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Show vented. Since alcoholism is our fourth most important disease, this would lie a major medical achievement. Williams believes bn1h the detection and treatment of nl-eoholism-proned individuals is possible, before these individuals individ-uals become alcoholics, and that progress in recent years has been hampered by the belief be-lief of many that alcoholism is a ''psychological" disease. When people think the i trouble is psychology, they Often fail to take into consid-r consid-r lotion the physiolo-'iivl Jind bilogieal aspects of the disease The hope that Williams holds out is that medical , .science can regulate one's ap-I ap-I petite and his appettileregu-lating appettileregu-lating cells and tissues in the brain. Evidence indicates that ! complete- nourishment of these let lis and tissues nukes them iinore resistant to poisoning and this is the future remedial lioutc which is clearly indicat-'ed indicat-'ed according to Williams, i Curing Alcoholism A Texas doctor, Roger J. Williams, of the University of Texas, says the "nutritional approach" to lhe alcoholic problems is likely to be a successful suc-cessful one. Doctor Williams says scientists scien-tists should be able to provide the public, those bothered with alcoholism, with the tools by which it can be effectively pre |