Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1891-01-29
GERMAN VIEWS ON TOBACCO.
opinions of Doctors. Writers and Artists
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OF a symposium of opinion of the most
famous writers. physicians and artists
OF Germany and Austria. As in the case
OF the famous Frenchmen whose ideas
on the same subject were collected a
lew months ago. the almost universal
verdict OF the German-speaking celebri-
ties has been against smoking and snuff
taxing as extremely injurious. though
seductlvel y-delightfu practices.
Blllroth. the Vienna surgeon. saws:
That the posterity of the nicotinized
and alcoholized higher society is becom-
ing steadily weaker and more nervous
Is by no means surprising. The colossal
increase of nerve and mind diseases in
our day is undoubtedly the result. to a
great extent. of the tobacco and alcohol
habit, and of the straining of the merry
Gus systems caused by these poisons.-
DIR. c. Harnack. professor of medical
chemistry at Halle University. who
smoked formerly. but has recently
sworn off. is of the opinion that the
benefits of smoking are by all odds
fewer than the seriously harmful de
fectS.''
Dr. II. Magnus. probably the first
oculIst in Germany and professor at
Breslau University. is one of the few
but sturdy defenders of the weed. He
says: Smoking excites the digestion.
q":@ts the nervous system. and Gisin-
fects the cavity of the mouth
The famous Privy Councillor Nuss-
baum of Munich gave the opinion short
~ before his recent death that smoking
very often did much good and very sell
dom did much harm. The bad feature
was the effect upon the eyes and nerv-
OuS system. The good one was the ben
eft to the digestive organs. The in
spring. eXhilarating and altogether ia
vorable action of smoking on the brain
should be highly priced" This opinion
Is remarkable because Nussbaum was
not a smoker.
Prof. III. Lazarus, of the Philosophical
Faculty in Berlin says: Il delight in
smoking. especially at times when am
compelled to- think long and deeply on
scientific subjects. | take some three or
four cigars daily. not too strong ones.
and have never observed the slightest
Unfavora BILE effects
The German literary world is and has
been, just about a unit against smoking
The opinions of Paul Hoyse. Eduard
Won Hauernfcld. f. Won BOdcnsteGt.
Gottfried Keller. DIR. Julius Crosse. and
so on are the same as the opinion of the
late Ludwig Anzengruber: The smoi<-
ing of tobacco is Il nasty and disgusting
habit. yes. vice, which fact. however
does not keep me from enjoying pas
siorately a cigar. and particularly from
being a perfect slave to smoking while
| write or do nothing"
Prof. Paul Meyerheim. the greatest
animal painter among living Germans,
writes:
What have to tell about nv own
smoking habit is far from interesting.
| smoke, Indifferent. light cigars. and
know little about the stronger and bet
ter grades. 1t may interest YOU to know.
however. what my models in the Xooiom-
zeal Garden think of tobacco. Thecoi2l-
mon brown bears are passionate enthr-
siasts for it. When | blow smoke
through the bars they push forward and
rub their backs and heads against the
iron over which the smoke passes. This
is invariable. Not long ago | blew
through hollow stick a pinch Of snuff
into the nose of a sleeping lion. The
brute sat up straight. sneczed violently.
and then lay down to sleep contentedly.
All goats. deer. llamas and so on eat
cigars and snuff with great cagerness.
| once made very ugly llama my friend
by feeding it daily with snuff. | re-
member that one day the brute spat vi
ciously on several soldiers who were
teasing him. and that one of them ex-
claimed: Holy Moses. how his breath
smells of snuff.'' The big balloons also
breathe with satisfaction the smoke
from cigars. You see | do not smoke
for my own pleasure alone. Chicago
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