Mower County transcript., 1893-03-22
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FOR GOD AND HOME AND NATIVE LAND.
GOOD REASONS FOR NOT USING TOBACCO.
BY DR.. j. L. WOLFE

GOOD REASONS FOR NOT USING TOBACCO. S.
BY DIR. j. L. WOLFE. %
Because the habit is at war with temperance
Tobacco is an intoxlcant. It is part Of the
merchandise of dram shops, and an incentive
to drunkenness. The topper with quid or a
cigar in his mouth might correctly respond,
"Physician, heal thyseif."
Because the habit is a self-indulgence in
| conflict with the self-denying spirit of
the divine Founder of Christianity. It mum.
bers it's slaves more than two hundred millions
of human beings. 1t hinders moral reforms:
and it impedes progress.
Because the habit is filthy; and ''c!eanliness''
says the proverh, sis next to godliness," La
dies OF refinement involuntarily shrink from
the person who chews or snuffs or smokes
unless custom has rendered them Indifferent
to those vile practices. The lips of the tobac-
co"cheWer or habitual smoker are swelled and
saturated with disgusting poison, the gums
OF the mouth are spongy and tender, and the
| whole mouth and throat affected more or less
by its use.
Because the using of tobacco ipjures the
| voice. The smoker articuates huskily, the
chewer often croaks, and the snuffer speaks
| through his nose.
| Because the habit is costly. Official statis-
tics show that more money is spent for to-
| bacco in the United States in year than for
| bread.
! Because the habit lowers the self-respect of
those who use it. 'Ilove my pipe," said a
| clergyman. but despise myself for using it,"
| Because the habit disturbs the regular pulls
alton of the heart. Tobacco-users are thus in
| constant danger. Many fell dead suddenly
| in consequence.
Because the habit weakens the mind. It
enfeebles the memory, paralyses the will.
produces morbid irritability. diseases imagi-
| nation, deadens the moral sensibilities, and is.
therefore. constantly weakening the nervous
system and the intellect
Because the habit is rebellion against
conscience. Those who indulge in it, know
that it wastes money, strength and life. and
| tran pies on the laws OF nature, which are the
| laws of God. Hence it is sin.
| Because the habit is contagious. Everv old
smoker or chewer infects dozens of youth
with a desire to follow the same pernicious
habit. Thus the evil spreads.
| A disease known by physicians as tobacco
heart" is far more common among confirmed
| toOoOSO-uoCIS
many cases it is only a source of discomfort,
IN many others it is very painful and trouble
some on account of the dyspnoea it produces,
and is often productive of serious results.
This trouble comes under tho head of cardiac
neurosls, and has no connection with organic
! disease, although if long continued may pro-
duce dilation of the heart, and afterwards
! hypertrophy may be induced instead of dila-
| tion.
In smoking tobacco we take in carbonate
oxide, several ammonias, and very poisonous
Oil containing nicotine. The ammonias and
| nicotine are the substances which by acting
in numerous directions are SO injurious to the
system The ammonias act on the blood, max
ing it alkaline and fluid, thereby impairing
its nutritive property.
The stomach is debilitated, and dyspepsia
induced. The innervation of the heart is dis
turbed, its action is weak, irregular and inter-
mittent; palpitation, faintness, and vertigo
are the consequences.
| Owing to the disturbances in the blood and
heart, the processes of nutrition are slow, and
In the young, seriously affected; tissue is
! paralyZed and vision impaired.
Tobacco is essentially functional, rather
than organic poison; it modifies the special
energies. and not the structure. Tobacco is
eliminated by the kidneys, and very rapidly;
| consequently. the bad effects quickly disap-
pear under proper treatment, if, however, the
habit is given up.
| One OF the most| prominent symptoms of
| this trouble is palpitation of the heart. It
| comes on at any time without premonition,
and is often violent, causing great DISTRESS;
| there is intermittencv and in some cases
seemingly cessation of the hearts action
for time. The patient experiences feeling
OF tightness across the chest, and pain in the
preecordial region, which may be transclent,
| or may last for hours. There is a depression
and difficult breathing, unrest, dizziness and
sometimes a tendency to take an alarming
view Of things as symptoms continue to grow
worse.
was once tobacco-user myself. became
a slave to the habit. I tried everything I
could think of otake away the Appetite but
all to no purpose. There was, L thought,
something had not tried, but yet I had
heard of 1.-THE grace of God. How I did
plead for help! He heard me, and entirely
removed the appetite Immediately, and it has
never since returned. What he did for me-
he will do for anyone under similar circum-
stances. Try it:
| Strength and Health
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