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PHOTOS.....THIS IS A 1935 FORTUNE MAGAZINE WITH A TERRIFIC ARTICLE ON ALCOHOLISM WITH DIAGRAM/CHART OF BENJAMIN RUSH TAKEN FROM HIS 1814 TRACT CALLED "AN INQUIRY INTO THE EFFECTS OF ARDENT SPIRITS UPON THE HUMAN BODY AND MIND AND WITH AND ACCOUNT OF THE MEANS OF PREVENTING AND THE REMEDIES FOR CURING THEM"....RUSH WAS THE FIRST CREDITED WITH PRONOUNCING "ALCOHOLISM" AS A DISEASE WHICH GAVE WAY TO THE A.M.A. FINALLY PRONOUNCING IT AS A DISEASE WHICH HAS BEEN THE RESULT OF TENS-HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE BEING TREATED AND HAVING THEIR DISEASE (ILLNESS) ARRESTED, NOTE THE "PLEDGE CARD" AND THE NOTATION BENEATH IT STATING "IF YOU ARE AN ALCOHOLIC....SIGNING THIS WILL DO YOU LITTLE GOOD. FOR ALCOHOLISM IS EITHER A DISEASE IN ITSELF OR THE SYMPTOM OF A PSYCHIC DISORDER WHICH WILL POWER CANNOT CURE", IT HAS SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS BY RICHARD PEABODY (COMMON SENSE OF DRINKING....MENTIONED IN AA BIG BOOK) ALSO MENTION OF PEABODY'S BOOK, PLUS SEVERAL PARAGRAPHS BY DR. HOWARD HAGGARD OF YALE SCHOOL (EARLY FRIEND OF AA) AND MUCH, MUCH MORE....A REAL CLASSIC...THIS PARTICULAR IS HARD-TO-FIND BECAUSE THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF COLLECTORS BESIDES AA THAT SEEK THIS ISSUE ONE FOR THE ART WORK ON COVER AND THE OTHER FOR THE FINE STORY ON "WALGREEN" DRUGSTORES ..MAGAZINE
RICHARD PEABODY (COMMON SENSE OF DRINKING.... CLICK HERE
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