92 TOBACCO. 



sons, however, one had paroxysms of insanity, 

 and the other drunkenness. The mother was a 

 healthy woman, and no trace of insanity or of 

 drinking habits could be found in the family on 

 either side ; so that, by good medical authority, 

 the condition of the sons was attributed to the use 

 of tobacco by the father. 



Of two Reverend D.D.'s who were inordinate 

 users of tobacco, the children of one were dissi- 

 pated and intemperate, while those of the other suf- 

 fered every form of pain and agony, resulting from 

 weak and disordered nerves. In both cases, the 

 evil was pronounced hereditary, — the result of 

 the selfish indulgence of the fathers. 



"The men of the West," writes one, "are not 

 only filling themselves with this horrid poison, but 

 in numberless ways are transmitting the deadly 

 influence to their offspring. How any man who 

 knows that the condition of the parent influences, 

 for good or ill, his offspring, can become the father 

 of children while his system is so dominated by 

 this powerful narcotic that abstinence for twenty- 

 four hours nearly sets him crazy, I cannot con- 

 ceive." 



Says the Journal of Science and Health, w There 

 are Christians and temperance men who are trying 

 to redeem the world from sin and drunkenness, 

 yet who are begetting children so depraved in 

 their physical organization that their desire for 

 stimulants it is almost impossible for them to 

 resist." 



