TOBACCO.

Thames Star, Volume XIV, Issue 4659, 10 December 1883, Page 2

TOBACCO.

The Philadelphia Medical Beporter states that an energetic opposition to this practice is now being made in some of the most enlightened educational establishments in the United States, among which are the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, and the United States Military Academy at West Point. The naval sur» geons, and especially Dr Gihon, U.S.N., have been the principal movers in* the opposition, alleging that tobacco—l. Leads to impaired nutrition of the nerve-centres: 2. Is a fertile cause of neuralgia, vertigo, and indigestion. 3. Irritates the mouth and throat, and destroys the -p.mity of the voice. 4 Produces defects of vision. 5. Causes a tremulous, hard, and intermittent pulse. 6 Develops conspicuously irritability of the heart. 7. .Retards the cellchange on which the development of adolescence depends. Moreover, it is alleged that the records of schools and colleges indicate very positively that tobacco deteriorates the mental faculties. Non* smokers take the highest rank in every grade, and whether we look at the exceptionally brilliant students, or compare the average of those who use and those who refrain from tobacco, the result shows the same.