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for a doctor, who put me to bed, giving me medi- 

 cine that caused profuse perspiration. At the end 

 of three days the fever was broken up and I was 

 able to leave my bed. On calling the doctor's at- 

 tention to the brown sheets, he remarked, 'Oh, 

 that is nicotine,' as, indeed, the strong tobacco 

 odor indicated." 



. In answer to the inquiry "Does smoking tend 

 to make one selfish ? " the same man frankly replies, 

 August, 1892 : 



"All smokers are selfish. The mother has to 

 hear the boy's lessons, to drive nails, — pounding 

 her thumb, of course, — and do many things that 

 belong to the father, because his f smoke' must 

 not be interfered with. He declines to make calls, 

 pleading that he is tired, or that he doesn't know 

 the parties, while the true reason is that it may 

 deprive him of a 'good smoke.' From the cigar- 

 ette to the mild cigar, from the mild to a stronger 

 one ; this is the way the habit grows, and continues 

 to grow by the increased number of smokes and 

 the use of stronger tobacco, although a new and 

 strange brand will sometimes make the head swim 

 even of the old veteran." 



Remember it is a smoker who gives this picture ! 



" Does smoking promote sociability, and in such 

 a sense that it may be regarded as a tobacco bene- 

 fit ? " To this question he again responds : " Smok- 

 ing does promote sociability, but it is rarely help- 

 ful or instructive. In smoking-cars, it promotes 



