Is delirium tremens fatal? Does whiskey drinking cause cirrhosis of the liver? Will too much liquor cause insanity? These and other fascinating questions are answered in Alcohol Explored (Doubleday, Doran; $2.75), a new popular book published last fortnight by famed Yale Physiologists Howard Wilcox Haggard, Elvin Morton Jellinek. Highlights:
> Although seldom prescribed by doctors, alcohol has its good points. It is "the safest of all sedatives, "and, in small snifters, is an excellent tonic and appetizer.
> Two or three jiggers of whiskey sharpen the senses for a few minutes, also increase muscular skill. At...
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