132 tobacco: its use and abuse. 



greatly annoyed him, and was gradually extending, waa 

 not deterred from smoking and drinking, till two months 

 ago, when he was obliged to desist, in consequence of 

 the pain becoming excruciating when he put a pipe be- 

 tween his lips. He then began to notice notches, as he 

 says, on either side of his tongue. Such was his state 

 when I saw him on Sunday week. His articulation, as 

 you may imagine, was not very distinct. The mucous 

 membrane of the cheeks and fauces are in accordance 

 with the description of Mr. Solly, who says ' he can 

 always detect a smoker by examining his fauces; for 

 they assume a velvety-red appearance, and by the con- 

 gested state of the mucous membrane.^ The pain from 

 the tongue causes him many a sleepless night, and his 

 headaches are excruciating; the pain in his throat, he 

 •says, is greatest. While lying in bed, he sometimes 

 feels as if he was suffocating. '' 



141. The following extracts from the article Tobacco, 

 contained in the " Dictionnaire des Sciences MMicales," 

 pp. 190, 191-195, 196, are so confirmatory of the opi- 

 nion which I had formed respecfing the injurious effects 

 of tobacco on the animal organs and functions, that I 

 cannot refrain to append them. That voluminous and 

 valuable work* was compiled by the most learned and 

 experienced physicians and surgeons in France. 



'^ La preparation des tabacs exige un grand nombre 

 d'ouvriers, et les Emanations de cette plante sent si fortes 

 et fl malfaisantes qu'elles causent beaucoup d'incommo- 

 dites k ceux qui s'occupent de ce travail ; ils sont en 



* Dictionnaire des Sciences M6dicales, par un Society de M6dicing 

 et de Chirurgiens. Paris, 1821. 



