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is greatly depressed, and the vital force diminished by its 

 use." 



In the preparation of this paper and its appendix, I 

 have made use of material from the writings of Pereira, 

 Prout, Bright, Radcliff, Orfield, Trousseau, Johnson, 

 Brodie, Sizars, Jackson, Wells, Smith, Taylor, Budget, 

 Rumbold, Richardson, Landon, Parker, — and it may be 

 of others whose names are not given, though such 

 omission is wholly unintentional. 



I have also to make acknowledgment of my indebted- 

 ness to the following gentlemen for personal communica- 

 tions and other effective assistance in various ways : Drs. 

 W. Kempster, B. M. Gill, A. W. Bickford, H. H. Parrott, 

 H. B. Cole, G. R. Taylor, L. G. Armstrong, E. L. Bev- 

 erly, B. C. Brett, O. N. Murdock, E. ElHs, I. W. DeVoe, 

 J. D. W. Heath, C. A. Rood, L. J. Smith, H. P. Wenzel, 

 G. W. Jenkins, G. Seller, L. Wade, R. Broughton, D. B. 

 Wylie, G. W. Jones, J. T. Reeve, Clark, Day, Fenn, 

 Goodwin, Jones, Vincent,. Whitman, Prof. T. W. Chitten- 

 den, and many others. 



CORRESPONDENCE ON TOBACCO AND ITS EFFECTS. 



In order to obtain the freshest and most direct testi- 

 mony with reference to the effects of tobacco, the 

 questions which follow were addressed to about one 

 hundred and fifty correspondents, the most of whom 

 are prominent physicians of our own State. My space 

 admits of the presentation of a condensation only of the 

 information received in answer, and this condensation is 



