Excerpt from The Canadian Medical Review, Vol. 7: May, 1898 In the fifth class of inebriates, the inebriety is caused by over-work and general neglect of healthy living. These inebriates are from circles of business and active professional life. The drinking usually dates from some state of brain and nerve exhaustion. Except where there is an inherited disposition, such cases are largely curable. Prolonged rest of brain and nerves is necessary, however, in addition to abstain ing from drink. In the sixth class of cases the inebriety is due to brain-injury such as shocks or blows on the head. Some obscure injury antedating the inebriety makes the prognosis unfavorable. Iodide of potassium is indicated in these cases as also nux vomica - say 10 grains of the former to r of the latter, three times a day. Iodide of arsenic is also a useful remedy. Turkish baths, massage, moderate exercise and quiet surroundings are also indicated. These cases require systematic care quite as much as cases of insanity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.