Show Smoke as They Discuss Tobaccos Harm I ter 5 SMONINC Rrcsu ti jt crow t1 INJURES MAfi r v V WITH smoke curling from their varl flavored cigars heart specialists from throughout the country who recently re-cently attended the congress of American Amer-ican physicians and surgeons gath ored In Washington to discuss whether wheth-er the prolonged and excessive use of tobacco meant sudden death At I the close of a lengthy debate they wore far from reaching an agreement as to what was tho real effect of tho lice of tobacco on tho heart Dr IL L Elsner of Syracuse N Y Introduced the subject by discussing the Influence of tobacco on hypertension hyperten-sion In tho circulatory system Smoking Smo-king In moderate amount by grown persons might not be injurious he said but ho expressed a belief that smoking was injurious to those who had hereditary heart aflllctlons Dr Judson Dalarid of Philadelphia told of a family of four whose parents had died of causes other than angina pectorIs Three of tho brothers cigar manufacturers who were compelled to smoke more than 20 cigars a day developed angina pectoris while a sister at tho age of 52 never had suf fered from the disease So far the nntl tobacco men had had the Moor Dr H G Curtin of Philadelphia Phila-delphia rose to stem the tide He told of GO cases of angina pectoris In which seven of them were In female subjects flfl Women commonly do not use to bacco said he although I hear recently re-cently they are taking It up He pointed to Japan where boys begin to smoke at nine and girls at ten and where angina pectoris is not common to prove that tobacco did not cause thin disease He said II might aggravate the disease but not cause It So might the mind for thai matter he said lIe told of an Epls copal bishop who always had an attack at-tack of angina pectoris when he drove up hill and of another patient who was accustomed to have an attack ol this disease when ho ran for a streetcar street-car |