Excerpt from The Effects of Beer Upon Those Who Make and Drink It: A Statistical Sketch In our country we have, so far, at least one reliable collection of data on the subject; namely, that which was submitted by a sanitary commission, appointed by President Lincoln to examine the camps of the Union army and report upon their sanitary con dition. In examining the condition of regiments in which malt liquors were freely used, said commission found not only that beer is a healthy beverage, but that it possesses hygienic qualities which recommend its use for the prevention of certain diseases. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.