The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1898-01-11

Statistics Gathered lmparta'Iy from Over
1000 Young nj, u In Russia Showing
that Tobacco IL Detrimental
to Health
(New Orleans Times Democrat. }

| IhNNoSSo otoeloSiSo lIotli VIZ lawn
of st. Petersburg, Russia, which
give fine illustration of the influ-
ence of tobacco smoking upon the
health of Russian students. And as
Russian students may be taken to
typify that age and class of young
mon generally, the Eject which to-
bacco smoking produced on their
health is probably tho effect which
it produces of all young mems
health.
DR.. Mendelsohu, of>St. Petersburg,
sent questions in 1890 to all students
of the Military Medical Academy
and of the archaeological Institute
of that city. Five questions were TO
be answered by smokers, Gage, how
long he smokes, how many cigars or
cigarettes day, whether ho inhales
the smoke, and whether he often
suffers from affections of respiratory
or digestive apparatus,) three were
to be answered by non. smokers, and
nine by students who had smoked,
but had given up the habit. He has
received in all 5000 answers from
1,071 students, ESQ boing of the
Medical Academy and SIS of the
Institute. A greater proportion of
the students Of tho Medical Academy
smoked than of the Institute, moro
than 81 per cent of the medical stu
dents being smokers, whereas only
~ per cent Of tho Institute students
were smokers. but in this there is
nothing surprising, as medical stu
dents the world over are addicted to
vice than other classes of students.
While, however, Il creator proportion
Of tho medical students smoked than
Of the Institute students, tho Insti-
tute students wcro the heavier smois-
ers, for tho Institute student on the
average smoked 22.SS cigarettes
day to tho medical Students 1864.
AS to the influence of smoking on
their health, the statistics obtained
by DR.. Mendelsohn and published in
tho Vratch are to the effect that the
smokers in both institutions show
higher rate Of morality than non
smokers "Out of 100 smokers"
says the British Medical Journal
from an analysis Of the statistics,
"1G.O0 per cent fell i'll from atfec
tions of the respiratory organs, out
of 100 non smokers only 1896; i'll
from affections of the digestive or
gans, out of 100 smokers, 1S9, and
ont of 100 non smokers, 0.02, affect
ed in both apparatus, respiratory and
digestive, out of 100 smokers, were
ST. por cent, and out of 100 non
smokers only 3. %; in general, 35.74
per cent of smokers and 1888 per
cent Of non smokers were taken ILL.,"
This is quite striking result
that 3G of every 100 smokers should
be taken i'll while only % Of every
100 non n-smokers were 80 affected.
And rs the statistics were gathered
impartially from over 200 young
mon Of about the same years and
condition, it is not easy to got away
from the conclusion that tobacco
smoking has an injurious influence
on the health. Indeed there is only
one possible supposition by which
we can avoid this conclusion, and tho
supposition is that weak and sickly
young mon have somo sort Of pre-.
disposition toward smoking, while
tho robust and healthy have not, but
this is supposition that is at vari-
ance with all observed facts. To-
bacco- smoking must be accepted,
therefore, as being detrimental to tho
health.
DR.. Mendelsohn's statistics show.
cd, moreover, that one third Of tho
student smokers began to smoke be-
fore their sixteenth year, while tho
other two thirds began to smoke
after the age Of rs. OF tho students
who smoked before their sixteenth
year, 1888 per cent became i'll;
whereas of those who began to smoke
after their sixteenth year, only 32.7l
became ill.,
These arc facts that would bear a
great deal Of rotlaction; whether they
will get it is a different question.
Miss Allie Ih .hes Norfolk, Va, was flight
fully burned on the face and neck Pain was
instantly relieved by DeWitps Witch Hazel
.alvo, whlcn heated tho injury without lcav.
ing 1t Is IL fomOus milo T. na5v