280 TOBACCO. 



produces dyspepsia, tremors, vertigo, headache, 

 and epilepsy." 



C. B. Pun-is, Freedman's Hospital, Washing- 

 ton, D.C. : "Tobacco prevents in a great measure 

 assimilation of food, and produces a variety of dis- 

 orders of a permanent character. Smoking causes 

 debility of the stomach, irregularity of the heart, 

 bronchial irritation and partial or entire paralysis 

 of the optic nerve." 



Prof. Edward Hitchcock, of Amherst College : 

 f ' The use of tobacco may seem to soothe the feel- 

 ings and quicken the operations of the mind ; but 

 to what purpose is it that the machine is furiously 

 running and buzzing after the balance wheel is 

 taken off?" 



Dr. Woodward, of the Worcester Lunatic Asy- 

 lum : " Tobacco is very deleterious to the nervous 

 system, producing tremors, vertigo, faintness, pal- 

 pitation of the heart, and other serious diseases." 



D. R. Hagner, M.D., of Washington, D.C: 

 "Many cases have fallen under my notice of mi- 

 nors suffering from nervous diseases and general 

 impairment of the powers of mind and body from 

 the use of tobacco, and more especially from cigar- 

 ette smoking." 



Says a recent writer : " It has been proved that 

 lunacy has kept pace in France with the increase 

 of the revenue from tobacco." 



Dr. Hassock : " Tobacco is one cause of the 



