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From: levy@ttrdc.UUCP (Daniel R. Levy)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: prevention of hangovers
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Date: Fri, 17-Jan-86 23:10:32 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan 17 23:10:32 1986
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In article <1198@princeton.UUCP>, jsl@princeton.UUCP (Jong Lee) writes:
>> Friends who are organic chemists claimed that alcohol does not cause
>> hangovers but the impurities found with alcohol cause hangovers.
>> They always drank lab alcohol and never had hangovers.
>
>doesn't this belong in net.jokes?  by lab alcohol, you don't mean
>methyl alcohol, but grain?  wouldn't that mean if you drank 190
>proof grain, you'd be home free?  too bad it's impossible to get
>100% pure alcohol!  your organic chemist friends must have a good
>sense of humor.
>

C'mon, is it REALLY impossible to get chemically pure ethanol?  I have heard
that it can't be had from distillation of a mix of it and water, at least not
in "ordinary" equipment, but couldn't it be chemically synthesized "dry"
(chemists?).
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