...prescription of large quantities of alcoholic liquids by medical men, for their patients has given rise, in many instances, to the formation of intemperate...alcohol, in whatever form, should be prescribed with as much care as any powerful drug, and that the directions for its use should be so framed as not to be...

...prescription of large quantities of alcoholic liquids* by medical men for their patientH lists given rise, in many instances, to the formation of intemperate...alcohol, in whatever form, should be prescribed with as much care as any powerful drug, and that the directions for its use should be so framed as not to be...

...as their opinion that " while unable to abandon the use of alcohol in certain cases of disease, they are yet of opinion that no medical practitioner should...prescribe it without a sense of grave responsibility ;" and, further, " they believe that alcohol, in whatever form, should be prescribed with as much care...