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ach and lungs, and relaxing and paralyzing the 

 muscular system. 



"Its toxical effect is to bring on nausea, ver- 

 tigo, and an enfeebling action of the heart. 



K The constant use of tobacco, either in smoking 

 or chewing, predisposes one to epilepsy, and to 

 symptoms resembling cholera morbus. It weak- 

 ens the memory and sours the disposition. It 

 acts upon the liver, making one hypochondriac, 

 peevish, stupid, and morose, and producing op- 

 pressive apprehensiveness, restlessness, and melan- 

 choly. 



"It not only vitiates the appetite for proper 

 food, but impairs nutrition, and sooner or later 

 engenders a desire for intoxicating stimulants. 

 It cannot be otherwise expected, for tobacco not 

 only causes general apathy of nerve-force, but 

 produces great weariness, languor, and general 

 debility ; hence, to meet such an extremity, the 

 system naturally craves something more exciting 

 than air, water, and wholesome food. While not 

 all tobacco-consumers are drunkards, there are 

 very few drunkards who do not use tobacco in 

 some form. 



" One argument is offered as an apology for the 

 tobacco-habit, and that is that it prevents many 

 types of disease. This is an error. Tobacco is 

 not an antidote; on the other hand, when a man, 

 whose blood has been poisoned, and whose nerve- 

 fluid has become abnormal from the use of tobacco, 

 is attacked by any malignant disease, his chances 

 for recovery are lessened fifty per cent." 



