TOBACCO AND ITS EFFECTS. HI 



one form or another — that are continually coming before 

 the physician for his attention. I do not suppose that a 

 practising physician can be found who will not admit that 

 if no tobacco in any form were used during ten years 

 within the sphere of his observation and practice, a most 

 noticeable change would take place in the character of 

 the diseases presenting themselves for treatment." 



Question ii. "What effects have you observed result- 

 ing from the constant use of tobacco among professionrJ 

 men and students generally?" 



Of those answering this question, twenty-five per cent 

 said that they had noticed none ; fifty-five per cent made 

 a great diversity of replies, some of which are given 

 below, the tendency of all being in the same direction ; 

 and from the rest no answer was received. 



" I beheve that the habit of using tobacco, in various 

 forms, is not only laying the foundation for many diseases 

 of serious character, and not easily removed, but that it is 

 damaging the moral fibre of many of our students." 



"It is a rigorous rule of athletic regimen that the 

 oarsman must put away his cigar and the pugilist his plug 

 when they go into training. This is the smoker's frank 

 confession that tobacco robs him of strength, that he is 

 in better condition without it ; he cannot smoke when he 

 would be at his best, when he would have every nerve and 

 muscle at its steadiest. But is there ever a time when it 

 is not worth while for a man to be at his best ? Success 

 in the supreme endeavor of life would seem to be worth 

 as much as success in a prize-ring or regatta, and by the 

 same system of analogy it is evident that if the student 

 would be at his best he must put away his cigar." 



" All our professional men should know that the ill 



