The anatomy of drunkenness

• Abbas the Great, his edict, 200
• Alcohol the intoxicating principle of all liquors, 61
• its action differs from that of opium, 106
• Alexander the Great died of drunkenness, 22
• Amurath IV. made smoking a capital offence, 81
• Ardent Spirits, drunkenness modified by, 61
• varieties of, 26, 63
• Armstrong, Dr., his remarks on the disease of the brain, 141
• Arrack a spirituous liquor long known in the East, 20
• Balfour, Mr. Alexander, case communicated by, 214
• Bangue possesses intoxicating properties, 98
• Bardolph, his nose, 144
• Barrow, Mr., his remarks on tobacco, 83
• Beckon Medical Jurisprudence, extracts from, 194, 195
• Beecher, Dr., his Sermons on Intemperance, 156, 255
• Beer known to the Egyptians, 19
• in the interior of Africa, 19
• Belladonna, 100
• Bitters often dangerous remedies, 139
• Bladder, state of, 142
• Bligh, Captain, his privations, 247
• Blood and breath, state of, 142
• Bonosus, hanged himself in a fit of despair, 23
• Brain, state of, 140
• Brande, Mr., his Table, 260
• Brandy, 20, 26, 63
• Brodie, Mr., his experiments on tobacco, 83
• opinion regarding the absorption of Alcohol, 108
• Broomley, Mr., his remedy for drunkenness, 123
• Bunbury, his caricature of the “Long Story,” 57
• Caldwell, Dr., on the cure of drunkenness, 218
• Camphor possesses intoxicating properties, 103
• Carbonic acid possesses intoxicating properties, 104
• Cardinal Santa Crocé introduced tobacco into Italy, 80
• Carnaro, extract from, 155
• Catherine de Medicis the inventor of Snuff, 80
• Catherine I. addicted to the use of tokay, 239
• Chardin, extract from his Travels, 75
• Chewing, 88
• Children, effects of liquors on, 150, 243
• Claret, the most wholesome of wines, 239
• Clery, 104
• Clutterbuck, Dr., his opinion of delirium tremens, 166
• Cocculus Indicus, 99
• Coffee useful in poisoning from opium, 129
• Coke, Sir Edward, his judicial opinion, 190
• Cold, effects of intense, 105
• Coleridge, Mr., his case, 93
• Collinson on Lunacy, extract from, 195
• Combustion, spontaneous, 175
• Commercial travellers addicted to intemperance, 31
• Congee the drink of the natives of India, 220
• Corpulency, 152
• Darnel, 104
• Darwin, Dr., averse to blooding in drunkenness, 121
• his account of psora ebriorum, 146
• opposes the sudden discontinuance of liquors, 198
• Delirium tremens, 159
• Demosthenes used cold water as a stimulus, 34
• Desgenettes, observation by, 221
• Digitalis, 99
• Don Gio Maria Bertholi, case of, 181
• Double vision, cause of, 114
• Dreams, 171
• Drunkard, choleric, 57
• melancholy, 54
• nervous, 57
• periodical, 58
• phlegmatic, 55
• sanguineous, 52
• surly, 55
• Drunkards, sleep of, 170
• spontaneous combustion of, 175
• advice to inveterate, 236
• Drunkenness, causes of, 28
• modified by temperament, 52
• modified by the inebriating agent, 61
• physiology of, 111
• method of curing the fit of, 120
• pathology of, 132
• judicially considered, 190
• method of curing the habit of, 197
• Dupuy, M., experiment by, 123
• Ears, ringing in the, cause of, 116
• Eason, Rebecca, inquest on her body, 79
• Edgar, Professor, his account of Temperance Societies, 233
• anecdote by, 253
• Edgeworth, Mr., his case, 93
• Eldon, Lord, case cited by, 195
• Elevation of spirits, cause of, 116
• Emaciation, 151
• English regiment, anecdote of, 125
• Epilepsy, 150
• Ethers possess intoxicating properties, 104
• Eyes, state of, 143
• Flushing, cause of, 116
• Fontenelle used coffee as a stimulus, 34
• Gin, 25, 63
• Good, Dr. Mason, a believer in spontaneous combustion, 186
• Gordon, Duchess of, used opium, 72
• Gout, 147
• Grace Pitt, case of, 180
• Grog, origin of the term, 238
• Hair, state of, 146
• Hales, Judge, his remarks on drunkenness, 167
• rejects the plea of drunkenness, 191
• Haller used cold water as a stimulus, 34
• Hammer, Von, extract from his history of the Assassins, 101
• Hannibal’s army ruined by intemperance, 22
• Heart, palpitation of, 149
• Heat and flushing, cause of, 116
• Hemlock, 98
• Hernandez de Toledo introduced tobacco into Europe, 80
• Hibiscus Saldarissa, 27
• Hislop, Sir Thomas, fact stated by, 220
• Hobbes used tobacco as a stimulus, 34
• Hop, 99
• Hunter, Dr., experiments by, 243
• Hyoscyamus, 101
• Hysteria, 149
• Inflammations, 147
• Innocent, Pope, renewed Pope Urban’s bull, 81
• James I., his “Counterblaste to Tobacco,” 82
• Johnson, Dr., used tea as a stimulus, 34
• Kain, Dr., recommends tartar emetic for the cure of habitual drunkenness, 216
• Kaimes, Lord, fact related by, 71
• Kidneys, state of, 141
• Kinglake, Dr., his case, 95
• Kinninmouth, Patrick, tried for blasphemy and adultery, 193
• Langsberg, Matthew, his saying, 23
• Leopard’s-bane, 98
• Lewis, William, a great ale drinker, 69
• Liquors, method of curing drunkenness from, 120
• cannot always be suddenly discontinued with safety, 198
• not always hurtful, 246
• Liver, state of, 133
• M’Donough, William, tried for murder, 194
• Mackenzie, Sir George, says that the plea of drunkenness is never received in extenuation of crime, 191
• Madame Millet, case of, 184
• Madness, 157
• Mahomet forbade wine to his followers, 20
• Malt liquors, drunkenness modified by, 66
• Mary Clues, case of, 177
• Masurer, M., discovered the virtues of acetate of ammonia in drunkenness, 122
• Mead the favourite drink of the Saxons, 19
• Melancholy, 156
• Mithridates, his body powerfully resisted poisons, 78
• Montesquieu, quotations from, 16, 70, 221
• Mosley, Dr., his observations on the effect of drinking cold water in the tropics, 222
• Nepenthes, 27
• Nervii refused to drink wine, 22
• Newton used tobacco as a stimulus, 34
• Nightmare, 172
• Nitrous oxide, 131
• drunkenness modified by, 89
• North, Dr., his remarks on convulsions of children, 242
• Nurses and children, effects of intoxicating agents on, 241
• Odoherty, Morgan, his advice to drunkards, 240
• Old age, premature, 154
• Opium, drunkenness modified by, 70
• used by the late Duchess of Gordon, 72
• its action differs from that of alcohol, 106
• method of curing drunkenness from, 126
• Opium-Eater, English, his “Confessions,” 70, 76
• Orfila, M., his experiments, 106, 129
• Palm wine, 103
• Paris and Fonblanque, extract from their Medical Jurisprudence, 176
• Paris, Dr., excerpt from his Pharmacologia, 257
• Peganum Harmala, 27
• Perspiration, state of, 143
• Pitcairn, Dr., and the highland chieftain, 213
• Plugging, 88
• Porter, 26, 67
• Portland powder, 140
• Psora ebriorum, 146
• Punch, 237
• Quakers, longevity of, 151, 155
• Raleigh, Sir Walter, introduced tobacco into England, 81
• Rollo, Dr., fact stated by, 220
• Rum, 26, 63
• Ryan, Dr., his opinion of delirium tremens, 166
• Sack of Shakspeare supposed to have been sherry, 66
• Saffron, 104
• Schubert, extract from his Travels in Sweden, 195
• Shakspeare, extracts from, 144, 153
• Sinclair, Sir John, his remark on ale, 252
• Skin, state of, 145
• Sleep of Drunkards, 170
• Sleep-walking, 17
• Sleep-talking, 173
• Smith, Dr. Gordon, a believer in spontaneous combustion, 187
• Smoking, 86
• Snuffing, 84
• Spartans held ebriety in abhorrence, 22
• Spirits, their adulteration, 24
• their varieties, 25, 63
• Spurzheim’s opinion of the sudden discontinuance of liquors, 198
• Staggering and stammering, causes of, 115
• Stanhope, Lord, his remarks on Snuffing, 84
• Sterility, 150
• Stomach, state of, 136
• Tartar Emetic, use of, 216
• Temperament, drunkenness modified by, 52
• Temperance Societies, 223
• Thackrah, his remarks on the intemperate habits of commercial travellers, 32
• Tobacco, drunkenness modified by, 80
• Tobacco, method of curing drunkenness from, 129
• Toddy, 237
• Tremors, 148
• Trotter, Dr., averse to blooding in drunkenness, 121
• his advice called in question, 198
• Typhus fever, delirium of, sometimes mistaken for drunkenness, 126
• Ulcers, 156
• Urban VIII. excommunicated snuffers, 81
• Vertigo, cause of, 112
• Vinegar, its properties, 125, 128
• Voltaire used coffee as a stimulus, 34
• Walcheren fever, effects of spirits and smoking on, 225
• Whisky, 26, 63
• Wines, their adulteration, 24
• drunkenness modified by, 65
• Wolf’s-bane, 99

THE END.

GLASGOW:
EDWARD KHULL, PRINTER TO THE UNIVERSITY.