The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-07-23

consumee ever advises his son to
initiate his fathers example.
Is it not time that doctors take
higher grounds on this subject
1t seems to us that no class of peo-
pie banded together, as doctors,
are gu well prepared to show up
the dread realities of all confirmed
and acquired harmful vices, or
' pernicious habits. We have high
authority for the statement that
all vices are Rim and on visiting
terms with each other, which
accounts for the fact that the
tobacco user glides so easily into
the Incorporate use of intoxica-
ting beverages, with all Its train
of blightiDg consequences. Hence
tea, coffee, tobacco, opium, and
alcohol may meet in the same frail
tenement, and all fail in time to
yield the wonted glow of pleasure
to him is the unfortunate victim.
There are moral and economical
considerations of this question,
which will not be introduced, but
they are so potent that he who
does not recognize them uses his
understanding to little purpose.
And we again say we know of
no reason why doctors do not ex-
ert a greater influence in favor of
any means which go to make up
the sum total of human progrees g
of his age, ii indeed, we are pro-
gressing. Physicians are called
into close proximity with all pro-
fessional life, from the highest to
the lowest order, consequently, in
the aggregate, have greater
opportunities to delve into every
con ndition or vicissitude of life,
therefore can do much, as pertains
to betterment of health; but
we must remove the beam from
our eye first; if not, we lose pres
tige.
l promised in the beginning of
this paper to give my practical
self-experience in the use of one
of the most useless, senseless, un-
called for, dirty, filthy, pernicious
and poisonous acquired habits,
that humanity ever lndulged in.
/ commenced chewing tobacco
when about 12 years of age. A
neighbor boy, chum, about my
own age, would steal the damnable
stuff from his father and divide
with me. One day / asked my
chum how he managed to keep
down suspicion of his father.
Well, the old man accused him of
stealing his tobacco, bnt he lied
out of it; said he made the old
man believe the mice were eating
it. Another proof that users
of narcotics and stimulants are
untruthtul on that subject. Well,
it took me about two years to ac-
quire the habit, but finally l got
there, after being made so sick
number nf times on the cursed
poison, yes, SO sick / vomited and
purged simultaneously, and was
30 void of snap and twist that l
was blind and could not bat an
eye, ami will say further, if there
is any thing short of the cross of
crucifiyon upon Mount Calvary's
hillside that will cause the sweat
ing of blood, it is sickness from
the effect of tobacco poisoning.
1t acquired two years to take on
the habit of tobacco, and perhaps
longer to get rid of it.
chewed and smoked about fifty
years. After using it twenty
years / realized some cardiac dis
turbance; also found as / grew
older became more filthy with it.
i will say | never spat on the
hoor, or carpet, or stove, as Ihave
seen Others do, but was becoming
more careless with its use. Very
few tobacco users ever let loose of
1t, the same way with opiates.
have in my time been into
both. l was confined to bed two
years and four month";; was
great sufferer from liberation of
bowels and used opium for tempor-
airy relief, but with a strenuous
effort | got loose from that, which
required sand to accomplish the
work, All acquired habits are