THE EFFECTS OF TOBACCO ON THE SYSTEM.
By Editor
According to Science, in an experimental observation of thirty-eight boys of all classes of society and of average health, who had been using tobacco for periods ranging from two months to two years, twenty-seven showed severe injury to the constitution and insufficient growth; thirty-two showed the existence of irregularities in the heart's action, disordered stomach, cough, and a craving for alcohol; thirteen had intermittency of the pulse, and one had consumption. This is what the Medical Brief says of tobacco users: "All persistent tobacco users, whether smokers or chewers, should be advised by their physician to use Cactina pellets—one pellet four times a day—to overcome the evil effects of tobacco upon the heart." The question which it seems to us would occur to every sensible man is this: Would it not be better not to use the tobacco? In total abstinence both health and money would be saved.