22 T<>IiA(JC<> AND ITS lllSTOJiY. 



tlie cliancos nro groally agsiiiist tlio ])ationt's l)oini( aMo to 

 oxcrciso stflt'-fontrol fii()Uf;]i to apply tlio proper loiuody — tlio 

 oiitirc disuse oftiic poison in every form." 



A_i,^iiii at pa,L,'o 2(>7, it sa3s : "• Tliero can bo no question of 

 its pernicious ett'ects on persons of s(!(lentary liabits, and es]»ecially 

 on tliose devoted to n)ental j)ursuits. Tlie victim of tlio Tobacco 

 jioison makes iin n[)oloi;y for the use of liis cii^ar by declarlni:;' 

 tlijit it gives force and clearness to his mental oj)eration, and 

 yet he does not pei'ceive that even that a})ology is an admission 

 of the fearful eft'ects of the poison on brain action. If a man 

 has so reduced his l)rain-]io\ver that it is nec(;ssary to cut off 

 the vital forc(.' from the nerv.jus extiemities, in order to supply 

 the force for efficient brain action, ho is certainly on tlio road 

 to mental imbecility and physical decrepitude. There is no 

 doubt but that thousands destroy yeai's of the ripest usefulness, 

 and induce ind)ecility and socoiul childhood, by the habit of 

 using tobacco." 



Another text book of the highest standard, used in our high 

 scliools, Elliot <C' Stover s Minoial of Clicmistnj, classifies Nico- 

 tine, as standing second on the list of throe of our most deadly 

 known ])oisons. It says: ^^ Prusslc Acid is intensely ])oisou- 

 ous"; " Nicotine is the chief alkaloid in Tob-acco and is a very 

 violent poison"; '^ Stri/c/inine is a highly poisonous alkaloid." 

 Webster gives it as " eminently poisonous,'' and Worce.ster as 

 " very poisonous." 



77/e United States National Dispoisator//, a work of the 

 highest medical authority published, says : " Nicotine stands 

 next to Prussic Acid in the rapidity and energy of its poisonous 

 action and should never be used internally, as its fatal dose is 

 unknown " The following summary is given in this volume, 

 as re[)resenting the essential effects of Tobacco on man by the 

 action of Nicotine as em})loyed experimentally, varying from 

 one-thirty-second to one-sixteenth of a grain taken in water. 

 It says ; — 



77/e miwUest dose occasions a burning sensation in the tongue, 



