The Jackson standard. [volume] (Jackson C.H., Ohio) 1847-1888, 1877-08-23
The Use Of Tobacco.

We are pleased to quote the following
article from the Sanitary Journal. one Of
our most valued contemporaries
Against the use Of this repulsive poi.
sonous weed. which can hardly lay claim
10 a single virtue. We have from the hr-t
number of this journal repeatedly given
space to articles. We have been tempt
I'd 10 reflect that much which !. now be
ing urR-d by"temperance' people against
alcoholic beverage might also be- u.s. d
against tobacco They are twin evil.
which ought not 10 be separated by acts
Of Parliament-casting out the one aud
retaining the other, with this exception.
some forms Of alcoholic liquors can not
be safely dispensed With, while not any
thing approaching this eau be said Of 20
bacco. Excepting the moral or mental
Effects Of alcohol--the tendency it, use
has To stimulate 10 erime-it is probable
the effects Of tobacco at the present tim-
upon the physical mani are more inju
rious than those OF alcohol
About two years ago. n committee OF
th. Virginia State Medical Society on TO
bacco. reported. among other things that
its use was more revolving and obuaN
ious 10 the natural physical man than
the Use OF alcohol Moreover. by the
reason OF the relaxing and drbilitating
rffrcts Of tobacco. the use of which by
the young frequently preced~s the use
oi spirits. the temptation 10 indulge in
the latter i increased. while the power
to resist the temptation To excess in them
Is greatly lessened. and hence. the uso OF
tobacco directly leads 10 and favors la.
temperance. We have no doubt what
ever Of this. IL is we'll known that the
use OF tobacco diminishes the vital force
The boating men who train for races at
oxford and Cambridge are not allowed
10 indulge in it, use Sir BENJAMIN Bro
die denounced the use OF il a. the most
snervating Of all modern practic-s. Mr
Solly. an eminent suageon Of ST Thomas
Hospital. whom We have frequently quo
ted before, and who gives much attention
TO the tobacco question. wrote. Il know
no single vice which does 20 much harm
a. smoking. II -oothss the excited nsr-
vous system At first. To render IL more ir.
ritable ana feeble In the end" lts DE-.
pressing effect upon the natural recup-r
alive powers il we'll known in hospital
practice. and that IL u hardly possible to
cure some diseases while the habit of
smoking is continued by the patients
uftaf NnGlNE NAF AEAlNHk AiNnNoi are not
striking Ht the root Of the evil
The Cauada Lancet for February. 40
are pleased to see. speak. out strongly
against tobarco aud calls upon med dal
men tn use their influences against H..
use. IL says: The smallest amount o.
confederation or invsztrati1n Of the sf
fects OF tobtcro on the human sy-tem.
must have convinced them Of its serious.
ly detrimental character" Among the
numerous aud varied effects Of it. ne. 10
rnumerates the following Gidiinrss,
nausea. vomiting. dyspepsia heartburn.
vitinted taste in the mouth. loose bowel.
diseased liver. distorted yision headache.
diseased brain and spinal cord. cnnrcs-
tion OF the brain. apoplsxy, palsy. mania
loss Of memory, amaurosi,, drzfu~s.. n~r.
vousness. emasculation, timidity, and
cowardice.