THE TOBACCO NUISANCE. 43 



everlasfing debt of gratitude, was conquered, was killed, hy 

 Toba<?co. From an article in the London rAuicd I take the 

 following: "As physician to a dispensary iu St. Giles' during 

 sixteen year-s, I had extensive oiij»ortuniti(>s of oV»serving the 

 effects of Tol)acco upon tlie health of a large number of hal>it- 

 ual smokers. The extraordinary fact is this, that leeches were 

 killed instantly by the l)lood of the smokers so suddeidy that 

 they dropped off dead iunnediately after they were applied, and 

 the tieas and bugs, whose bites on the children were as thick as 

 measles, rarely, if ever, attacked tl;e smoking parent." BJood 

 poisoning not unfrequently results from this cause, and the 

 uniform testimony of medical men goes to prove that th^ Tobacco 

 user is mci-e liable to contract disease, and when contracted, in 

 gi-eater danger than is the on(> who abstains therefi-om. 



"The oil of Tobacco," says another, "approaches nearer than 

 any other to that most deadly of all ])oisons, prussic acid." Dr. 

 Jackson's testimony is equally ex].licit. "xVs a physician, I 

 liave for a Icng time entertained the ojanion that the use' of 

 Tobacco is far mon^ deleterious in its effects upon the health of 

 our people than is the use of intoxicating drinks. * -!< * 

 It is one of tlie most powerful poisons known to man. ■* * * 

 Where one man gets drunk from ardent spirits so that he is 

 unfit to fulfil in their best estate the duties which society and 

 government impose upon him, hundreds of men become incom- 

 petent to the perfoi-mance of social and public responsibilities 

 from the use of Tobacco. I know of no sin that for destructive 

 vigor and ruinous accomplishmeiit can compare with the use of 

 Tobacco. I am not a fanatic ; I speak the truth in soberness, 

 and abundant testimony is available." 



Moisten a Tobacco leaf and wear it un<ler yeur arm, and you 

 will soon be unable to use either axe, lian)mer, si.ade, or pen. 

 And if all this be true, think you is it possible to take it into 

 the stomach without injury to health ; and if it be true also 

 that the body as well as the soul is God's property, and it is 

 my duty to care foi- it, how can I, how daic I do anything that 



