An Item for Tobacco-Users.
By J. O. Corliss
The great increase of cancers for the last few years has excited considerable inquiry in the minds of people as to the cause of their frequent appearance. Many suggestions have been made relative to their cause, but a few days ago some facts were related to me, which, to my mind, seemed to throw light upon the origin of this troublesome and often fatal disease. Dr. Lombard, of Standish, Maine, who has been very successful in the treatment and removal of cancers, says that within the last twenty years he has removed seven hundred cancers. One-half of this number were on the lip, and in every case but two the persons having them were either smokers or chewers. These facts should be thought of by every lover of the filthy weed, and in view of them, he should resolve to assert his independence. Why will people remain slaves to a perverted appetite, and sacrifice health and endanger life by such pernicious habits?