The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-08-15

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shall proceed i'm this conlmunica-
tiell TO prove what have asserted iA
a former article, namely, that tobacco
Il enc of the most virulent poispns
Known 10 the n,uteriu acdica, and is
doing more to sap the physical consti-
tutions Of the American people than
even alcohol itself.
The author Of very able work
which eught 10 he read hy every man,
woman and child III the United Stat. =
entitled ssAvaidahle Causes Of Dis
ease says that tobacco is 4 poison,
which assertion will be questioned hy
no one who has seen the deadly sick
ness which a very small dose viii cause
Ill person not habitnated GO its use,
even smoking single tigaa ur chew
ing for a few nlonlents Il small portion.
TN fact, tobacco Is one OF the most vir-
ulent poisolis ln nssture- Il seems to;
trt not only upon she brain and spinal
cord, hut also especially upon the
great sympathetic system of nerves,
| which is the very citadel of organic
/ life. These nerves preside over or sup
/ ply the nervous influence required by
/ the heart, arteries, fnngs, sasfel digestive
Argans, to enable them to perform theii
q lnctions and thereby to sustain the
jtfe Of the whole organism or body.
/ Few substances In nature are capable
/ af destroying life s0 suddenly as to-
,;acca. 1t is said by medical writers
that "A single drop of the concentrated
ill put upon the tongue of dog will
lesiroy life. llr. Nussey, of Cincin-
sati, rubbed small drop OF the oil Of
tobacco upon the tongue Of a large eat.
| Immediately the animal uttercA pit
eous cries and began to froth ut the
mouth, followed iSg vnrfoas symptoms
of distress. Seven minutes after ap-
/ plying the first lie rubbed u large DROP
upon the tongue. In an instant the
/ yes were closed the cries were stapped
aud the breathing was sutfocated and
convulsed In ene minute the ears
| were in rapid couvulsive motions, and
presently after tremors and violent
| commissions extended over the body
and limbs. In 81 minutes the animal
fell upon the side senseless and breath
less and the heart had ceased 10 beat.
i In another experiment three drops
| # the oil of tobacco were rubbed upon
i the tongue of full-sized eat and in sn
instant the pupils of the eyes were di
i lated and breathing c0nS Sulsed; the an-
iinal leaped about as if distracted, and
presently took two or three rapid turns
in small circle, thcn dropped upon
the floor in fright ul II 'ulsions, a,
was dead in two minutes and l5 sec
nids from the moment the oil was put
upon the tongue.
DR.. Brodir, celebrated English
physician, applied a single drop of this
"a TO the tongue of cat, upon which
bodily prustration and commissions ell
sued. Another drop was applied and
the animal died in two minutes. One
drop Injected into the rectum of cat
/. occasiored death ia about five min.
ntes, ami two drops administered in
81 he same manner to dog WAS followed
by the same result.
DIR. Franklin applied the oily Na-
! teriai which floats on the surface o
, water when current of tobacco smoke
if passed into ii, to the tongue of eat
and found it TO destroy life in few
minutes, yet the cat is more tenacious
! Of life than almost amy aorher animal.
Tobacco invariably, when taken III
large quantities, causes confusion d
the head, with more or less stupor
great faintness, most distressing nat
sea and vomiting, great feshleness o
the pulse, with death like paleness O
the skin, with eoldness of the surface
which is covered with u cold cIamins
, sweat, with great aud general debility
of the nervous and circulatory func
! tions- Painting, alarming and fata
prostTation or convulsions and deatl
t soon closes the scene if a very larg,
! quantity has been taken.
DIR. Il. B. Coles, in his excellent worf
on the Beauties and Deformities o
z Tobacco Using (Which, by the way
t ought to be placed in the hands o
every young imam in American says
A single leaf dipped in hot water an,
/, laid upon the pit of the stomach viii
4 l. 4
j sorption from the surface. By bein;
. applied to q spot where the scarf ski
! or external surface of the skin is dc
! stroyed, fearful results have followed
4 Prof. Mussev, in his essay OH tobacco
: gives case. Dr. Long, of New Hanp
: shire, was consultsd by a mother 4
!. know whether she might apply tobace
: to a ring worm scarcely three-fourth
Of all inch in diameter on the nose c
t hex daughter, then about : years old
: He ohjet ted to it as an eNeeefinnI-
! l azaTfinUs measure, and confirmed hi
! judgment by relating a case which h
: had seen recorded in which fathe
: DESTROYED the life of his soa by puttini
i tobacco spittle upon an eruption on tn
head. Immediately after the docto
: left, the mother, thinking she kne1
e more t5sa iaer medical adviser, ,re
e ceeded to n1oisten the ring worm from
NttE Sl1cCttGC vi BlIt
ramarking that If it should strike t
the stomach it must go through th
s nose. The instant the mothers finge
: touched the part, the eyes of the pa
f tienT rolled up in their sockets, sll
started back. and falling, was caugf
i'm the arms of the alarmed mother
y The part was washed Immediately. hn
e to no purpose. The jaws were locked
i the patient was senseless and aDpai
] entity in dying state. The doctor wa
Immediately called back, who foun
:, the following symptoms: Goodness c
! the surface and extremities, no pulss
r tion at the wrists, jaws set deep, insan
i ElbiIlty, eoEneenanca death-likc b
y the application of friction to the SUI
e face and the administration of spirit
!; of ammonia, st the end of about a
! honl and half the patient becam
able To speak, bat did not fully recove
g from the shock for years. The frs
four or five wears atterward she wa
issGt9eet to faIn1fng fits every three q
= four weeks, which sometimes lasted /
Z. te Il hours.
The smoking Of single cigar by
II fperson not long hahituated to the Us
v of the weed, viii increase the FRI
r quency of the pulse from 10 TO Is beats
y | have thus hastily noticed some
I the prominent symptoms caused b
y tobacco when it is taken by TersoH
e not accustomed to its use, and whe
It taken in large quantities even by thos
who iabitually use il, also the AaarTf
!, ing aud dangerous symptoms whic
e result from an excessive dose; but
n rarf. nls.sH