The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1885-08-08
USE or TOBACCO.
THERE IS ONE FEATURE ChLCu
LATED TO EXCITE ALARM.
VIA, the Doctors Say I'm Favor OF the
Weed soothing Influence OF n
Cigar" as n
Medicine.
Medical ami surgical Reporterl

Tho fact has becn pointed out that men
are ca the whole "a healthy M women,
whilo nine ont of ten Of the male p ,fnlation
! OF the world Use tobacco, aui women rs a
rule abstain In the learned profe'sion'.
about one-half OF the ministers are adiiotei
10 il in some form, likely thres-fourths Of
! all physicians aud nine-tenths OF members
OF the legal fratoraity.
| In looking calmly at tho tobacco question.
thcrc i ono feature calculated to excite
alarm, and that is the habit OF chewing AMI
smoking 50 widely practicea among boys
This, 10 young, growing boys, il unquali.
! tlodly hu;tful They voluntarily endure
| the first di>agreoabla effects Of the to-
baCco 10 acquire what they consider an
accomplishment, the habit /, ally
confirmed, and with an entire ignorance OF
! its powers, added to tendency e. immoi-
! GRAFTON, the growth AM development -
II en- seriously interferei with, and tbs
worst results follow They smoke AMI chew
! generally the worst tobacco. AM TO a dc.
! gree which would positively he harmvt
ith the ma jority OF adults This matter
saouli he corrected by proIer action Of our
| Legislators, with whom the responsibility
rests
Smoking, when done at proper times, ia
clitates dige-tion. The sense Of relief OBJ
tained by cigar, after a heavy meal Is
( vol known To smokers. Dyspepsia some
times follows the disc ntinuanco or tobacco,
AMI Is removed when tho habit Is resumed
While the abuse Of tobacco weakens the
system ami leads TO emaciatiDn u-ed intelli
gently il cxerts a favorable influence upon
nutrition.
Hammond, by observation upon himself,
found a gain In weight with the Use OF t..
bacco. Fiske attributed an increase Of
twenty-four pounds In tbrcc months tn to-
| Lacco. tobacco, when tho food Is sufficient
to preserve tho weight, increases 1t; WHOM
| insufficient, and the body is losing, tobacco
roStrains tho 10 =" tlIammond). Boerhaaye.
OF Holland, ovor 2UO years ago referrsd to
tobacco as being antidotal 10 hunger. u
seems thot the power 10 undergo sevore ex.
srtion and fatigue, either mental or ID yi
tal is aided ly tolncco Soldiers Of all
nations use H. 1t wa' standing injunction
! Of Napoleon that his troop should have 10.
bacco and 1t was Of great advantage in the
retreat from Moscow. (fiskc) During our
late war the soldier woull be patient under
very ,cycrc pr!vations, II he but had good
supply of tobacco 10 tmoke or cnew. and
when on picket duty would risk h.s life to
strike match fer his pipe.
Situations II loneliness are always ren-
| Geioi moro to!erable by tobacco, aud it Is
/ the constant companion OF tho % who leai
! lives ot solitude, such as that % the herbs
| men ani ranchman 4 feeling Of unrest or
| discomfort, male up OF Ill defined longing,
of imaginary disappoin;m'nt'. and uap!eai-
| ant anticipations, commonly known as
1 ennui, is responsible for much unhappIne,'.
This unfortuuats con ltion Of mind
/ il removed by the soothing iniu,
| Of cigar, anl tn, mlro,eneS aud
/ gloom ara quickly dspellsi. AS muca
/ OF every day is fllol up with care, our de-
! grees Of comfort in this life will dcpcsit
/ largely upon our ability 10 bear IL uac lm-
! plaininsly. That tobacco aSi Is us to do
! this, that il enables us to LOOK upon life
moro cOmplacenuy, must be tho conclusion
/ Of everyone vino has experienced its inau-
/ ence. That il enables uS 20 toll with lbs,
! fatigue, is equally trua. The r5ads t
writer, generally 10 3 bacco, aud cannot
! accomplish the same amo mt Of work In tao
! sims time without it. AMI thoSs connected
1 with newspaper and other literary work,
( who have often to write ayainst time, find
IL Of inest'mable value.
tobacco formerly enjoyed deserved rep
utption as medicinal agent, AMI was ex-
tensiyely used in scabios AMI other cuta-
neous disorlerl II has teon largely sup
| planted, however, In moierl practice, by
! other remedies The u'e OF tobacco during
a mcrcurial course decreases the r'x OF SAL
vatinn. and cases of ptyali-m have boen re-
! ported cured by it, emplnyment Before
tho discovery OF chloroform, tobacco served
a Useful purpose in tho hands OF the surgeon
i'll cases OF strangulated hernia for obtaining
complete relaxation Tobacco constitute n
most valuable addition to the ordinary pou!-
tice IN local painful affections. In two.
cases of cnrcinoma Of tho brelst by incor-
porating 1t in local application, n marked
advantage was noticed 10y the writer in tho
relief OF pain. As an Ingredient In asth-
matIcs, cigarettes with belladona, stra.
monium, etc, it is entitled to share In the
| remedial effect
The limited medicinal range OF tobacco Is
unmportant in comparison with it, social
and psychical influences. Among its many
beueiicent powers II appears to nl!ay worry
and Tighten toll. II Is an aid To mental
work, nnd help - reflection ani COM
/ placency. 1t promotes sociability, and in
the words of one Of its cl0IdpionS "fnakes q
ulan act more like Samaritan"