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noticed. is frequently caused by the

noticed. is frequently caused by the
excessive use of tobacco. DR.. Shew
mentions case as occurring i'm his prac-
tice. General Clinton. of revelation
ary fame died of this disease under
fifty years of age, brought by the ex.
cessfve use of snuff At least such
was the opinion of his brother, Gov
ernor George Clinton.
NEURALGIA.
This most painful of all diseases is
in many cases, caused .lsolely by the
use Of tobacco. Professor Wood. of
the University of Pennsylvsnia, and
author of Wood 8 Practice of Medi-
cine" enum crates it among the causes
of this disease. Sodoes DR. johnson
Of England. In all cases it aggra-
Yates the complaint. and renders all
measures for it's relief abor,ive while
the habit is continued.
DELIRIUM. TREMENs.
Professor Chapman, of the Univer-
versity of Pennsylvania. reports that
he has seen several cases of undoubt-
ed delirium tremens produced by the
excessive use. of tobacco. DIR. Viii
liam, of Co1sackie., NY, informs us
of four cases that occurred under his
immediate notice in that village and
vicinity within a recent period. Dr..
Jackson, of Dansville, N. Y says he
has seen and treated such cases. He
He was once a tobacco chewer him
self, and in a tract which he has pub
lished on tobacco he thus vividly de-
scribes his own condition, into which
he had been brought by the tobacco
fend: "My blood played through my
veins as if it were in a sea surge. 1
saw all invisible things that were ugly
and demon -like-devils in the shape
Of old women, haggish and witch like,
danced around me-" If that is not
delirum tremens, what is it
BRONCHITIS.
Habitual users of tobacco are Pc
culiarly liable to affections of the air
passages, accompanied with loss some
times Of voice. DR.. Allen, of Maine,
says that tobacco has the effect to make
the voice harsh. thick and husky. Tie
testimony of DR.. Rush, whose inves-
LEGATIONS concerning the human voice
were more extensive than those of any
other man perhaps who ever lived,
and who is consequently the highest
authority we could give, is substan-
stantially the came. DR.. Woodward
asserts that loss of voice in public
speakers is frequent effect of using
tobacco.
CONSUMPTION.
Non-medical readers may not readi-
ly understand why many of the dis
eases mentioned in this paper should
be caused by the use of tobacco, but
We think almost any one can see how
it may cause consumption. The lungs
depend for the proper performance of
the functions upon the purity of the
air which we breathe. When a man
smokes tobacco, or goes iuto room
where others are smoaking. how is it
possible for bis lungs to get their re-
quisite supply of pure airl The
breathe is the life, but when man
brsathes into his lungs an atmos-
phere laden with tobacco smoke he
takes in only death and destruction.
That smoaking causes consumption,
we have the testimony of the most
eminent physicians. DR.. Rush men
tions case he once had of consump-
ton produced by smoaking. and from
which the patient died. DR.. Trail of
New York. says he has seen score of
such cases. He reports one as occur
ring in his own practice, in which the
habit being abandoned for time the
disease was arrested, but upon its re-
sumption the disease returned and the
patient died. Other cases and other
authorities might be cited, but want Of
space forbids.
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