If you had taken only your one or two or three glasses yesterday as the case may be, and kept away from the excitement and--pardon me excesses of last night--anything beyond the ordinary rule in these things is an excess, you know--there would have been no failure of the nerves at a critical juncture." "Is not the mind clearer and the nerves steadier when sustained by healthy nutrition than when toned up by stimulants ?" asked Doctor Hillhouse.
"If stimulants have never been taken, yes.

But you know that we all use stimulants in one form or another, and to suddenly remove them is to leave the nerves partially unstrung." "Which brings us face to face with the question whether or not alcoholic stimulants are hurtful to the delicate and wonderfully complicated machinery of the human body.

I say alcoholic, for we know that all the stimulation we get from wine or beer comes from the presence of alcohol." While Doctor Hillhouse was speaking, the office bell rang violently.

As soon as the door was opened a man came in hurriedly and handed him, a slip of paper on which were written these few words: "An artery has commenced bleeding.

Come quickly! ANGIER" Doctor Hillhouse started to his feet and gave a quick order for his carriage.