alcohol enters the blood stream, where it goes rapidly to all parts
 of the body. Body tenmerature is lowered because of the relaxed
 nerves that control the capillaries in the skin. Blood flows to the
 skin and heat is lost."
 2. On page 45 the statement is made that alcohol also may change some
 of the muscle cells to fat. There is no evidence that this is true.
 "Any effect on the heart is largely due to vitamin deficiency, and
 should be thus explained," Dr. Roe (1).
 3. In the very good section concerning, "Can Alcohol Help Us Solve
 Problems," pp. 160-162, the amount of beer taken by the subject and
 the age of the subject should be stated.


The Healthy Home and Community by Andress, Goldberger, and Hallock.
Publisher: Ginn and Company, Atlanta, 1939.
(Out of adoption)

A. Alcohol On the Witness Stand, pp. 114-128

 1. How Does Alcohol Affect the Body?
 2. Does Alcohol Sharpen the Senses?
 3. Does Alcohol Lessen Fatigue?
 4. Does Alcohol Help People to Work Better?
 5. Is Alcohol "Good Medicine"?
 6. Is Alcohol Nutritious?
 7. Does Alcohol Have Any Affect on Length of Life?
 8. Is Alcohol a Help or a Burden to the Community? Revenue from and
 cost to government? pp. 128-129

B. Tobacco On the Witness Stand, pp. 129-131. Amount of nicotine absorbed?
 p. 129.

C. The Case Against Opium, Cocaine, and ihrijuana, pp. 131-135--Tjhat is
 .ierijuana? States that there is no federal marijuana law. There is one
 now.

D. The Dangers of Self-Iledication, pp. 135-137

 This book gives considerable space to alcohol, tobacco, opium, cocaine,
marijuana and self-medication. The treatment is scientific and objective.
Two corrections are indicated.

 The approach to the alcohol problem is particularly good in this text.
The one exception is given below. There is little evidence as to how alcohol
effects the nerves. It is much easier to measure the results that follow
the taking of alcohol than it is to determine how the effects are produced.
lore study is being done in this area.

 "The effects of alcohol on nervous tissue is believed to be due to the
 fact that the fatty substance in the nerve cells readily absorbed alcohol,"
 p. 116.


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