NARCOTICS. 



(7.) N. nana, Lincll., a native of the Rocky Mountains. 



(8.) N. multivalns, Lindl., the source of the varieties of Columbian 

 Tobacco, as Columbian, Farina ? Cumana ? Besides the Com- 

 mercial kinds of the leaf already named, Brazilian, Dutch or Amers- 

 foot, Manilla, St. Domingo Tobaccos, all from N. Tabacum probably, 

 and Orinoco probably from N. latissima are met with. In India 

 N. Tabacum is cultivated in the Deccan, and N. rustica to the 

 northward. N. persica was introduced generally into the Bom- 

 bay Presidency some years since by Colonel Barr. 



TOBACCO prepared for Chewing or Smoking may be either cut as Shag, 

 Returns, Bird's-eye, Maryland, Kanaster, Orinoco, Turkey, Persian, and 

 Farinas : or spun, rolled, or twist, as Pigtail, Negro-head, Cavendish, 

 Irish-twist, Bogie, Alloa : or made up into Cigars as Havannnh, ^or 

 Cheroots as Manillas, a cigar being pointed at the extremities, a cheroot 

 truncated. 



SNUFFS are preparations of the leaf powdered and fermented, and may be 

 either dry, as Scotch, Irish, Welsh, Spanish : or moist, as the Simple Ra- 

 pees, Brown, Black, Cuba, Garotte, and Bolangero ; mixed Rapees, as Hard- 

 man's Genuine, No. 37; and Scented Rapees, as Prince's Mixture, fyc. 



Tobacco is used over a wider area than any other narcotic, and probably in 

 larger quantity than any other, excepting Pan, the leaf of Chavica Betlc, 

 and tbe popularity of both is probably owing to the gentle and continuous 

 calm and cheerfulness of mind they are capable of sustaining. Tobacco 

 smoking is of course alone here meant, and in moderation. Tobacco 

 taken internally, acts very violently on the human system, and probably 

 Tobacco chewing and snuffing are always dangerous. Accidents may have 

 also attended Tobacco smoking, but taken with care and temperance it is 

 certainly the most innocent, delightful, and efficient of human indulgences. 

 There is no chagrin, fret, or weariness, a pipe or, cigar cannot dissipate. 

 Pereira (from whom most of the above information has been abstracted) 

 indeed states, " I am not acquainted with any well-ascertained ill effects 

 resulting from the habitual practice of smoking." And Christison writes, 

 " In many individuals, who use it (Tobacco) habitually, the smoke has 

 an extraordinary power in removing exhaustion, listlessness, and, restless- 

 ness, especially when brought on by bodily or mental fatigue, and this 

 property is the basis of its general use as an article of luxury. * * Some 

 imagine that the practice of smoking and snuffing is detrimental to health, 

 but this supposition is doubtful." Nevertheless the opposite testimony of 

 other great authorities must be considered conclusive of evil of exces- 

 sive smoking. What excessive smoking ^may be, is however a very 

 difficult question. I know an officer who has for years smoked 3E300 

 worth of cigars yearly, and seemingly as yet is only the better for it. 

 Says Burton, A.D. 1652, " Tobacco, divine, rare,, super-excellent tobacco, 

 which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosophers' 

 stones, is a sovereign remedy in all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, 

 a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally 

 used ; but as it is commonly abused by most men which take it as 

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