Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1872-04-11
PEOPLE WHO SHOULD Hor SMOKE.
lCyTTS

In m articl" on tho mc,lical asnccts of
smoking to1rcco, Dr. f. B. GRAY asks ::
Il, smoking injurous :" This is an
everyday question npt to bc put by pa
ticnts - their doctors Like most broad
questions Of the kind. it involves far too
many considerations to admit of being
answered 10y plain YES ar no. 4 mo9i-
cal man. who has long been a moderate
smoker and watched the fleet ofthe hab
il on himself and others. here offers wha.
h" believes TO be the true answer TO the
question.
FRS, oF all, there must be an under
standing about the quality OF the tobacco
- y" smoked Bad, 9. rank. quickly
Intoxicating. AMI FRUSTRATING tobacco Ger
! tain kinds If shay and cavcndish. for iu-
>'ance.D must always be injurious. Few
can smoke them at all-none. habituqlly
at least. with impunity. So. too. with
regard to quantity even good tobacco
smoked to excess will to certainty bc ia
iurious to the smoker. sooner or later. in
some way or another. Ofthc variou. evil
effects "f excessive smoking, more will BE-
>lhi l-''~tH'lN
! Next. rs to the smokers There are
/ people to whom any tobacco. however
smoked, is simply poison. causing even in
small doses vomiting. pallor and alarming
pro>trati"n. Such people never ret sea-
soned to It's effects. even after repeated
trials and if they are wise thcv will for
ever let it alone. They will display still
( further wisdom hy not prcsumiur TO make
'ows for others who have not the same
! iaio>vrcrasv.
No ono can enjoy smoking. or smoke
with imrunitv. when our of health The
phrase ont ofhcal,h.' though it NAV sound
vague. is definite enough to frame gen
rral rule. A. the same time il is useful
10 know what. il anv. are the particular
disorders and conditions Of health in which
tobacco docs special harm As far rs the
writer's knowledge gocs. these have never
been specified by medical writer's rs clear
" as il is desirable.
To begin. man with a bad appetite
will, II he smoke. most asSurcdlv eat still
lcss-a noteworthy fact for smokers or
others recovering from wasting illness or
'of their feed" from whatever cause
This eject Of tobacco. by the way. while
an evil to the SICK man who cannot ca,
enough, becomes boon TO the starved
mar who cannot get enough to cat; and
! ample illustration of this was furnished
among the French aud German soldiers
IN the recent war. Again. no man should
smoke who has dirty tongue. bad taste
IN his mouth. or q weak or disordered di-
| ces'ion. In any such case he cannot rel
ish his tobacco. Il should be GOLDEN
rule with smokers tha, the pipe or cigar
which is not smoked with relish had bet
ter nc, be smoked at all Indigestion in
every shape is aggravated by smohiuI
but mos, especially that form Of it col.
monty known as atouic and accomran;I
with tiatulonce. piarrhca. as a rule.
made worse ly smoking.
One OF the commoncs; and earlieS.
fec's OF excessive or untimclv smokincl
10 make the hand shake This gives j
clue to another class of persons who on ]
not to smoke-persons. namely. who hI
weak. unsteady nerves. and suffer frI
giddiness, confusion Of sight, tremu'd
/ """"s' ""o'uVl 10 s'ammcr. or any Su
symptoms. And if tobacco does harm
mere functional weakness. still less anf
able Is II IN actual organic disease Of
nervous system as for instance wh
there exists any degree ofparaly>is or Q
&c sign of dsgcnerstire change in
brain or spinal cord. The improver
Of tobacco does beyond question sOmeh :.
Interfere With due nutrition Of nerve srs,
STAGE. An illu>t alton of this, fsmi be
:" ece' hsts sud medical men, is the in