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TOBACCO LEAF. 



man, a cure, it is asserted, was effected by the application 

 of a tobacco poultice to the stomach. 



For cholera morbus, an application of tobacco to the 

 stomach, it is said, gives relief. A senator told him 

 that when suffering constipation most terribly he had 



FIG. 137. A PEEP INTO THE "DURHAM" OFFICE (See Page 403). 



two physicians with him for two days and nights, with 

 no advantage from their remedies, and when the pain 

 became so intolerable that he felt that he would not get 

 through the night, he caused a poultice of tobacco to be 

 applied to his side and back, and in half an hour he was 

 relieved and immediately recovered. Again, a great 



