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NOTICE 



TO 



THE EIGHTH EDITION, 



In this Eighth Edition I have made soma 

 alterations, chiefly as regards arrangement ; but 

 I find, that less or more of a desultory character 

 must necessarily attach itself to a brochure, in- 

 tended merely as a vehicle of Practical Observa- 

 tions. The reader will see that I have found 

 myself called upon to make some allusion to the 

 recent attempts at that fatal operation — excision 

 of the tongue. 



The object of the Author will be attained, if 

 his Observations have any appreciable tendency 

 in arresting the progress of excessive Smoking, 

 by drawing the attention of the Public to so im- 

 portant a subject. It is difficult to estimate, 

 either the pernicious consequences produced by 

 habitual Smoking, or the number of its victims 

 among all classes, old and young. The enormous 

 consumption of Tobacco can be ascertained from 



