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will happen when he takes his next cigarette? How many ciga- 

 rettes does the habitual smoker sometimes use a day ? What can 

 you say about the double character of tobacco ? Describe the case 

 of Dr. Kellogg's frogs. How much nicotine does it take to kill a 

 frog ? What was the fate of Homer Leslie ? What is the one most 

 injurious thing in tobacco ? Describe what takes place when a man 

 sets fire to his cigarette and smokes it. At what point do the nico- 

 tine and the smoke part company ? What becomes of the smoke ? 

 Follow the journey of the nicotine. What occurs as soon as the 

 nicotine in the blood stream reaches the heart ? When Dr. Seaver 

 studied the records of smokers and nonsmokers among the students 

 at Yale, what did he learn about them ? Give Dr. Meylan's con- 

 clusions. When ignorant people protest against these conclusions, 

 what are the two horns of the dilemma which they have to choose 

 between ? Why does this chapter say so little about grown men who 

 smoke ? When does the smoking habit do a person most harm, 

 before or after he is twenty-five years old ? Tell what you can of 

 Mr. Depew's story of his own smoking habit and how he broke it. 

 In what way does the smoking habit of one generation harm the 

 next generation ? In what particular ways are sons apt to become 

 like their fathers ? What connection is there between the tobacco 

 habit and the alcohol habit ? 



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Describe the case of the boy from India. What kind of help did 

 the doctor say he must have during the operation ? How was the 

 blood sent across from the student to the small boy ? How much 

 blood did Charlie receive ? What was the result ? What does Sir 

 Frederick Treves say about operating on drinkers ? Describe the 

 drinker mentioned in this chapter, or any other case which you your- 

 self have seen. Describe the diagram. What is the order in which 

 brain cells develop in the human embryo ? Which cells are developed 

 first ? which last ? which part of the brain does alcohol damage 

 first ? which part last ? Describe the bottle that found its way into 

 the schoolroom. .What was in the bottle ? Why was it in the 

 schoolroom ? On what does the success of the saloon business de- 

 pend ? In whom must the appetite for drink be created ? Mention 



