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after thirty-three years* use, I one day threw away tobacco 

 forever. 



u i Words cannot describe my suffering and desire for 

 a time. I was reminded of the Indian, who, next to all 

 the rum in the world, wanted all the tobacco. But my 

 firm will conquered. In a month my paroxysms nearly 

 ceased, and soon after left entirely. I was directly a 

 new man, and grew stout and hale as you see. With 

 the exception of a little asthmatic breathing, in close 

 rooms and the like, for nearly twenty years since I have 

 enjoyed excellent health.' " 



On examination, Dr. Corson found the heart seemingly 

 healthy in size and structure, only irregular y intermitting 

 still at every fourth pulsation. 



17. After such well-marked examples of manly firm- 

 ness, no one need pretend to affirm that the luxury of 

 smoking, snuffing, plugging, or chewing, or quidding, 

 cannot be given up; or that the stimulus of wine, or 

 spirits, or malt liquors, cannot be relinquished. I may 

 here remark, that chewing or quidding does not seem 

 to irritate the mucous membrane of the mouth to the 

 extent that smoking does -, it never causes ulceration. 



18. Some of the constitutional effects of tobacco have 

 been already detailed under Dr. Corson's case. But I 

 shall commence their enumeration by generally stating, 

 that they are numerous and varied, consisting of giddi- 

 ness, sickness, vomiting, dyspepsia, vitiated taste of the 

 mouth, loose bowels, diseased liver, congestion of the 

 brain, apoplexy, palsy, mania, loss of memory, amauro* 

 sis, deafness, nervousness, emasculation, and cowardice. 



19. When a youth commences his apprenticeship to 



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