The long list of alcoholic products it is not necessary to give, nor is it possible to enter into much detail regarding alcohol itself; but there are one or two points so important that they can not be passed by.
You will recall in a preceding chapter the description of the circulation of the blood, and of its first passage through veins and arteries for cleansing, before a second round could make it food for the whole complex nervous system.

Alcohol taken in excess, it has been proved in countless experiments by scientific men, possesses the power of coagulating the blood.

The little corpuscles adhere in masses, and cannot force themselves through the smaller vessels, and circulation is at once hindered.

This, however, is the secondary stage.

At first, as many of you have had occasion to notice, the face flushes, the eyes grow brighter, and thought and word both come more freely.