Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1902-07-03
NUMEROUS DISEASES DUE TO
SMOKING HABIT.
is THE CAUSE OF CANCER
Nicotine Enough to Kill Man
Ciin9s to Every Old Pipe
Beast Affected Very Badly by the
Weed-Trembling Muscles Are Evil
dence of the Poison.

to his friend who asks with referenc,
to his pipe, cigar, or his cigarette.
If | ever catch you with tobacco IN
your mouth" says this same man to
his son, taking his own cigar out OF
his mouth for emphasis. ''I'll take all
the hide off your back"
| But, according to a medical expert.
this man, neither as friend nor father,
conveys a shadow of the seriousness,
| of his vice to either friend or son.
He does not know it himself, says the
| physician, and, more than that, he
| doctor says that not even the pro-
| fession appreciates the serious con.
sequences that are inseparably con
| nected with the smoking habit.
1T is queer situation" ne says;
while every authority is agreed that
| the use of tobacco is most harmful to
a young person, there are physicians
| as sedative. And it is a soothing
| influence ior just so far as its use as
drug makes tolerable; but one pipe
too many makes it a source of ir-
ritability and nervous excitement
Look at II, as poison. Every pipe
which has been used half dozen
times has enough nicotine in it to kill
the smoker several times over That
1t has not killed him is due to tn.
disposition of the poison to stick 70
the pipe. But not all of this does 30.
How, then, about its unquestioned IL
| fiuence upon the system?
again, as to tobacco, there is the
unquestioned story of the man who
stole bunch of tobacco leaves from 4
Havana dock, secreting them under
his clothes next the skin. He went
on with his work, perspiring freely,
and suddenly fell unconscious to nh
| floor. Treating him first for sun.
stroke, the mans plight was dis
covered, but not till he had nearly
lost his life.
There are other stories sufficiently
authenticated showing how a man whI
rubbed tobacco decoctions over ms
body for a skin disease was nearly
killed by the poison; of the mothe,
who rubbed tobacco ointment on he,
child's head and face, causing thu
little ones death; and of the man who
died from swallowing an accidental
dose of tobacco water.
Probably every pipe that has beer
used half dozen times contains 9
dose of poison sufficient to kill the
smoker in few minutes. For
tunately, it stays in the pipe as a rule
| put Of Of
there now and again.
I'm one case a man got a par.
ticularly large quantity of this poison
Gus juice into his mouth. In a few
| seconds he fell, unconscious, and but
for the presence of a doctor he would
| inevitably have died. AS it was. his
| life hung in the balance for a LONG
| time, but was ultimately saved.
Even animals are affected in 4
| severe manner by tobacco. A calf
washed with tobacco infusion, as Il
| remedy for some disease, died In a
| few hours. DR.. Murray filled three
| glass jars with tobacco smoke m
placed in them sparrow, magpi j,
and frog. All three died.
Lastly, VIC nave 10 ledTJ
from the effects of tobacco on dogs
II dash of tobacco juice be given 10
a dog daily, he soon loses his hair,
then his teeth drop out, and next lie
becomes blind. Perhaps this experl-
ment supplies an answer to the que2-
ton: Why are men bald?'
"Of course, the work of reformers
has injured me educational prospe It's
Of the would-be tobacco users. These
reformers so often have.spoiled all
that they might have accomplished By
putting coffee and tea into the sam
category with tobacco. These fatal
tiles from nicotine show to the
simplest that neither of these table
drinks can be compared to the
poisons of tobacco, and the cry on
the reformer becomes at once to
of much wolf
But to come to the certain in.
fuences of nicotine. Both Sichel and
Critchett, well-known English oculist.
discovered that a smoker who used
even so little as five-eights of an ounce
OF tobacco a day for any sustained
period suffered wasting of the optic
nerve, called amaurosis. The disease
is dulling of the sight, yet no ex.
animation Of the eye will reval the
defect. Whether it is caused by thu
irritating effect of the smoke, ~
whether it operates through the
nervous system, is a question, but IN
any case, other things being equal, ii
is recognized that the smoker has not
as good sight as has the non-smoker.
"If the eyes suffer, so does the nose,
and DIR. Armory Hare, who liked n
Whit Of the pipe as well as the next
one, has lalu stress upon the state
ment that every chronic smoker
suffers more than his share Of nasai
catarrh.
Chronic laryngitis is one of the
recognized effects OF too much smok-
ing. 1t may begin with the victims
remarking that he becomes hoarse
without seeming cause. The acrid
fumes of the tobacco have set Up i
slight Inflammation which makes the
surface more susceptible to cold. anc
as the smoke keeps up the irritation
and the drafts catch him, he mas