24 TOBACCO AND ITS III STONY. 



neuralgia and other uncomfortable annoyances. It also renders 

 tlie vision weak and uncertain, causing objects to appra,r as 

 resembling a collection of va})ors. Similar derangements of 

 hearing occur, with buzzing, ringing ;ind other sounds in the 

 ear. Ot'tiii there is a feeling of rush of blood to the head, with 

 vertigo, and iuniairment of attention so as to prevent continu- 

 ous mental eiibrt. Th.' mind is also ;ipt to be filled with crude 

 and groundless iancies, leading to self-distrust and melancholy. 



'I'he sleep is fre(juently restless and disturbed by distressing 

 dreams. It impairs muscular jxnvi'r and co-oi'dimition, by 

 interfering wilh nutrition and exhausting ner\ous ibive, and 

 usually kc>eps down the growth ol musele and deposit of fat. 



Althouiih there is not one redcemimr eharaeter in this work 

 in fa\(ti- of Tobacco, fnrth(;r than a statement that it has been 

 used in \arious forms w'th success, in the treatment of a few 

 diseases enunu'i'ated, ineluding scabies on man and l)east, in 

 which case its usi^ has been discontinued, owing to the risk of 

 j>roducing toxical sym[)toms when the skin is broken ; yet it 

 admits there are j)ersons who use Tobacco lixing to old age, 

 whose constitutions seem pioof against its Diisc/io'roHfi etlects ; 

 but to the greater number its use is more injurious than useful, 

 and // ticfs Hjioit a ccrfdlu ntuiihrr, la <(bnnst nJI (i(i,scs, (fa a sure 

 ji()i,s()ii : (OkI //s pcr/iicio/'H nctlaii >>poio cliildnd ((ml hah Is fat' 

 inorc iii(e)ise and jirohniyed Uiku upon ((dnlfs. Tobacco is here 

 stated tu be hostile to all forms of life. When its fumes arc 

 thri)wn into the lungs of animals, or when its decoction i.s 

 applied to their skin, its poisonous oj)eration is speedily devel- 

 oped. T/a' oil of tobacco whii-h accumulatt^s in the bowl of 

 .smoking-})ipes is gi\en as a rintlcnf jn/tson, ovn when apjilied 

 to eruptions upon the skin. Its immediate efl'ects are pallor, 

 Acrtigo, faintness, nausea, vomiting, cold sweating, diarrha^a, 

 and paralysis of the lower liml)S. 



Did space permit, thousands of testimonials froih the highest 

 medical authorities and others might be given, all hcarhuj icit- 

 Jiess to the poisonous, ^jervticv'uMif and deinoralizuig nature of 



