The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31

henry foEu the duloHlObllt
II manufacturer. and the sign.
cigarettes Not Tolerated. They
Dull the Brain" which Thomas y.
Edison posted ~ his factory at West
Orange. n. j.. inspired the MedicG!
Times to collect the opinions OF ath-
letes and medical men in regard to the
effect OF the use of tobacco, especially
in the case of boys and young men.
Here are extracts from some of the
opinions:
Edward T. Collins, a. B., second base
man of the Philadelphia American
baseball team--"Throughout my course
at Columbia University. where I en-
gagged in athletics and IN my career as
a professional baseball player | have
found it incumbent upon me to be In
prime physical condition al all times. |
did not take up smoking AS IL boy and
as 1 have no desire for II | have care
fully RETAINED from the use OF tobacco
as a man, in the belief that I should
conserve my powers to the fullest ex-
tent. Smoking may or may not be
harmful to young men, but why should
a boy take chance on something which
might have Il deter!orating influence
when he can get along as well without
taking that chance?"
Edward II. Cleveland. NJ A.. chap
lain of Riverside Hospital. New York.
IAN unprecedented inquiry into the men
tai and physiological effects Of tobacco
smoking establishes the conviction that
this habit, even IN moderation Is def
nitely and permanently injurious to
both mind and body. So many. in
deed. are the scientific facts that point
directly to this conclusion that II is
difficult to select the most important
ones.
''The following are well recognized
direct results Of moderate habituai
smoking: Tobacco blindness, a most
stubborn form Of permanent affection
OF the eyes: cancer OF the lips and of
the tongue and OF the throat, diseases
almost wholly confined to smokers.
Bouchard OF Paris. an authority on
diseases of the heart and blood yes
sells, names tobacco as one OF the lead
ing causes OF these deadly maladies,
which have increased enormously in the
last ten years. DR. Wright of London
showed that nicotine lowers the power
Of resistance OF the human body against
tuberculosis. and post-morten examina-
lions at Phipps Institute showed that
smokers are twice as subject to tuber-
culosis al non smokers.
STANDARD works on the practice of
medicine In relation TO the cause of
Braghts disease, arterio- sclcrOsis, an
gina pectoris and other maladies in
volving the heart and blood vessels
indicate that the death rate from these
diseases during the past thirty or forty
years has kept even pace with the in
crease in the use OF tobacco.
Some results of observations. pub
lished by the Russian National Health
Society, throw light on the effect of
smoking on the health of boys and
young men. The average number of
cigarettes smoked daily by the medical
and chronological students of st. Peters
burg was 21.26. OF thesa students
16 per cent. were found to be suffering
from some disease Of the respiratory
tract, while but 1917 per cent. of non
smokers among them were thus affected
As to diseases of the alimentary tract
the proportions were about l2 per cent.
OF smokers to 10 per cent OF nom
smokers. Where both tracts combined
were found diseased in one individual
the proportions were s77 per cent. OF
smokers TO 3,22 per cent or non smok
ers.
"Those young men who had acquired
1
years gave higher percentages of illness
than those who had begun a: or after
that age.
AT Yale University DIR. j. W. Seavs,
gives the following results OF tobacco
tests among the students: Non-srtiolIcrs
during the -four years Of college life
gained In height. weight ana chess
measurement is per cent. more thar
regular smokers and IL per Gent NOR,
than irregular smokers. In actnal huns
capacity. and tnis fact is Wy slgnin
can't. the mons smokers gained so pei
cont. over regular smokers and 35 pei
cent. over irregular smokers.
"In regard to the effects of smoking
on the nervous system Or. j. Leonard
Corning, the eminent nerve specialist o.
this city, declared that tobacco smoking
causes nervousness, dyspepsia, tremu
fsusness. iistiessness, a d!staste for work
and difficulty in concentrating atten
ton upon task when once It has peer