Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1880-03-25


ing; in fact. in these cases there could
be no doubt of an injurious effect. a.
In boys OF fourteen or fifteen who be.
gin to smoke, think / have observed
that tolerance is slowly attained; that
appetite is less, and l presume diges-
tion and nutrition less good, and that
the compilation becomes ,pasty and less
florid and clear. There was q striking
case of this kind in the son of medical
friend, who watched his son, naturally,
very carefully, and who told me that
the effect of tobacco (agOOd deal was
smOked) was quite unmistakable. /
persuaded the son to lessen his tobacco
one-half, and his health certainly inn
proved, but he was then a young man.
That some injury, therefore, is some
times produced, and especially on
young people, seems to me quite clear;
but It is curious, in other cases, how
difficult is is to find i'll effects, even in
the young, when the quantity is not ex-
CessiVe. ........ .... .t.....,..
I AS to the effect on the young even, it
is curious in Burmah to see children
smoking in their mothers arms, and
yet when / was serving in Burmah,
many years ago, / often saw woman
walking along smoking her cigar of to-
bacco rolled up in q plaintain leaf, and
carrying on her hip her child Of two or
three years old, who also had his or her
little cigar arwhich was smoked with the
greatest gravity. On talking to the
Burmese (who smoke constantly J, they
never allow that even their children
were in the least way damaged When
was in Turkey 1 tried to make in-
quiries of some Of the intelligent Tur-
kish gentlemen; one or two of them
said that they thought the Turks had
learned to smoke from the Europeans,
and had been growing apathetic and
dull ever since. T. But others laughed at
this, and the rural Turk, who smokes
. good deal, is a fine active, energetic
fellow, ii, lrnol a.v slc,I51 aga1i4"
| i have talked TO many Germans, who
all stand out manfully for tobacco. In
conClusion,I confess myself quite un7
certain. ] can find nothing like good
| evidencein books; too often fOregOne
conclusion, without any evidence to-
back it, is given! think we must de-
cidedly admit injury from excess; from
moderate use l can see no harm, ex-
| cept, it maybe, in youth. My opinions
are, you will see, ery1indefinite, and |
would gladly see some really good
evidence collected. If at any time you
can send me any facts / shall be very
| grateful, Believe me, very sincerely
yours, b. A. PARKS.
Btterne, Southampton, Jan. %, 1876. -.
The British Medical Journal cites an
interesting communication from DR..
Decaispe on the subject of smoking,
particularly as regards children and
women, In 1864, DR., Decaisne related
cases Of thirty-eight young people, in
twenty-seven Of whom the effects of to-
bacco on the economy were observable,
especially in cardiac affections, palpita-
tions and intermissions. He concluded
by saying that, whatever conditions
may be perceived in adult subjects, the
.pernicious effects of tobacco smoking
are incontestible in children. Even the
restricted use of tobacco in children
leads often to a change in the blood,
and sometimes to chlorotic anHmia,
paleness of the face, emaeiatiOn, NOR
bid sound in the carotid arteries, palpi-
tation and intermission of the heart,
diminution of the normal quantity of
the blood corpuscles, difficulty Of di-
gestion, etc. Young people who smoke
show generally certain sluggishness
of intelligence, and more or, less pro-
nounced taste for strong drinks. In
children who cease to smoke, and who
are not Affected by any organic lesion,
the disorders Of economy which Have
just been mentioned, disappear, often
very quickly and almost always with
out leaving any trace. Since l865iDr
DeCaisne has commenced to examine !
the effects 3of tobacco on women. He
has observed forty-three who present
symptoms arising from this souTce, ina
Guiding ifitermissions Of the pulse and
disorders in the digestion, and he has !
arrived la6 th6 same conclusions asl he |
arrived hit Iii 1864, He adds that the |
effects 0f tobacco smoking In women |
appear to HIM To resemble very closely |
those which hs Observed in children;
that in d certain pGmbeT Of them, as
among phildrep, eYep in q relatively |
small dose, tobacco, leads promptly to |
the symptoms Of an@rAia,, asWell as I'M,
termittent pulse, and develops, for the
most part, aPgQRonnced taste fer strong
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ItWasAn the winter Of ,18SS1that l.
am 4. .tell YOU oofs j was, then, about |
thirteen years old, and as rugged and |
strong as most 0f the Young men 6f
twenty are in these times. All Through /
the autumn then catamount land theIl
had bothered the men out-lI
ting timber for home use. Several of
the villagers had been badly hurt, and !
one old man was killed BY the tricky
animal. 9d The boys always helped III 4
hauling the logs and pieces of timber, ?
driving the buck AWagons from the 4
woods to the house where it was 10 be 4
dumped. After old Uncle Simeon was [
killed, the women became badly +
scared, and made the men go armed, II
and wouldn't let Us youngsters 40 on T.
bhe teams. NO more trouble occurred, h