[36] Konradi: Ueber den Wert der Choleraschutzimpfungen, Centralbl. f. Bakteriol., I. O., 1916, lxxvii, 339.
[37] Alcohol and Immunity, Jour. A. M. A., 1916, lxvi, p. 962, p. 1122.
SECTION V
NOTES ON TOBACCO
It is the purpose of this section to present as fairly as possible the evidence relating to the effects of tobacco on the human body, so that those who smoke may correctly measure the probable physical cost of the indulgence. The extremes of opinion on this subject are well expressed in the following verses:
“Hail! Social Pipe—Thou foe to care,
Companion of my elbow chair;
As forth thy curling fumes arise,
They seem an evening sacrifice—
An offering to my Maker’s praise
For all His benefits and grace.”Dr. Garth.
“A custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and the black stinking fume thereof nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.”
James I.
What it Is
Tobacco is a plant, Nicotiana Tabacum of the order Solanaceæ, which includes Atropa Belladonna, or “Deadly Nightshade,” Hyoscyamus, or “Henbane,” Solanum Dulcamara, or “Bitter Sweet,” all powerful poisons, and likewise the common potato and tomato, which are wholesome foods. The cured leaves are used for smoking and chewing, or when powdered, as snuff.
History