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Effects Of Tobacco on Man and Ami.
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Dr. Lebon, of Paris, has given. !.
great of attention to the Zion. 0
the effects Of tobacco udon man ane
rnimals, and has lately presented, !.
report on the subject to the Medico
Chirurgical Society of Liege
Among the conclusions which tht
author has reached in the course O
his researches, the following may b.
mentioned as the most important:
l. Smokers. and persons, who with
out spoking are enveloped in an at
mosphere Of tobacco smeke, absort
for each quantity of ten grammes o.
Tobacco a proportions of nicotine va
rying from some centigrammes to Q
gramme. They absorb also about on
equal amount Of ammonia. -.
2. The quantity of tobacco con,
sumed daily by single individual
addicted to it's use is scarcely less
than twenty grammes. A smoker is,
therefore, liable, to absorb daily O
Quantity. OF. nicotine which may
reach twenty-five centigrammes with
an equal proportion of ammonia
2. OF all kinds Of smoking the
most dangerous is that of smoking a
cigar or cigarette and swallowing the
smoke; the least dangerous is that OF
smokinga narglle5 or pipe with a
long tube, in the open air;
4. The effect produced by the re.
suit of the condensation Of tobacco
smoke isanalogous to that Of noctine.
Nevertheless there must be added the
effects produced by the ammonia,
which the smoke contains in consid-
erable quantity.
s.. The serious semi-liquid which
condenses in the interior of the pipe
contains considerable proportion Of
nicotins itself, and rapidly destroys
the life Of animals exposed to its ac-
ton.
6. The liquid product which con-
denses in the lungs and 5mou' b of the
smoker contains water; ammonia, nj
cotine, fatty and resinous bodies,
and coloring matters. A dose of one
drop of this speedily produces parala:
sis Of motion in small animals, and q
state Of apparent death. The effects
quickly disappear, but death actually
supervenes if the dose is carried up
to several drops. IF instead of ad-
ministering the liquid internally, the
animal is made to breathe it for some
time, it dies all the same. Iu this
last case the effect seems due In q
great measure to the presence Of
ammonia. E "
z. In dose of single drop dan.
gerous; results are produced upon
large animals, but those of small size
arc killed instantaneously, Among
the effects observed ths most constant
are fbrillar tremblings, a general con
gestion of the. superficial vessels
stupor, and especially the tetaniform
contraction of the muscles of the ab
domen.
8. Nictine Is one of the poisons
tho effect of which is most speedily
dissipated, and the babituation t.
which is soonest accomplished.
10. Among the effects Of tobacco
smoke upon man may be mentioned
IN small doses, cxcitation of the in
tellectual faculties for tho moment
in repeated doses it produces palpita
. tions, troubles of vision, and more es
pecially decay Of the memory an'
particularly the memory of words.
DICKS ExcUsE.-A story is told Q
Dick, q Darkey in Kentucky, VIII
was q notorious thief, so vicious ii
this respect, that all the thefts in tn
ueighborhood were charged to. him
, On one occasion, Mr.. Jones
o. ncighbor of Dicks master, calle'
and said that Dick must be sold ou
of that part of the county for he ha
9 stolen all of his (Johes') turkeys
l Dicks master could not think sc
The two hewevcr, went into tho fel
) where Dick was at work and ;ccuse
him of the theft. "You stole Nj
: Jones' turkeys" said the MASTER
T "No. I didn't, massa," responde
!, Dick. The master persisted. "Wefl,
at length said Dick, ''1'll tell yor
masss.; I didn't steal dem turkeys
y but last night I went across Nj
! Jones's pasture, and saw one of you
= = rails on dc fence, so I brought hom
:. ! de rail, and, confound it! when
;; ! come to look, dare was nine turkey
= on de rail"
II The EIgJ'eu advertiser says
"On the 18th there was an eXtel
sive fire at Abbeville Court Hous
q and now one of the grocer
lhonses Of the town ia adyertisin