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Show PHYSICIANS VOTE AGAINST LIQUOR CHICAGO. Jan. f. (By The Associated Asso-ciated Press.) A majority of physicians physi-cians In 19 states, replying to an al-cohollc al-cohollc iiuestionnaire sent out by the-Journal the-Journal of the American medical association, as-sociation, asserted they did not regard beer and wine na necessary therapeutic thera-peutic agents In the practice of medicine. medi-cine. A majority made a similar assertion as-sertion in regard to whisky. About four-fifths of these physicians declared there were no instances In l heir practice where suffering or death had resulted from enforcement of the prohibition laws and about thr -MU- favored restrictions in prescribing pre-scribing whisky, bcr and wine. In the li states, 6. 797 physicians re-plled re-plled lh.il tin ydld not eonslder whisky whis-ky a necessary therapeutic agent In 'the jiracticc of medicine anel 6,519 a-scrted a-scrted they had fouod It of value. i Beer as a therapeutic agent wa-s supported v 2,668 physicians and p- i posed bv 9,982. On wlno, 3.884 doctors declared they believe it hud a medicinal alue, while S.29R physicians u.crted a contrary bollef |