SMOKING.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 2290, 29 November 1889, Page 2

SMOKING.

The enbjoot of the ovlh of boncfitß of] smoking ia not exhausted yet, Iv n, long article ou the sn'ojoot, the Ohloago "InterOonan" Bftyo : —T>i Alexander Lambert, honae-aurgeon at Bellovui Honpltal, h • stnuker, and beKevca iv uui.k.ny. Ho o-'iid recently that tho immoderate ase of tobacco is oortaluly injurious, bat a little natß a »a a stimulant to the brain, and the bra'n-workora derive a great d^al of benefit from thin stlmalaot. The boat thing for them t» smoke Is the pipe, which should ba kept clean. Tbe nlootlne can ba kept from aocumalatlog In tha hovtl and stani of tho pipu by oooaslonaliy poarlug through the bowl and stem of tho plpo a Htlla alcohol. The moet Injarlona form m which tob*ooo oan be used is the cigarette. Cigarette smoking ia doing a graat deal of harm to the boys and young mon of this oonntry, The habit of ctgaretta smoking la comparatively a new one, and Ha evil effoota will Dot ba

folt, perh»pa to any groat extent for some years. The reason the clgaretto ia so injarioaa is because the papoc absorbs tho nlcoilno and note as a condqofcor passing It into tbo m-mth and brjoging'it Into qontapt with tbo muooue membrane. Then a^ain a man will smoke a great many clgaret ea, and not realise how mnoh he has amoked natll bo begins to feel the effect of h!a over-smoking. Tobacco acts on the heart as a depr6Bßant and paralyses the action of 'he heart, and prodnocts when used to excess what \,i called (he emokec's heart. Its obleUfitlon, tpoHgh, Is on the brain, where It acdunaolateq and apts. »s 9 atjmulaut. In holdlog aa'ppsles on the. bodies of dead men we frequently find nloolina In the br«ln» THo bicfit \\mo \o BffiQko Is after me»l«, One good renalt from ■moklng after me»ls Is « n>^q will o!ti»»» keep quiet foe at tent half ttn '. . dlow\to 4toril*» organs To S" tfi* psopev work withont being Interfered with, At Is very hard to cay how much a man may imoke without bolng*lnjnreii by i(s t-ffeotß. A laboring man or a strong njftß, who has really no nerves, can smoke any amount and any kind of tobacco. But a man qf netyoaa temperament delicate, alight, and thin, aboald smoke very moderately, If ho smokßß at all. Nlootfne Is a ontnnlatlve poison, like arsanlo, Arseufo acoaoaolateß In the pores 2f the akin and titpottno »n the brnto.