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Show THE OFFICIAL EXPRESSION OF AMERICAN MEDICINE The American Medical Association is K n j Q I composed of 80,000 leading physicians. . Its utterances are' beyond doubt the last word of American medicine. TheAmer- i i can Medical Association in convention in June said: ' " ' "Whereas, we believe, that the use of alcohol is detrimental to the human econ- s ' omy, andWhereai its use in therapeutics as anionic or stimulant or for food has no scientific value; therefore Be it resolved, that the American Med- ical Association is opposed to the use of alcohol as a beverage; and 1 Be it further resolved, that the use of ' k alcohol as a therapeutic agent should be further discouraged. " I w. ... . ,A |