Ogden Daily Standard | 1920-01-31 | Page 4 | Wood Alcohol and Grain Alcohol

UU j WOOD ALCOHOL AND GRAIN ALCOHOL. The deathc resulting from drinking wood alcohol have provoked many inquiries in-quiries as to why wood alcohol pro-1 duces results so different from grain alcohol when in many respects, the ! properties of tho two are similar and tho two contain the same elements. Grain alcohol Is given the term "grain" because much of it is distilled from grain, such as corn. Wood alcohol alco-hol Is obtained by. distillation from wood. Nearly everybody knows I lie effects of drinking grain alcohol and quite a number now know what disastrous results re-sults follow the imbibing of the poisonous poi-sonous liquid. The effects of the firr.t wear off rather quickly because tho organs of the body eliminate the drug, but In the case of wood alcohol there is no rapid elimination. Instead the wood alcohol after it enters the system is broken up intb formic acid and some scientists scien-tists believe that acetone or formaldehyde formalde-hyde Is formed. All arc poIsonG. Violent headache nausea and vomiting vomit-ing follow the drinking of the poison and the action which takes place in the system. Degeneration of the ganglion gan-glion cells of the retina often takes place and 'there is permanent or temporary tem-porary blindness as a result. Wood alcoholic poisoning symptoms result even when wood alcohol is rubbed upon the body. An intelligent citizen can go through life without danger of being poisoned by -wood alcohol but when the thirsty begin craving liquor and accept whatever the bootlegger hands out to them, the experiences of persons per-sons In many cities leads one lo believe be-lieve that the thirsty are takfng chances.