THE EFFECT OF TOBACCO.
Dr. Delaigne has been making special observations of the effects of tobacco in 38 youths, from nine to fifteen years, who were addicted to smoking. With 21 of the boys there was a distinct disturbance of the circulation, with palpitation of the heart, deficiencies of digestion, sluggishness of the intellect, and a craving for alcoholic stimulants ; in 13 instances the pulse was intermittent. Analysis of tho blood | showed in eight cases a notable fall-ing-off in the numberof red corpuscles. Four boys had ulcerated mouths, and one of them contracted consumpI tion, the effect, Dr. Delaigne believes, of the great deterioration of the blood produced by the prolonged use of tobacco. A blind man, who had been 62 limes convicted, was sent to gaol in Edinburgh recently for being drunk and disorderly.
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 125, 23 November 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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135THE EFFECT OF TOBACCO. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 125, 23 November 1895, Page 1 (Supplement)
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