The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1898-06-15
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A Medical Authority That Says Clay Il
Preferzbie 70 Wood

A Medical Authority That Says Clay Il
Preferzbie 20 Wood
IlS0bacco smoking is Justifiable at all
On kygienic grounds, says The Lancet
il Is generally conceded that the pipe Is
the least injurious means hut tobacco
pipes diaer considerably in material
aud shapes, both 0f which must BE- i'm
portznt factors IN determining the char
acter OF the smoke. Thus there 7e the
clay, the meerschsum and the various
wooden pipes, the brier, cherry OF my
all Next to the tobacco. therefore,
which sbonld always be pure and free
from added favoring, an expefieut
which is resorted TO far too c0mn-Jnly
nowadays, probably in many instances
TO cover an inferior quality q tobacco,
the best kind Of pipe Is a point 10 be
considered. Even assuming that be Is
smoking good tobacco. the smoker knows
how different in character the smoke Is
when drawn from a clay CT a wooden
bowl There is probably scientific ex-
PLANTATION Of this fact which must have
some bearing on the noxious OF innOo1-
Gus character of the smoke associated
with other products Of combustion.
a soft clay Is invariably cool smok-
ing because the acid oils obtained On
the destructive disillation Of the tobae-
CO are absorbed instead Of collecting IN
a little pool, which must eventually
either by the rehabilitation OF by me-
chanical conveyance reach the mouth.
4 particular pipe smokes hot not
necessarily because the temperature Of
the smoke IS high, but because 1t favOrs
the passage by cne Of these means Of
the oils into the mouth. Meerschaum Is
another porous material. Again, an old
wooden pipe OF brieT, 30 dear 10 invet-
crate smokers, becomes smooth gmOk
ing'0 because the pores Of the wood
widen and 20 absorb, as Is the case with
clay or meeTschaum, a large proportion
uf the tobacco oil
Thus an old pipe ''sweats, " as II Is
termed-that is. the oil iztrudes into
the expanded pores Of the wooden bowl
and az length exudes Similarly hook
shaped pipe must be better than pipe
the howl Of which is on the same level
with the mouth, for the simple reason
that in the former a considerable qnan-
tity Of the oil Is kept back in the Z
shaped part Of the pipe, while in the
latter the oil travels easily down the
stem Ebonite stems are IL general OBJ
lecti0nahle because they commonly spoil
the true favor Of tobacco smoke This
Is most probably due TO the sulphur Of
the ebonite combining with the volatile
oils in the smoke. We know instances
where ebonite stems have produced dis
tinctiy objectionable symptoms IN the
throat. most probably for the reason
Just given.
Bone or real amber makes a much
more satisfactory stem. OF the pipes
should be Of wood throughout Amber
substitutes. and especially celluloid,
should be discarded entirely as danger
Gus. while the fiaro- Of campl1or which
these invariably communicate 70 the
smoke forms very unpleasant combi-
nation Pipes Of special construction
cannot be regarded with much favor.
such as those which are said 10 be hy-
gienic and usually contain a so called
nicotine absorber. Those smokers vino
require such auxiliary attachments had
better not smoke ~ all As matter CT
fact tobacco yields little nicotine in the
smoke prodDced on its partial combus-
fion. II is mainly to oils 0f a taTry and
acTid character that the toxic symptoms
Of tobacco smoking are dee.