Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-11-14

TOBACCO.
An Interesting Discussion on Its Medic,na,
Properties.
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Properties.
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In little book published inst tw n
hundred years ago, there Is nm intar.
esting discussion on the medicinaI
properties OF tobacco. AT that time il
Is Interesting TO note, by the way, To-.
bhcco grew IN great quantities In sew.
erai gardens near Westminster, as well
as IN other parts of Middlesex. TWAS
planted also lin great plenty' in Glou.
cester, Devonshire and several other
western counties, hut "his majesty
sent a troop of horses every year to de.
stroy 1t, lest the trade of our American
plantations should be incommoded
thereby The author who gives us
this Information was no smoker
himself aud tells with great contenpt
how our mode and fashion OF smok
ng was borrowed from those
baibarians, TIE Nirginians.u sun
less than that he had any
Partially for snuff, and he does not
conceal his disgust at the habit of
THE lrishmen, who do most common
~ powder their tobacco and snuff it up
their nostrils.n His personal dislike
Tor this most fierce and rugged poi.
son" makes his testimony in favor oe
its medicinal virtues the more valu-
able. He had, indeed, some scruples
about defending its use Mt all, since
King James himself had "both writ
and disputed very smartly against it at
OXiord;N and he was a good deal ex-
ercised by the stories told by anatom-
lists of "sooty brains and black lungs
which have been seen in the dissection
OF dead bodies which when living had
been accustomed to tobacco The
opinion which once prevailed in Tur-
Key that tobacco makes men efiem-
mate was more easily disposed of; for
there was no doubt IA politick design
in IL TO obstruct the sale of tobacco In
the Eastern countries, and to pre-
vent the Christians from establishing
any considerable traffic from 80 mean
commodity But however this
might be, the evidence in favor of to-
bacco rs n medicine seemed to him
conclusive. For one thing, he himself
knew "A "curious lady in the North
that does very great ieats in sores and
ulcers by "A preparation of tobacco
Then there Was the testimony of "our
learned and most expert
enced countryman, Mr., Boyle who
"doth highly commend tobacco blis-
tiers in the most violent colick pains.
Across the water ITS virtues were held
in even greater respect, and French
doctors recommended il in cOnvul-
sions, in pains, and for bringing on
Sleep The oil of it was often used,
too, in curing deafness, being in
ie2ted into the eur in convenient
vehicle.h and was sometimes applied
sin liniment us n remedy for equity
and scnrbutical pains of the joints. "
In addition to all this, 1.-The effects OF
tobacco have been very good in some
violent pains of the head, as some
thousands have experimental, y while
the curious DR.. Grew found
the success of the oyl OF
IL in the toothache, lint
being dipped in 1t and put into the
tuuth.n on the VeXed question of dali
" smoking the author of "rhe N1tur-
al History of Tobacco is less positive.
The state and circumstances of your
body" he says, Unjust be the best guide
and rule. your complexion he lean,
hot and dry it is an argument against
ii, but if cold, moist, and humoral,
subject TO catarrhs, rheums, and pains,
then there must be a temptation 10 ven
ture upon it." The final conclusion is
that "every man must consult his own
temper and this may perhaps be Ia
ken even now after two or more centu-
ries of experience ~ the last word on
the subject.-Pall Mall Gazette.