Excerpt from Improvement Era, Vol. 22: March, 1919By some it was considered necessary to have one's liquor to steady the nerve, to quicken the intellect, so that he might do his work and do it well. But this idea was exploded by the emi nent Austrian surgeon, Dr. Lorenz, when declining wine at a banquet tendered to him in New York a few years ago. He said, I cannot say that I am a temperance agitator, but I am a surgeon. My success depends upon my brain being clear, my muscles firm, and my nerves steady. N 0 one can take alcoholic liquors without blunting these physical powers, which I must keep on edge. As a surgeon I must not drink.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.