Daily Yellowstone journal., 1889-01-22
The USE OF ros.cco Z.
- virtues and Vices Of the Weed IN An
. shapes.

Tobacco contains an acrid. dark
tuuwn oil. an alkaloid, nicotine. and
smother substance called nicotianine.
IN which exist its odorous and volatile
principles. When tobacco is burned,
. new set Of substances is produced.
nme of which are less harmful than
ID nicotine, and are more agreeable
d effect and much of the acrid ola
1hstance quite as irritating and poi
sUucus as nicotine-is carried OF.
Uhese fire produced substances are
unIled from their origin, the ''pyridine
urin." BY great heat the more aro-
matte and less harmful members OF the
osiss are produced, but the more poi
0npus compounds are generated by
Il slow combustion OF damp tobacco.
Uhis oil which is liberated by combus,
ton is bad both in flavor and in effect
md il is better, even for the immedi-
no pleasure Of the smoker, that il
should be excluded altogether from
his mouth and air passages.
Smoking in a stub Of a pipe is par
ticularly injurious, for the reason
that in il the oil is stored in a con
densed form, and the smoke is there
ibre highly charged with the oil.
Sucking or chewing the stub Of acigar
that one is smoking is a serious mis-
take, because the nicotine in the un-
burned tobacco dissolves freely in the
saliva, and is absorbed. Chewing"
Is ON this account the most injurious
form of the tobacco habit, and the use
a q cigar holder is an improvement
on the custom of holding the cigar be-
tween the teeth. Cigarettes are re-
sponsible for q great amount Of mis-
chief, not because the smoke from the
paper has any particularly evil effect,
but because smokers-and they are
eften boys or very young men-are
apt TO use them continuously or at
frequent intervals, believing that their
power for evil is Insignificant. Thus
The nerves are under the constant in
fuence of the drug, and much injury
70 the system results. Moreover, the
cigarette smoker uses q very consider
able amountof tobacco during the day.
dipping" and smiling IN semi
hrbarities which need not be dis
sussed. Not much effect is obtained
from the Gse Of the drug in these
varieties of the habit.
Nicotine is one Of the most powerful
Of the nerve poisons" known. Its
virulence is compared to that Of prus-
&C scid. IL birds be made 10 inhale its
vnpor in amounts too small TO be
measured, they are almost instantly
killed. IL seems TO destroy life, not
BY attacking a few, but OF all the func-
tons essential TO il, beginning at the
ssuter, the heart. A significant indi-
cation Of this is that there is no sub
stance known which can counteract
lis effects; the system either succumbs
o. survives. Its depressing action on
the heart is by far the most noticeable
and noteworthy symptom Of nicotine
poisoning. The frequent existence OF
what is known as smokers heart" in
men whose health is in no other re
spoct disturbed is due 10 this fact
Those who ian use tobacco without
,-immeciate injury will have all the
pleasant effects reversed, and will suf-
fer from the symptoms of poisoning il
they exceed the limit Of tolerance.
These symptoms are: 1. The hearts
action becomes more rapid when to-
bacco is used; 2. Palpitation, pain or
unusual sensations in the heart; 3.
There is no appetite in the morning,
the< tongue is coased, delicate fiavors
are not appreciated, and acid dyspep-
ma occurs after eating; A.. Soreness OF
the mouth and throat, or nasal ca
trrh, appears and becomes very
troublesome; s. The eyesight becomes
poor, but improves when the habit is
abandoned; q. A desire, often a crav-
ing, for liquor or some o.her stimu-
liant, is experienced.
In an experimental observation Of
thirty-eight boys of all classes Of so
ciety, and OF average health. who had
been using tobacco for periods rang
ing from two months 10 two years,
twenty-seven showed severe injury 10
the constitution and insufficient
growth; thirty-two showed the ex-
istence of irTegularity Of the hearts
action, disordered stomachs. cough,
and a craving for alcohol thirteen had
intermittency of the pulse, and n
had consumption. After they had
abandoned the use Of tobacco. within
six months one-balf were free from
all their former symptoms, and the re
mainder had recovered by the end Of
the year.
A great majority OF men go far be-
yond what may be called the temper.
ate use Of tobacco, and evidences Of
injury are easily found. II is only
necessary 10 have some record of what
the general health was previous TO the
taking up Of the habit. aud TO have OBJ
servation cover a long enough time.
The history of tobacco in the island OF
New Zealand furnishes a quite sugges-
I've illustration for our purpose, and
enc on a large scale. When Europe
ans first visited New Zealand they
found in the native Maoris the most
anely developed and powerful men OF
any OF the tribes inbabiting the islands
- The Pacific. Since the introduction
- tobacco, for which the Maoris de-
yeloped = passionate liking, they have
from this cause alone, it is said, be-
some decimated in numbers, and, at
tbe same time, reduced in stature and
n physical well being so as to be an
altogether inferior type Of men.-New
York Medical Journal.
Rather Erpensive.
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