The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-07-07

several years ago balt1mOrc doc.
tor (Dr. Hirschfeld) in the Maryland
Medical journal, severely criticised
the Anti-Cigaret League, the w. G.
T. U. and the school physiolog'es for
teaching what he called big lies
about tobacco. The statements he 80
labeled we're shown (School Physiol.
ogy Journal, January, 1907 to be in
exact accord with standard authorit-
les such as Taylor's Treatise on Pois.
ons," Paterson and Barnes Te<.bool;
of Legal Medicine, The United States
Dispensatory-known to the trade as
The Druggist Bible, and number Of
individual physicians, including pr.
oliver Wendell Holmes, whose scien.
tifc knowledge and veracity ere quite
generally accepted.
But as a defender Of tobacco DR..
Hirschfield evidently knows no de-
feat, for in January, 1913, 70 again
assailed tobacco critics through the
columns OF Harper's Weekly.
The complete refutation Of these
renewed charges by an experienced
teacher Of Philadelphia are l.ere IRE
sented in condensed form rarity be-
cause when error gets a first start
truth needs all possible assista ice in
overtaking 1t, and partly because Mr..
Taylor's reply is valuable in itself
since 1t answers several current mis-
chievous fallacies about tobacco.
The first point raised by Mr.. lay
lor is that DR.. Hirschfeli cites TO
statistical studies in support OF his
assertions.
The second point is that II Is utter
ly absurd to say as DR.. Hirschfeli
does that the great opposition to the
use of tobacco is based largely upon
kind of puritanic dislike of cuy-
thing that gives too much pleasure.
AS matter of fact, says Mr.. Fay.
Tor, anyone who knows anything nj
all about the question knows that the
most consistent and determined OPP
ponents of smoking are the school
teachers of the country, and the ply.
steal directors and athletic coaches :
In dialogue form the discussion
from there ON would run something
like this:
DR.. Hirschfeld- VINO know
no better object to 1t because 1t gives
its users contentment, peace, and
healthful animal sort of enjoyment,
a sublime callousness to the ethical
and theological puzzles, which fret
and FRAGILE it's enemies, beautiful
and irritating indifference to all but
the pleasant things Of life.
Mr.. Taylor-Why consider cal.
lous indifference in the finer things
of life as q distinct advantage? 1t is
true that heavy smokers, especially
juvenile smokers, are often callous
and insensitive; that is one of the
serious charges laid against the use
Of tobacco; but why advertise that
effect as one to be desired? ! doubt
II an unnarcotized public will agree
to this.
DR.. Enthusiastically all Of
the worlds gigantic store of anti-to-
bacco literature is based upon four
fundamental propositions:
/. Tobacco contains nicotine, which
is a powerful narcotic and poison.
2. In the process of smoking, mic
otine is absorbed into the body and
produces or induces many deadly
maladies, including cancer, paralysis,
heart disease, bronchitis, blindness,
and tuberculosis.
A. Nicotine is such powerful poi.
son (this is a classical argument and
appears in all the school physiological
that one drop placed upon the tongue
of dog is sufficient to kill the ami
NAL.
Nicotine is In fact decided mar
cotic and poison, but the drug enters
the body in such small quantities and
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