20 TOBACCO AND ITS HISTORY. 



Old World a conlury n.Lfo, in tlic liaLit of ToLaeco ii.siii,:,'. It Is 

 evident tlinl cliin'cli and st.-itc were a unit in rcconiincnding its 

 use. [t is cMiii('!i!ly jcjiorlcd that a \('s(i|/ l>()ok c-oiiijtilcd in 

 Old N'iriiinia ffoni 172:> to I77;'», liavc siicii cntrifs as these: — 



To Mr. IJii;Ii)vv, for seventeen senuoiis iit 350 Ih^ tobacco a.O.lO lbs. 



To Hisv. .JoIiM laid, salary 1 (5,000 f, 



To ditto for hoard 1,000 i. 



'Vo ditto for clerk 1 000 n 



To Mary <-'lark, «t.\t(;n 400 „ 



A^'veod wit]i .iaiiics Drig.^.s to k('c[» Kli/.al.ctli Nii>iu;t for cue year, and 

 to liiid her in cloths, for l/2(iO lh,s. of tohacco. 



'i'o widow l/iwreiicL', ]vc\\v_^ [joiu, ,">■'..'() Ih^. tohac.o. 



A\ ith siuli suri(,undii!.;.s in favor (■£ Tohacco, at tin; hc^innini; 

 oi' ihc iiiiu'tccr>t]i ccntuiT, it is uoi suriirisin;.; that tli.' jucscnt 

 gc'iciMlion appicciatcs the; vv(H'd. iJiit \vhiK> g;-cat ignoi- 

 anco ninst have; pi\'\ailcd at that time regarding the true 

 nature cf J'ohacco, no apolosv can he ofU'rcd for rcniainino- 

 ignorant in that respect to-da.y. 



Althougli it is lamentable the ignorance which still prevails 

 among the masses as to the esSvMitial properti(.'S of Tobacco, it is 

 welhknown to the medical [)rofession, apothecaries and many 

 others, that Nicotine, Mdiich is the chief element in toljacco, is 

 one of the 



MOST DIv\DLY AND TEiailMLK OF ALL KNOWN POISONS, 



and cannot bo taken into the system with impunity. The 

 natural leaf is known to contain from two to eleven per cent, 

 of this destructive material, a small portion o^ which will 

 destroy life in a few moments. N drop of the oil of To1)acco 

 from which this nicotine is extracted, has been known to kill 

 a dog, "and small ])iids have perished at the approach of a tube 

 containing it." 



It is also weildaiown that no user of Tobacco can prevent its 

 poison from getting into his blood, and penetrating the whole 

 systcju, afi'ecting every organ and fibre of the frame. Not only 



