The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1864-12-03

W. = JUNE, 1867
Tobacco and Tobbaeeo smokins-
OF SmOkinE.-Cgors, Plpea an0
MeeRschaums. f4e4 80 ss -
One of the most interesting and novel Of
all the speculatjons on the use or tobacco
was submitted to the British Association
for the Advancement Of Science, az Its late
session, and the information afforded WIN
be well received by that large class OF per-
sons who indulge In the use Of the weed
DR.. Richardson first C0ntrived an aptOma-
ton smoker, into whose mouth pipes, ci-
gars and meershaumS were placed, and the
smoke from them being caught and collect
ed, enabled him to determine the products
Of the combustion. These he determined
g: !, water 2, free carbon 80, ammonia =,
carbonic acid s. nicotine; s, m enpyreu.
tract. Hes says: go
The water IL in the form OF vapor, the
carbon In minute particles suspended In
the water vapof, and giving the eddies Of
smoke their blue color; the ammonia II In
the form OF gas combined with carboniC
acid, and the carbonic acid = partly free.
and partly in combination with ammonia.
The nicotine, he says, being : non-volatilo
body Of an ammoniacal nalureof the COM
p0sitiOn Of which the Doctor Conteoses him.
self unacquainted, but which We have ven.
tured to consider ~ resin. Whatever It n,
i IL that which gives the smoke Of tobacco
its peculiar odor, and determines the flavor
en- materials, and when concentrated has 4
most obnoxious and intolerable smell. The
bitter substance 10 re1inous and Of dark
color, probably having an alkaloid as it,
base. It II not volatile. and only leaves
The pipe Or cigar BY being carried along in
The varieties of tobacco are innumers.
bic. Simple tobacco that has not UNDER
gone fermentation yields very little free
carbon. much ammonia, carbOnic acid. lit
tie water, . small quantity or the empyre-
anna and m equally small quantity OF bit-
Ter extract. The LAtakia yields the same
products uniformly, the Turkish generally
more amonia, Havana all these products.
Cavendish varies considerably ii its con.
stituents pigtail yields all abundantly;
the little swiss cigars yield enormous
quantities of amonia, and SO dry the mouth:
Manillas give very little The Connecticut
tobacco IS comparatively mild in taste,
from the absence Of the bitter extract.
ErFEcTs OF SMOKING.
The water vapor of smoke II not inju.
rious, but the carbon in it settles on the
mucous membrane and irritates the throat.
Thenarcotic effect Of tobacco smoke, if re-
ceived into the lungs, resides in the car.
b0nic acid; the ammonia causes dryneSs, q
biting Of the mucous membrane Of the
throat, and an increased dow Of saliva
experience familiar 70 smokers. Absorbed
ders the fluid too thin, causing angularity
Of the blood corpuscles, suppression Of the
hillary secretion and vellOwness Of the
skin, quickening and then reducing the &C.
ton u the heart. In young smokers it
produces nausea. It j. doubtful whether
all these effects are to be traced to the car.
waters, 90 freely drank, are dreadful pol
sons instead Of being remedial agents, ~
they are generally esteemed.
The elnpyEeumatic substance seems TO
have little effect except in giving the pecu.
liar taste TO tobacco smoke, and after 2
while Of making the breath Of smokers
bibed by the careful smoker" says DR..
Richardson. II affects only those who
smoke cigars, by holding them in the
mouth. or dirty pipes saturated with oily
matter. When absorbed, it, effects are
injurious, such - palpitation Of the heart,
tyemor and unsteadinees Of the muscles,
and great prostration. It will not, of it
self, produce vomiting; it Is the bitter ex-
tract which il the cause of this, impercept-
liblv swallowed and taken into the stom.
ach.
HOW TO SMOKE.
The method OF smoking makes al the
difference in the world. Those who use the
clean, long pipes Of clay-as did our old
ckerbockers-feel only the effect Of the
gaseous bodies and the free carbon
Wooden pipes. and pipes with glass stems,
are Injurious. Cigars should never BE-
smoked to the end; otherwise they arc
more Injurious than all. DR.. Richardson
says they should be cast aside rs soon as
one-half il smoked, and always smoked
from . porous or absorbent tube. Pipes
are much less hurtful than cigars. The
best pipe 10 long clay pipe; next to this,
the meerschaurn 10 the most wholesome.
DR.. Richardson says the perfection of .
pipe will be found in meerschaum bowl,
an amber mouthpiece and clay stern. All
attempts Ut pipes to condense the oil have
thus far failed. Every smoker should b0
careful of the manner in which he smokes.
A short foul pipe is very unhealthful.