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OBJECT LESSONS OF THE EFFECTS OF ALCOHOL AND CIGARETTE SMOKING.

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By Prof. George Henkle, who personally made the post-mortem examinations and drew the following illustrations from the diseased organs just as they appeared when first taken from the bodies of the unfortunate victims.

Cross Section of Two Stomachs
Cross Section of Two Stomachs

Upper, THE STOMACH of an habitual drinker of alcoholic stimulants, showing the ulcerated condition of the mucous membrane, incapacitating this important organ for digestive functions. Lower, THE STOMACH (interior view) of a healthy person with the first section of the small intestines.

Upper, The Liver of a drunkard who died of Cirrhosis of the liver, also called granular liver, or "gin drinker's liver." The organ is much shrunken and presents rough, uneven edges, with carbuncular non-suppurative sores. In this self-inflicted disease the tissues of the liver undergo a cicatrical retraction which strangulates and partly destroys the parenchyma of the liver. Lower, THE LIVER IN HEALTH.

Line Drawings of a Diseased and a Healthy Liver
Line Drawings of a Diseased and a Healthy Liver

Upper, The Kidney of a man who died a drunkard, showing in upper portion the sores so often found on kidneys of hard drinkers, and in the lower portion, the obstruction formed in the internal arrangement of this organ. Alcohol is a great enemy to the kidneys, and after this poison has once set in on its destructive course in these organs no remedial agents are known to exist to stop the already established disease. Lower, The Kidney in health, with the lower section removed, to show the filtering apparatus (Malphigian pyramids). Natural size.

Line Drawing of Two Kidneys
Line Drawing of Two Kidneys

Upper,The Lungs and Heart of a boy who died from the effects of cigarette smoking, showing the nicotine sediments in lungs and shrunken condition of the heart. Lower, the lungs and heart in health.

Two Line Drawings of Lungs and Heart
Two Line Drawings of Lungs and Heart

A section of the diseased Lung of a cigarette smoker, highly magnified

Line Drawing of a Diseased Lung
Line Drawing of a Diseased Lung
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