The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1916-05-12
The Effects of smoking m the Ssr-
Tous sysiem.

j So fnll of poison Il the blood o. can
firmed smokers that leeehes while
feeding upon II haze bern known To
drop from their positions dead. Not
infreanentiy the undeTelothinE al
those Who inhale tobacco smoke are
stained yellow b. the Precipitation.
Let those who inhale the smoke blow
that which has not been inhaled
through white handkerchief and
they Will find that i stains the hand
kerchIef yellow. Let some Of the
smoke that has been inhaled be blown
through the handkerchief and there
gill scarcely be stain. The poison
which accumnlatea IN the stem Of a
pipe has been infused into the blood
Through this poisoned blood the
nerves are affected.
! SAYS Edmund Andrews. !. NJ. i. d..
Ii. d. Prof Of Surgery, Northwestern
! University:
! THE use Of tobacco In any form Is
] Injurious to the nervous system. In
addition TO the tobacco heart, 20 we'll
known. there Is a tobacco headache.
attacking the patient once or twice n
week. Most of the victims are not
aware Of the cause
! The earliest effect IL upon the heart.
+ through Its nervous mechanism. then
upon The general nervous system. in
GLIDING the brain. Some Of The earlier
results OF 1T effects upon the brain are
insomnia, Loss OF memory. md want OF
proper mental control Finally the
nutrition OF III entire system suffers.
This Il one Of the reasons for the un=
der size of boys Nho u cigarettes.
: II Is also a reason for their Ink of
energy. Tor growth and energy there
needs 10 be good nutrition.
The first general effect upon the
nerves is tn produce state of partial
anesthesia. II is chiefly for this anes-
thetle effect that tobacco Is used 1t
affords momentary relief from the dis
agreeable symptoms of nervous Irritas
ton. but IL does not remove the ITrita-
ton Hence II is that when the anes-
thetie effect of one smoke Is gone
there Is call for another Tobacco
smoke IL Itself an Irrltant. The anes-
thetie effect Is OF short duration. As
an iffltant II aggrayates the already
irritaled condition of The nerves.
Hence there Is a sill louder cal for
something that vii again produce a
partial state of aneathesia. This some
thing may be found In tobacco. al
cohoI, opium. or some other drug. In
a very great number of cases the use
of tobacco leads 10 the use of alcohol
This Is especially true where the use
OF tobacco l. begun In youth.
Smoking has q bad eject On the
NERVES Of the sense organs. 1t dlmin-
ishea the aeuteness of sight, hearing
and taste. Persons who use their eyes
In delicate and exact work find thai
tobacco Injuries them. This Is Why the
managers OF ball teams oppose the use
of tobacco by their players. Smoking
destroys the good eye" Of the batter
Musicians who depend On the aecu'
racy Of their hearing In the reeogni
tion Of sounds, very quickly Give u
tobacco, especially before doing an,
work that calls for accurate hearing
The ability 10 perform any work re
quiring deIIcacy Of touch is lessene.
after the use OF tobacco.
One OF the most common and seri
Gus effects Of tobacco i amplyopia
This ID an increasing cIoudinesB o
vision due to paralysis and congestion
.. of the optic nerve. It Is found tina
. engineers On the railroads. using TO
: baeeo. very soon have defective colo
: ,senae. and this units them for service
In some eases this defective colo
: sense Is not discovered until there ha
1 been fearful wreck. The poison frs
duIla the color sense, then produce
gradual degeneration D the Opt
nerve with increasing cIoudIneas @
sight, and finally causes total blind