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Show Timely Topics By C. V, HANSEN According to Alexander von Humboldt, the greatest naturalist of his time (1769-1857) the term tobacco was used by the Carri-bees Carri-bees to designate the pipe in which they smoked; which term . was transferred by the Spaniards from the pipe to the herb itself and it has been adopted by other countries. coun-tries. Other accounts say that the name is derived from the province of Tabacca, in St. Domingo, whence it was introduced into Europe, 1559, by a Spanish grandee. gran-dee. Afterward, through the agency of Jean Nicot, French ambassador am-bassador of Lisbon, it was taken to Paris, where in the form of powder, it was used by Catherine de Medici. It was sometime some-time after the use of tobacco as snuff that smoking of it began in Europe. Very shortly after its appearance, ap-pearance, it was prohibited in many parts of EuroDe. The physicians physi-cians declared it hurtful to the health, the priests denounced it as sinful. |