The aphrodisiac effect of
alcohol seems specially marked on women. But against the use of
alcohol as an aphrodisiac it must be remembered that it is far
from being a tonic to detumescence, at all events in men, and
that there is much evidence tending to show that not only chronic
alcoholism, but even procreation during intoxication is perilous
to the offspring (see, e.g., Andriezen, _Journal of Mental
Science_, January, 1905, and cf. W.C. Sullivan, "Alcoholism and
Suicidal Impulses," ib., April, 1898, p. 268); it may be added
that Bunge has found a very high proportion of cases of
immoderate use of alcohol in the fathers of women unable to
suckle their infants (G. von Bunge, _Die Zunehmende Unfaehigkeit
der Frauen ihre Kinder zu Stillen_, 1903) while even an
approximation to the drunken state is far from being a desirable
prelude to the creation of a new human being. It is obvious that
those who wish, for any reason, to cultivate a strict chastity of
thought and feeling would do well to avoid alcohol altogether, or
only in its lightest forms and in moderation. The aphrodisiacal
effects of wine have long been known; Ovid refers to them (e.
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