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mentions the strange coincidence of the increase of paraly- 

 sis and insanity with the ascending figure of the simulta- 

 neous consumption of tobacco and alcohol in France. 

 With regard to insanity, Jolly alleges that French statistics 

 show that tobacco is a great cause of that disease. Thus, 

 in 1830, when the amount of tobacco sold by the French 

 government was about 11,000,000 kilogrammes, there 

 were 8,000 lunatics in France; and in 1862, when 

 28,000,000 kilogrammes were sold, there were no less 

 than 44,000 lunatics in French asylums. " It is to be 

 remembered," says Dr. Jolly, " that the tobaccos used by 

 the Germans and other northern nations are very poor in 

 nicotine, as is also the case with the tobacco of Turkey. 

 French tobacco, such as that grown in Lot-et-Garonne, 

 contains sometimes eight per cent of nicotine, and its use 

 causes deafness, anosmia (loss of smell), amaurosis, weak 

 sight, and progressive palsy. Virginia tobacco (shag, re- 

 turns, &c.) is very strong, and contains about seven per 

 cent of nicotine. The English and French working-classes, 

 therefore, consume very dangerous kinds of tobacco." 



M. Decaise ("Comptes Rendus," /^;;z^ 58, p. 1017), 

 struck by the large number of boys, aged from nine to 

 fifteen years, who smoked, inquired into tlie connection of 

 tliis habit with the impairment of the general health. His 

 observations were made on thirty-eight boys ; and in 

 twenty-seven of them there were more or less distinct 

 symptoms. Thus, in twenty-two there were various dis- 

 orders of the circulation, anemic murmurs in the neck, 

 palpitation, dyspepsia, weakening of intellect, and more 

 or less increased desire for strong drink. In three, the 

 pulse was intermittent. Ten of the boys had disturbed 

 sleep, and four suffered from ulceration of the mouth. 



