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mel," remarks a physician ; M but a thousand are 

 killed by tobacco to one by calomel." 



Solly, surgeon of St. Thomas' Hospital, Lon- 

 don : " I know of no single vice which does so 

 much harm as smoking. It soothes the excited 

 nervous system at the time to render it more 

 irritable and more feeble ultimately." 



Dr. R. W. Pease of Syracuse : tf There can be 

 but one opinion among physicians, and that is, the 

 use of so powerful a narcotic stimulant must be 

 hurtful, not only to the nervous system, but es- 

 pecially to the circulatory organs, chiefly the heart, 

 causing, first, functional disturbance, and finally, 

 organic disease of that organ. In short, I am 

 firmly convinced that tobacco is doing more mis- 

 chief to the physical condition of our people than 

 alcohol in all its forms." 



Dr. Drysdale : " Nicotine enters the body by 

 the stomach, the lungs, and the skin ; and its 

 effects are uniform by whatever gate it enters." 



Strong testimony on this subject is presented by 

 Dr. Pidduck, physician to a dispensary in St. 

 Giles. It appears in the London Lancet for 

 1857, which embodies the results of the investiga- 

 tions as to the use of tobacco by prominent phy- 

 sicians, including Dr. Taylor, the great English 

 surgeon and author. All are agreed that it is a 

 poison for both brain and heart, producing paraly- 

 sis, apoplexy, and heart disease, and also in the 

 conviction that it sows the seeds of various other 

 maladies. 



