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Show tho habit before the age of sixteen ' years gave higher percentages of illness tlian thoja who began at or after , that aga. Another table illustrate: tho hanufulncss of inhaling in-haling tho smoke. Medical Record Effect of Smoking. In "The Journal of the Russian National Health Society," for September last, Dr. Mendelsschn contributes an account of the result of some observations made by him a few years ago, in regard to the effect of smoking on the health of students. In view of the great interest taken now by medical medi-cal men in the question, these deductions should prove instructive. instruct-ive. In 1890 n circular was sent to every student of the Army Medical Academy in St. Petersburg, Peters-burg, and in the Technological institute, containing several questions ques-tions which the students were asked to ausvver, and J, 071 replies were received. Among tho medical medi-cal students 54.66 were found to be habitual smokers, and among technological tech-nological students only 47.18. Judging from these statistics, .smoking app jars to be very common com-mon among the young in Russia. Two began the habit at the extremely ex-tremely tender ago of six, three t the age of nine, eleven at at the nge of ten, five at the age of eleven, twenty-seven at the age of twelve, und so on, the maximum being Toadied at ths ag3 of seventeen. The average number of cigarettes Smoked daily by a medical student was 19.68, and by n technological Htudent '22.88. (The fact should bo borne in mind that Russian cigarettes are very small.) Tho tabulated figures relating to tho effect o smoking on tl,o health are very interesting, and if accurato go further to emphasize tin fact that smoking is detrimental detrimen-tal to the health of tho young. Of the smokers 16:69 per cent. wa.e found to have some affection of tho respiratory tract, while only 10.69 of the non-smokers were thus affected. In respsct to diseases of the ailimenlnry tract, the figures were respectively 11.8S and 9.92 per to it; and of Inth tracts combined com-bined 8.77 and ?.22 per cent. Turning to the effect of the ngo at which the habit wr.s beun, it was found that those who had acquired |