30 TOBACCO. 



According to Dr. Druhen's testimony, w a boy 

 of fourteen, who smoked fifteen cents' worth of 

 tobacco for tbe toothache, fell down senseless and 

 died tbe same da}'." 



It was formerly used as an emetic, from its 

 prompt action, all tbe powers of tbe system 

 rallying to expel tbe enemy. A poultice of tobac- 

 co placed on tbe stomacb of a child dying with 

 croup caused deatbly nausea and instant vomiting. 

 Tbe physician, wbo arrived shortly after, admitted 

 tbat it bad saved tbe child's life, but pronounced 

 it to be an exceedingly dangerous, and often fatal, 

 remedy. 



Xo one will deny tbat tobacco is a drug. And 

 it is an axiom among physicians — whoever among 

 them practically may disregard it, — tbat no drug 

 should ever be token in health. 



From Dr. Stille's Therapeutics and Materia 

 Medica we learn that w tobacco as a therapeutic 

 agent, belongs to tbe same class witb belladonna, 

 alcohol, and opium, but that its use is restricted 

 witbin comparatively narrow limits, because of tbe 

 distressing symptoms which, even in moderate 

 doses, it occasions ; tbe risk of fatal consequences : 

 and tbe uncertainty in regard to the degree of its 

 influence upon individuals." 



Dr. Grimshaw : "It is believed by all judicious 

 practitioners too dangerous to be employed as a 

 medicine. Tbe benefits, as a remedy, do not 

 counterbalance the risk of using it. Yet so in- 

 sidious are its effects, tbat very few have regarded 



