Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-04-07
: EGeets or Smoking.

sM2e ELECTS OF DfnOhlHS.
The Affects of N odeTate and mmoder- /
ate SON king on the organs of the body |
are stated to be az follows: In an
adult man who IS tolerant Of tobacco. |
moderate snoiling --say TO the extent Of
three clean pipes of the milder forms Of
pure tobacco in twenty four hours-does
no great harm. : Ii someWhatstops vast,
and sooshes but there are times when
it unsetties the digestion To an i'm
moderate degree---say TO six or eight
1gg pipes Jay, especially If strong tobacco
49, and fine pipes be used smoking un-
questionably is very injurious to the an
imal functions he-serg bieod-is made
too fluid; the hillary secretion is arrest
ed; and the digestion is constantly de-
ranged there is dryness OF the tongue
- and frequent nausea. On the heart the
= symptoms are very marked. They con-
sist Of palpitation, q sensation as though
= the heart were rising upward, a feeingof
breathessness, and in bad cases, Of Sc
we're pain through the chest, extending
the upper limbs. The action of the
heart 10 intermittent, add Paintings may
et be- aexpeFienced. Extreme smoking is
also very injuerous to the organ Of sense.
la all inveterate and constant smokers,
the pupils Of the eye are dilated, owing
il impaired in strong Fight; but the sym
tom which most of all affects the vision
is the retention Of images on the retina
after the eye is withdrawn from them.
Thus if he turnes bis eyes from vim
L dow. ha retafns the suppression Of the
2 = window, the paines Seeming red and the
bars dark. When such pictures are seen
for some minutes, the smoker may be
assured that he has carried his indnl-
s4sr genespptofg the pale of safety. On the
sense OF hearing, inveterate smoking
produces disturbances; these consist Of
restless, deafness, and ringing or whist
ling in the ears. The circulation of the
brain ia sometmes a so Disturbed, and
= piddipees and vertigo IRE Nroduced
. 81 The mucies, after Notwithstanding, are
Frustrated. Long smoking also affects
the mucous membrane Of the mouth,
causing smokers sore throat" There
are also some, other effects occasionally
produced in the mouth. viz: spongines
of the gums and tartar on the teeth On
the whole, however, smoking does not
injure the teeth These are the worst
effects OF t0bseco Phag al poin, to
SsfnuetInnal disIhrbances -ATHe question
remains whether worse effects ever fol-
tow from over indulgence in smoking.
The great effect of tobacco is to arrest
the fuctionAl processes on which grow h
fIfVaud deselopmehtdepend. To the whole
body Of the growing youth therefore,
tbe act Of smoking ris-daeidedsg@ delete-
rious. When, however, the body has
ceased Morrow, the effects of tobacco in
this regard are not felt; and, when the
bodgwas falling into decay, smoking
seems conservative its action. Al re.
CARDS the production Of specific diseases
By. tDbacco the hypothesess that have
been raised are too loose to be accepted.
Ii is said that tobacco dulls and sdestfoys
the mental faculties. The facts are that
.e ewheut he body islin full lsfgoB, Smoking
lioes lessen the power of the fac ualties,
but, when the body Is over worked and
worn out,tohacco soothes and conserves
81 Ifthere wereAny foundation ID the idea
that tobacco produces insanity, the Tact
world be- at once. broadly marked in the
Inference OF numbers Of the insane IN
Ethe different sexes. This remark is
however, less applicable 10 paralysis II
has been urged that tobacco produces
cancer the statement was utterly ground.
=, less. Neither consumpton nor bronchi
tbs, in the chronic form can be induced
primarily by smoking = At the same
u me it mast be admitted that smoking
does mischief in both these disorders
4 whengthey exist, exeepsin asthma II
the main smoking is alnxury which anl
man is better without 0fnearly ever
luxury tubaeeolis the least. Injurious L
- is ipnocnqns as compared with alnohol
it does infinitely less harm than opium
i is in no sense worse than, tea, aud, b.
liss the side ofhigh.livina, althogether con
ii strasts most farorably s1s4s@l@s sa