Alcohol And Insanity

A correspondent of the Journal of Medical Science, Dr. Nonald, writing 'rom Guinea, statcs with regard to the etiology of insanity in thut colony, that it is not found to DO depending iu nny "way on, or modiñed by, the nature of the climnte, but thut onc of the moat fertile. causes of the malady is intemperance; this is more particularly the cuse umong Creóles and Portuguese, alcohol being traceable, iu many instances, as the direct agent. Dr. Noland states that among the lower classes rum is mostly used, and frequently, in the forra of highwines, min 40 over proof, sc that it can easEj bc understóod that this in time seriously interferes with the bodily health, and, actiug asa poison, eventually px'oduces cerebral lesions.