268 TOBACCO. 



Dr. Kostral, in the Austrian state tobacco manu- 

 factory, sa}'s that the workers are subjected to 

 many diseases, especially in the case of young 

 women and boys. 



From Prof. Henry Mills, of Fairview Electro- 

 pathic Institute, Binghamton, N. Y. : — 



" For about twenty years I was in the habit of 

 using tobacco in all its forms. My whole system 

 became deranged, and there was every prospect of 

 my being an invalid for life. I resolved on eman- 

 cipation, and quit its use at once and forever. My 

 health was restored, and for forty years I have 

 hardly known a week's sickness." 



In the preceding pages, extracts were given from 

 the Reports of Drs. Gorgas and Gihon of the 

 United States Navy. The following passages are 

 from the sanitary column in n The Independent " 

 for Jan. 22, 1885: — 



"Surgeon A. C. Gorgas, Medical Inspector, 

 United States Navy, in his article on the f Effects 

 of Tobacco on Youth,' gives us, in full, the facts 

 which led to its prohibition from cadets in the 

 Naval Academy at Annapolis, as it has since also 

 been prohibited at the Military Academy at AVest 

 Point. When the order went into effect at Anna- 

 polis, the class of diseases, such as headache, dis- 

 ordered digestion, malaise, diminished at least 

 one half in the next three months. The sympa- 

 thies of the professors were in favor of its use, 

 and Dr. Gorgas is himself a smoker, yet he bears 



