The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1872-01-31
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Who Should not Smoke.

is smoking injurious?" This
is an every. day question apt to be
put by patients to their doctors.
Like most broad questions Of the
kind, it involves far too many con-
Siderations TO admit Of being an
>wcrcd by 4 plain yes or no. y
medical man, Dr.. i. b. Gray, who
has long been 4 moderate smoker, :,
and watches the effect of the habit
on himself and others, here offers
what he believes to be the true
answer to the question.
First Of ali, there must be an
understanding about the quality
Of the tobacco to be smoked. Bad,
i. G., rank: quickly Intoxicating
and prostratiny tobacco (ceriain
kinds Of shay and cavondish, for
ins.ancc.( must always be inju-
riouS. Few can smoke them at
ali-nonc habituaIIy, at least
with impunity. SO, too, with re
card TO Quantity; even good to.
bacco smoked u excess will, to I
certainty, be injurious to the
smoker. sooner 0" later, in some
way Or another. OF the various
evil effects Of excessive smoking,
more will be sad presently.
Next. rs TO the smoker. There
arc people 10 whom any tobacco,
however smoked: is simply poison.
causing, even in small doses, vom.
Ling. paIlor, and alarming pros.
i'a.ion. Such people never get
seasoned 10 lis effects, even after
repeated ii'ial>, and if they arc
wise tnrv will forever let it aiorc.
They will display still further T;s-
dom bj not prcSuming 10 make
laws for others who have not the
same idiosEncracy.
No one can enjoy smoking Or
smoke with impan,ty, when out
Of health. The phrase cont Of
hcaIth," though it may sound
vague, is definite enough TO frame
4 general rule. At the same time
It is useful to know what, if any,
arc the particular disorders and
conditions Of health in which TO-
bacco does special harm. AS far
as the writer's knowledge goes,
these have never been specified
by medical writer's US clearly as is
desirable.
70 begin, & man with bad an-
petite Will, If he smoke, most as.
surcdly cat still lcss-a notewor-
thy fact ior smokers 0r others re-
covering from u wasting illness or
oil thcir fcct' from whatever
cause. This effect Of tooacco, by
the way, while an evil TO a sick
man, who cannot eat enough, be-
comes q boon TO the starved man:
who cannot get enough 10 ext
and ample illustration OF this was
furnished among the French and
German soldiers in the recent war.
\ gain, no man should smoke who
has II dirty tongue, a bad taste N
his mouih. or i weak Or d!Sordercd
DIGESTION. In any such case he
cannot relish his tobacco. Ii
should be i golden. rule with
smokers, that the pipe or cigar
which is not smoked with relish
hud better not be smoked at all.
Indigestion in every shape is az
r,'ava,cd by smoking, but most
especially that form Of it common
.ly known us il ionic and accompa-
MED with falulcnce. DiaTrhna,
as L rule, is made worse by smo-
king.
One Of the commoncst and ear
liy<t effects Of excessive or untime-
Iy smoking is 10 make the han1
shake. This gives thc clue to an
other class Of persons who ought
not to >mokc-pcrsons, namely,
who have weak, unsteady nerves,
and suffer from giddi!!esS, co!tH-
sion Of SIGHT, trtmHl0us hands,
tendency Co s.ammcr, 5 CT ANY such
symptoms. And if tobacco docs
haYin in ;ncrc !t;Mctipna! weakness,
SIT. less allowable IS il in actral
ur-!:t;l ,;;>r:!>c ut lie nervous SYS-
lr;n II. ii'l iM>taicr, where there
exists any degree OF par;giy y~is or
o;i!cr sign of dcyc"c";tiivc change
in The brain or >p!n;:t cord. The
improper use OF tobacco does be-
vond qilcs;!on somehow interfere
wuh due nutrition OF nerve sub
stance. An illustration Of this,
familia. 70 occuii>ts and medical
men, is the so-calied tobacco
amourosis. Il failure Of vision oc-
ca.Tin.. IL excessive smokers from
NAL nutrition OF the !utima. An-
o,hrr c!a>.; Of persons vino oHght
not 10 smoke are those who have
wcai; O: unsteady ciI'cuia; ion, AND
complain o:' such troubles as pal
pitt,ion, c.rtii%c pam, intermittent
puIse. habiinaI!y cold hands &"d
;i2rI. or chronic l"nguor.
Lastly. there is reason tor be-
!;rviny that tE:o E:,!,itu:,l use cf TO-
D:,ceu is likely to rr;ard the Gnc
growth and Development q; the
ou;!v. iI>o. 20 oHc should become