Sharp County record., 1879-09-11
Physiological Effects of AIeOhd
Tobacco. O'

The toxicants have variation a, I'M
in their early stages. Alcobola lat
the mind and quicken the pulse, q nty|
they depress. Opium excites bst', Sec|
depresses. Tobacco does moi | Nv of
strict sense excite, but depre,,sa. J tio1
soothes from the first, so that tbo'. his|
stages, which some persons alwsr' q
when alcohol is antidotal to tcSNs
Among those persons who are tot. pc 4
stainers from alcohol few are fonrS he
can bear tobacco in the most mod. p q
use of it. Under tobacco tbe ST
seems rapidly to run down in ny Ateq
and alcohol is called for to WIKI tsu|
again, also as it seems. The H. iui1
that the heart is not the organ prim. v
concerned at all, but the minute w. ow
at the termination of the arterisl ci,' j.,
These minute vessels are under NOV. u
influence by which the passage Of n iou|
through them is regulated, and VI ees
influence is readily modified BY ver ow| 9|
fined causes acting through the Or:' az =
or emotional nervous centers o1
effect of tobacco on these minms 'us1 aI
sells, through the nervous system re re
cause contraction of them az q nrn, " ~
fact, so that the face of the persOr - ave
fected becomes pale and the surfsr eoo1 2,
the body cold, while the heart lsbor'ae u
force on the supply of blood until + n
own vascular system comes undg ,sn|
influence then the stomach inVoluDh.rhd
contracts, and, after a time, the volvDoIno|
muscles, deprived of blood, conn sea|
tremulously, or pass into active cOprula|
sions, as in tetanus. Alcohol, Oh sur|
other hand, through its Influence Vail
nervous functions, relaxes the ves,e, thd
the minute circulation, sets free thehgbed
reduces the muscular power, and bel
every particular counteractS the hb rid
CO. When q person receives q stun cal
is shocked by some intelligence, ors! pe|
or sound, that thereby stunS him sid
that, like Hamlet, he is bechilled in|
Almost to jelly by the act of fear m|
Stands dumb and speaks not nj
he is for the moment in the sames "a
as the man who first tries to smOke tH
bacco, and who, with pallied face, si|
surface, and reeling brain, is to hisa, VI
and feeling stricken with all but mol ID
suffering and prostration, In eseh ID
these cases alcohol, for a moment, al
as an antidote not necessarily as thet d
antidote, but as a fair one. VII 81
therefore, we see a man smokingg
drinking, quaffing off the cup OtE
or spirit 20 quiet the qualm whichEU d
otherwise be inflicted by the fuma 4
the cigar or the pipe, we really Ob@ q
the facts of a most excellentIy thog l
innocently devised physiological exp |
ment on living animal. Them
unconsciously to his knowledge, III
to his sensation-unless he be phE
ologist-is inducing balance in
tension of his arterial circuit.
In process of time the nervous
tenn, becoming accustomed to these
fuences, one or both, in certain
gree tolerates them, for period
tolerance while it lasts is an advanA
to the habit, and, if the habit weH
necessity, it would be blessing
the advantage is not permanent
the end the nutrition of the OgE
parts which are under the inhuenG
the same nervous regulation is sun
suffer, and in many organizaton
suffer rapidly and fatally.-Dr. RnSr
son, IN Contemporary Revte0.