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Dr. M. Hammond, Baltimore, Md. : "As a phy- 

 sician of forty years' practice, I give my decided 

 opinion that tobacco ha3 killed ten men where 

 whiskey has killed one. This, no doubt, will be 

 disputed by physicians who indulge in the weed, 

 but I believe it can be demonstrated that many of 

 the chronic diseases to which the male population 

 are subject owe their origin to tobacco. Thou- 

 sands of boys to-day are suffering from the use of 

 the cigarette, as will be seen by the rejection of so 

 many by the Naval and Army Boards." 



Dr. C. M. Culver, an oculist of Albany, Sept- 

 ember 3, 1892 : "I occasionally see a patient who 

 has the choice between discontinuing the use of 

 tobacco and becoming blind. I have known some 

 such patients stop the tobacco and recover vision, 

 because of such abstinence. Many, however, un- 

 happily choose the tobacco and become blind. I 

 have had much experience with the weed, having 

 used it myself intemperately, as well as studied its 

 effect on others. For more than five years I have 

 been a total abstainer. My experience and study 

 lead me to oppose the use of tobacco." 



Dr. Hiram Orcutt, Boston, July, 1892 : "There 

 is but one place in the wide world where a man 

 can properly smoke, and that is the desert of 

 Sahara." 



Hon. Xeal Dow, Portland, June, 1892 : "There 

 is no doubt that the tobacco habit deadens the 

 moral sense in every one who is its victim ; many 



