8 8·423 6 8·788 4 9·170 2 9·569 99 9·985 16 8·426 8 8·791 6 9·173 4 9·573 2 9·989 2 8·429 37 8·795 8 9·177 6 9·576 4 9·994 4 8·433 2 8·799 58 9·181 8 9·580 6 9·998 6 8·436 4 8·802 2 9·185 79 9·584 8 10·003 8 8·440 6 8·806 4 9·189 2 9·588 100 10·007 17 8·443 8 8·809 6 9·192 4 9·592 2 8·446 38 8·813 8 9·196 6 9·596 4 8·450 2 8·817 59 9·200 8 9·600 6 8·453 4 8·820 2 9·204 80 9·604 8 8·457 6 8·824 4 9·207 2 9·608 18 8·460 8 8·827 6 9·211 4 9·612 2 8·464 39 8·831 8 9·214 6 9·615 4 8·467 2 8·835 60 9·218 8 9·619 6 8·471 4 8·838 2 9·222 81 9·623 8 8·474 6 8·842 4 9·226 2 9·627 19 8·478 8 8·845 6 9·229 4 9·631 2 8·481 40 8·849 8 9·233 6 9·635 4 8·485 2 8·853 61 9·237 8 9·639 6 8·488 4 8·856 2 9·241 82 9·643 8 8·492 6 8·860 4 9·245 2 9·647 20 8·495 8 8·863 6 9·248 4 9·651 2 8·498 41 8·867 8 9·252 6 9·655 4 8·502 2 8·871 62 9·256 8 9·659 6 8·505 4 8·874 2 9·260 83 9·663 ⁂ For further information in connection with _Alchoholometry_ see ALCOHOL, BEER, BREWING, DISTILLATION, EBULLIOSCOPE, HYDROMETER, HYDROMETRY, LIQUEURS, MALT-LIQUORS, ORGANIC SUBSTANCES, SACCHARINE, SPECIFIC GRAVITY, SPIRIT, SUGAR, SYRUPS, TINCTURES, WINE, WORT, &c. &c. =ALCOHOL; EFFECTS OF ALCOHOLISM.= Without entering into the controversy as to whether the moderate consumption of alcohol, or its total disuse, is the more conducive to personal health and comfort——whether, as Dr Anstie and others have asserted it acts, when prudently taken, as a food——or whether, as other medical authorities contend, even its moderate use is a disturbing factor in the human economy——there need be no qualification of the assertion, that when the drinking of spirituous liquids of any kind is indulged in to excess, the habit, if persisted in, must sooner or later terminate in impaired health, serious disease, and premature death. A powerful array of facts could be brought in support of this statement. For instance, in NELSON’S statistics we find it mentioned that——