The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-07-12
NdrCOma1id Tdbaccum
Written for the Palladium

AS already explained, narcomania is
a general term meaning. briefly. an
uncontrolled and uncomfortable appe-
lite for the internal use of ha6it-form-
ing drugs, such as alcohol, tobacco. OPP
ium or any of its numerous deriva-
tives. coffee, tea, &C.. IL. 1t belongs to
that numerous and rapidly increasing
class of disease Insanity; Narcomania
TabaCcum, is the latin term for tobac-
cOmadness. This may seem hard to
the deluded narcotian, but often the
scientific cold facts rudelv strike our
dearest idols The old truism none so
blind as they who will not see, is dou-
bly, true of the tobacco-maniac: it is
simply physical impossibility to con-
vince an insane person that there is
anything wrong with them, they are
all right and they are sure of it; the
drunk man Can alcoholic maniac) is
sure that every body is quite a little
tipsy, and he has to wait for the bed
to wabble his way to get in it; so also
with the tobacco maniac, he thinks he
is just a little bit smarter and health
Ter than anyone who does not use to-
bacco and is absolutely sure lin his
mind( that one who does not use the
weed is missing all the good things
of life with the joys of heaven thrown
in.
Poisonous Principles of Tobacco.
The U. S. Dispensatory, 1877 Edition
page 1417. tells Of the toxic principles
of tobacco as follows:
According to the chemists, 10000
parts of fresh tobacco leaves contain
6 parts of nicotine, 1 part of nicotia-
min, 267 parts of slightly bitter extrac-
tive. TIA parts of gum mixed with a
little malate of lime, 277 parts of
green resin. 26 parts of albumen, 1O4 s
parts of a substance analogous to glu-
tin, 81 parts of malic acid, - of ma
late of ammonium, AS parts of sui
plate of potassium, 63 of chloride of
potassium, 9.5 Of posassa which was
combined in the leaves with malic aci
dand nitric acids, 1876 parts of phos-
phate of lime, PAP of lime which had
been combined with malic acid, SS
parts of silica, 1860 of lignum, traces
of starch, and SS2S parts of water
How wholesome, healthful and age
prolonging must drug be containing
some sixteen constituents at least
half of which are virulent poisons.
Tobacco Poisoning.
Quain's Medical Dictionary, Tobacco
Poisoning says: THE minor effects OF
tobacco poisoning, nausia. depression
vomiting, vertigo--is we'll known to
the incipient smoker.
"Anatomical Characters After
death from tobacco poisoning the or
gans and tissues have a tobacco-like
odor, and the odor of nicotine becomes
more pronounced on treating them
with potassae. Turgescence of the
brain has been described; but beyond
the odor there is nothing characteristic
in the appearances.
'SymptOms-When a strong decoc
ton of tobacco, or snuff is administer
ed either by mouth, or by rectum
very speedy-usually in about min
| utes-the patient is seized with verti
go, acute abdominal pains. nausia. and
vomiting. The skin is palld and bath
ed in perspiration. Stupor supervenes
with partial or general commissions
and stertorous respiration: and death
may result in fifteen or twenty min
utes, preceded by dilation and insen
sibilty of the pupils. When the aka.
loid nicotine is swallowed, insensibil
ity supervenes almost Immediately