The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-06-20
Abridged From An Arbels On "Ths
influence Of Tobacco on the hu.
man oroanIsm," BY Pref.
c. Frankel.Hsehwart
vIsnna
Vienna

persons do not feel well In tobaccl
smoke. To some. the smoke Of a ci
gar or cigarette causes almost unen
durable discomfort. They feel sicl
II they enter a room where some on,
has been smoking.
Those having this sensitivenesi
are often Of nervous temperament
but many have no other mark Of
general nervousness. Extreme sen
sitiveness is met more frequently
among women, but is not infrequent
among men. Some smokers even
feel very uncomfortable in an atmos.
phere OF tobacco smoke unless they
themselves are smoking.
Among the symptoms caused by re.
naming in tobacco smoke are sting
ing sensations in the eyes which often
correspond to pronounced conjunctiv.
tits, and a feeling Of huskiness In the
throat accompanied by q visible red.
dening of the pharynx.
Although these experiences are as
old rs the hills, no scientific study
has even been made OF them.
Since have been engaged in the
study Of tobacco diseases. and little
by little through the study of the lit.
erature and from my own experience
have acquired some knowledge OF the
nervous diseases of the tobacco smok.
err, l meet here and there in practice.
cases that impress me as belonging
to the class of nictoine noxie. On
examination these persons have de-
clared that they smoked either very
little or not at all, and no evidence
of any other injurious agent was pre-.
sented. But | learned that they Of
ten spent much time in a tobacco la.
den atmosphere.
The literature of the subject gives
very little information on this point.
Vallin reports an instance: a num-
Der of sailors confined during a storm
in close room where they smoked
heavily were attacked with angina
pectoris. Even those who had not
smoked were made sick. The same
author also reports three cases of
angina In heavy smokers who recov-
cred after abstaining. These attacks
would return when they were subject
ed to a tobacco atmosphere, even
though they did not themselves smoke
Clinical observations on this point
were SO scarce that Frsnkel Hochwart
a series OF experiments on
men.
For the purpose Of the experiment
1t was necessary to place the sub
jects In the strongest tobacco smoke
possible. Hence they were shut in
q small room with the door and win
dows closed while loose tobacco was
smoked with a bellows apparatus un-
til the room was filed with smoke.
This usually took about twenty min.
utes and the burning OF 2O.22 grams
OF tobacco. Twenty-eight adult sub.
jects were experimental upon, two
Of whom were women. All were doc
tors or students or medicine, from
twenty to fifty years old. In all,
sixty.two experiments were made.
The subjects were classed, according
to their smoking habits into five
groups. Non-smokers; light smok-
ers Chose who used from tour to
ten cigarets a day.; moderate smok-
ers Chose who smoked from seven
cigars to twenty cigarets); heavy
smokers Chose using twelve cigars
or thirty cigaretts); very heavy smok-
ers Chose using an unknown number
of cigars or cigarets a day.
Two persons usually entered the
room together. Every little while
measurements and readings were ia.
ken OF the pulse. the respiration, the
blood pressure. and mental reaction.
The author records that he had
never smoked, but had been much in
rooms filled with smoke. During the
experiments he often felt n certain