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Show I YOUR HEALTH PY OR. R. H. BI9NOP. 4 a HOME BREW ILNZAKDS The label may be that of an old familiar fam-iliar brand but the contents worse than "knockout drops." How do you know what you are drinking? These are days when you novor can tell what socalled whisky may contain. con-tain. So much of It la unscrupulousl 1 "doctored" with wood alcohol that " i ire taking your life In your hands when you drink It Wood alcohol poisoning Is to be j dreaded. It manifests Itself Id 1 many ways. If a big dose Is taken, unconsciousness is almost Immediate Immedi-ate In smaller doses, exhilaration, cramps, nausea, headache, vomiting and sudden blindnees are svmptoms Severo poisoning from larger ' quantities produces very' wiolent symptom. Besides vomiting and nausea, the musclea become para-I para-I lyzed and the mind dazed. Dizziness, i pale akin, weak pulse, difficult ! breathing, pain over tho kidneys, ' and blindness follow. In case 1 where wood alcohol Is taken more 1 gradually, the bllndnesn may be I very gradual. Excopt for death It-' It-' self, blindness Is the most dreadful i effect wood alcohol poisoning leaves. The first thing to do for a cage, of I wood alcohol poisoning Ls to empty 'th stomach, by Inducing vomiting. I Call the doctor at once, but do all J.OU can to empty the stomach while he ii on tho way |