6 NOVEMBER 1920, Page 22

In the current number of the British Journal of Inebriety

(Bailliere, Tindall, and Cox, Is. net.) Dr. H. M. Vernon describes a long series of experiments which he undertook in person to measure "The Influence of Dilution on the Toxic Action of Alcoholic Liquids." One definite conclusion at whielr he has arrived is that, "practically speaking, beer containing 3 per cent, by volume of alcohol, or 5.25 per cont, of proof spirit, is a non-intoxicating liquid," and that the sale of light beers at a low price should be encouraged in the interests of national sobriety.