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adelphia who was an inveterate smoker. "The 

 roots of the tongue rotted and the throat sympa- 

 thized until he could not swallow, . . . and death 

 from starvation and suffocation finally closed the 

 scene." 



Mr. Fenn, of Suffolk : * I have seen very mild 

 attacks of typhoid fever rendered fatal from the 

 excessive use of tobacco." 



Professor Miller, of Edinburgh, surgeon to the 

 Queen: "In plain language, tobacco tends to 

 paralysis." 



Dr. Solly, F.R.S. : " Smoking is one of the 

 causes of paralysis." 



Dr. Maillot, Chief of the French Arnry Board of 

 Health, found among numerous cases of paralysis, 

 many patients who were immoderate smokers. 



Dr. Stephenson : " It impairs the functions of the 

 brain, clouds the understanding, and enfeebles the 

 memory." 



Dr. L. G. Alexander of Kentucky, in "Good 

 Health: " "The rapid increase of nervous people, 

 nerve pain, neuralgia, and obscure nervous disease 

 is seen by the physician every day, and it is my 

 belief that tobacco, as well as alcohol and opium, is 

 the most prominent cause. It is from this class 

 that drunkards are mostly recruited." 



" Journal of Science : " " The temporary stim- 

 ulus and soothing power of tobacco are gained 

 by destroying vital force. Nor is the poison easily 

 expelled from the system, . . . indeed, nicotine 



