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ing informs me that he has observed among the 

 smokers an impaired power of muscular control, 

 which has retarded their progress and proficiency 

 in this branch." 



Dr. Gihon also says : " The defective muscular 

 co-ordination occasioned by this drug is remarkably 

 illustrated by the fact — which I learn from Professor 

 Oliver, head of the department of drawing — that 

 he can invariably recognize the user of tobacco by 

 his tremulous hand in manipulating the pencil, and 

 by his " absolute inability to draw a clean, straight 

 line." 



It is well understood that, in the regimen of 

 athletes, pugilists, and oarsmen in preparation for 

 boat-races, no rule is more rigid than that which 

 prescribes an utter abstaining from all forms of 

 tobacco ; and this solely because of its enervating 

 influence on the nerves and muscles. Says Parton, 

 " No smoker who has ever trained severely for a 

 race, or a game, or a fight needs to be told that 

 smoking reduces the tone of the system and 

 diminishes all the forces of his body. He knows 

 it." 



Dr. W. F. Carver, the famous marksman, says : 

 " I have never tasted intoxicating drinks, nor do I 

 use tobacco in any form." 



An Ohio gentleman tells me of a brother of 

 great nerve, who had been an excellent shot. He 

 became a smoker, and meeting him after a long 

 separation, the brother found him with trembling 

 hands and shattered nerves. On challenging him 



