON THE MINUTE CIRCULATION. — PARALYZES THE MINUTE BLOOD-VESSELS. — HEART DISTURBANCE. — OTHER ORGANS INVOLVED. — EFFECT ON THE BRAIN. — THE SPINAL CORD AND NERVES. — EFFECT ON THE BRAIN CENTRES.
8. 8.CHAPTER III. — IT CURSES THE BODY.—CONTINUED. — EFFECT ON THE MEMBRANES. — MEMBRANOUS DETERIORATIONS. — ACTION OF ALCOHOL ON THE STOMACH. — TIC-DOULOUREUX AND SCIATICA. — DEGENERATION OF THE LIVER. — HOW THE KIDNEYS SUFFER. — CONGESTION OF THE LUNGS. — ORGANIC DETERIORATIONS OF THE HEART. — EPILEPSY AND PARALYSIS. — FARTHER MEDICAL TESTIMONY.
9. 9.CHAPTER IV. — IT CURSES THE SOUL. — HEAVENLY ORDER IN THE BODY. — MENTAL DISTURBANCES. — INSANITY. — NO SUBSTANCE AFFECTS THE BRAIN LIKE ALCOHOL. — INHERITED LATENT EVIL FORCES. — MENTAL AND MORAL CHANGES OF A DISASTROUS CHARACTER — "BECOMES THE HELPLESS SUBJECT OF THE FORCES OF EVIL, — HOMICIDAL MANIA. — KLEPTOMANIA. — LOSS OF MENTAL CLEARNESS. — IMPAIRMENT OF MEMORY. — MENTAL AND MORAL DISEASES. — RELATION BETWEEN INSANITY AND DRUNKENNESS. — "GREAT SIMILARITY BETWEEN INEBRIETY AND INSANITY. — GENERAL IMPAIRMENT OF THE FACULTIES. — "ALCOHOL SELLS THE REASONING POWERS, — IT EXCITES MAN'S WORST PASSIONS. — A SAD AND TERRIBLE PICTURE. — "VOLUNTARY EXTINCTION OF REASON.
10. 10.CHAPTER V. — NOT A FOOD, AND VERY LIMITED IN ITS RANGE AS A MEDICINE. — INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CONGRESS, — ALCOHOL HAS NO FOOD VALUE, — ALCOHOL NOT A PRODUCER OF HEAT. — ALCOHOL REDUCES THE TEMPERATURE OF THE BODY, — ALCOHOL DOES NOT GIVE STRENGTH. — DRIVEN TO THE WALL. — "NOT KNOWN TO BE IN ANY SENSE AN ORIGINATOR OF VITAL FORCE; — "ALCOHOL ACTS AS A DISTURBING ELEMENT — WHAT IS ITS VALUE AS A MEDICINE? — TYPHOID FEVER. — ACCUMULATIVE TESTIMONY.
11. 11.CHAPTER VI. — THE GROWTH AND POWER OF APPETITE. — NO MAN SAFE WHO DRINKS. — A DANGEROUS DELUSION. — A MOST EXEMPLARY NUN — INHERITED PREDISPOSITION TO DRINK, — EXTINGUISHMENT OF FAMILIES! — "MORE READILY BECOME DRUNKARDS, — INHERITED NERVOUS SUSCEPTIBILITY — A REMARKABLE CASE. — LOCK HIMSELF IN HIS ROOM FOR DAYS
12. 12.CHAPTER VII. — MEANS OF CURE. — HOPEFUL SIGNS. — FRUITS OF TEMPERANCE WORK. — REDUCTION OF POVERTY, PAUPERISM AND CRIME, — JUDGES ON THE BENCH — THE WORK OF HEALING AND SAVING. — A TRUER, PURER, NOBLER MAN,
13. 13.CHAPTER VIII. — INEBRIATE ASYLUMS. — ABSOLUTE WITHDRAWAL OF ALL INTOXICANTS FROM THE PATIENT, — TOBACCO. — RESULTS OF CHRONIC INEBRIATION. — REMOVAL FROM TEMPTATION. — "THE HYGIENIC AND SANITARY MEASURES — THE BINGHAMPTON ASYLUM. — SAVING AND REFORMING INFLUENCES. — TREATMENT. — DEEPLY INTERESTING CASES. — THE CARE AND TREATMENT OF DRUNKARDS. — LEGISLATIVE CONTROL. — LOSS TO THE STATE IN NOT ESTABLISHING ASYLUMS
14. 14.CHAPTER IX. — REFORMATORY HOMES. — WASHINGTONIAN HOME AT BOSTON, — BENEFICIAL RESULTS. — THE WASHINGTONIAN HOME AT CHICAGO — TESTIMONY OF THE REFORMED. — HOW I WAS TREATED IN THE HOME. — A RELIGIOUS HOME. — WHO ARE RECEIVED INTO "THE FRANKLIN HOME." — USE OF TOBACCO DISCOURAGED. — WHAT HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED. — WOMAN'S WORK IN THE HOME. — TOUCHING INCIDENTS. — THE TESTIMONY OF INMATES. — AFTER FIVE YEARS. — DANGERS THAT BESET THE REFORMED INEBRIATE. — BY DR. R.P. HARRIS.
15. 15.CHAPTER X. — TOBACCO AS AN INCITANT TO THE USE OF ALCOHOLIC STIMULANTS, AND AN OBSTACLE IN THE WAY OF A PERMANENT REFORMATION. — BY DR. R.P. HARRIS, PHYSICIAN OF THE "FRANKLIN REFORMATORY HOME." — ASSOCIATED WITH THE HABIT OF DRINKING. — DERANGEMENT OF THE DIGESTIVE ORGANS — FELT A DESIRE FOR A LITTLE WHISKY AFTER A SMOKE, — TEN TIMES AS DIFFICULT TO CONQUER AS THAT OF WHISKY-DRINKING. — ONE OF THE GREAT CURSES OF THE RISING GENERATION
16. 16.CHAPTER XI. — THE WOMAN'S CRUSADE. — BEGINNING OF THE CRUSADE. — HOW THE CRUSADERS WERE TREATED. — DECLINE OF THE CRUSADING SPIRIT.
17. 17.CHAPTER XII. — THE WOMAN'S NATIONAL CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION. — ORGANIZATION. — FIRST YEAR'S WORK. — THE SECOND YEAR'S WORK. — A WORKING ORGANIZATION. — LOOKING AFTER THE CHILDREN. — THE WORK OF REFORM AND RESCUE. — KEEPING ALIVE A SENTIMENT ADVERSE TO THE LIQUOR TRAFFIC. — INFLUENCE ON THE MEDICAL PROFESSION. — ACTION OF THE INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CONGRESS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XIII. — REFORM CLUBS. — DR. HENRY A. REYNOLDS. — FORMATION OF CLUBS. — FRANCIS MURPHY.
19. 19.CHAPTER XIV. — GOSPEL TEMPERANCE. — THE VALUE OF PRAYER AND FAITH ALONE. — PRAYER SUPPLEMENTED BY ORGANIZED WORK. — THE APPETITE FOR DRINK NOT TAKEN AWAY IN A MOMENT. — HOW MANY ARE REALLY SAVED. — THE TRIAL AND THE TEST, — THE DIVINE GRACE THAT SAVES. — AN UNSOUND AND DANGEROUS DOCTRINE.
20. 20.CHAPTER XV. — TEMPERANCE COFFEE-HOUSES AND FRIENDLY INNS. — THE EXPERIMENT IN PHILADELPHIA. — SIGNAL SUCCESS. — CROWDED FROM THE FIRST. — THE GOOD DONE. — FRIENDLY INNS.
21. 21.CHAPTER XVI. — TEMPERANCE LITERATURE. — NATIONAL TEMPERANCE SOCIETY AND PUBLICATION HOUSE, — FIRST BOOK PUBLISHED. — AFTER TWELVE YEARS. — REMARKABLE GROWTH OF TEMPERANCE LITERATURE. — A MOST IMPORTANT AGENCY.
22. 22.CHAPTER XVII. — LICENSE A FAILURE AND A DISGRACE. — HISTORY OF LICENSE IN MASSACHUSETTS. — THE EVIL STILL INCREASING. — WORSE AND WORSE. — TESTIMONY OF JOHN ADAMS. — OPENING A WIDER DOOR. — A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. — THE LIQUOR POWER IN THE ASCENDANT AGAIN. — SUBMITTING AGAIN TO THE YOKE.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVIII. — PROHIBITION. — NO REMEDY BUT PROHIBITION. — PROHIBITION NOT UNCONSTITUTIONAL. — CAN PROHIBITORY LAWS BE ENFORCED? — THE VALUE OF PROHIBITORY LAWS WHEN ENFORCED. — THE MAINE LAW—ITS COMPLETE VINDICATION. — TESTIMONY OF HON. NEAL DOW.

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