Abstract
MR. CUTTEN writes lucidly and well. He has delved deeply in a somewhat dreary field of literature. All men known that alcohol when taken in excess is very imurious, and may be lethal. It has contributed much to the gaiety, but more to the gloom of nations. In the present work many of the physical and apparently all the mental ill-effects ever alleged by anyone as due to alcoholism are set forth in detail. A large part of the book consists of quotations, some of which (e.g. footnotes, pp. 210 and 211) obviously controvert, and were intended by the original writers to controvert, the opinions in favour of which they are quoted. There are some errors. It is stated (p. 1) that “The use of alcohol is universal. … Some form of intoxication has always been found by the investigators of the most primitive people.”
The Psychology of Alcoholism.
By George B. Cutten. Pp. xvi + 357. (London and Felling-on-Tyne: The Walter Scott Publishing Co., Ltd., 1907.) Price 5s.
The Drink Problem in its Medico-Sociological Aspects.
By Fourteen Medical Authorities. Edited by Dr. T. N. Kelynack. Pp. viii + 306. (London: Methuen and Co., n.d.) Price 1s. 6d. net.
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The Psychology of Alcoholism The Drink Problem in its Medico-Sociological Aspects . Nature 76, 97–98 (1907). https://doi.org/10.1038/076097a0
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