Show TALKS TO BOYS V TOBACCO AND THE BONES HID DIGESTION ETC I 1 examining Exa Eza minina mining the human body it to ie found that the baneful influence of the tobacco habit extends to every part the membranes mu acler nerves and bones bonea mike alike are injuriously affected in the dwarfing dwar fing ot of the bone for instance is ia strong reason for the objection burred to the use of tobacco by boyr boy the effect of the drug like that of alcohol in preventing the proper development odthe of the bone structure ot of the human frame is so apparent that even those who seek reek to excuse its use by adults adulte condemn it in persons who have not attained to maturity the boy who begins early to cigars or cigarettes la in sure an re to be dwarfed in mind and morals thereby he be is ie almost equally certain to be dwarfed in body lor jor in the case of young smokers the bones seldom develop properly the important functions function of the red marrow of the bones in producing blood corpuscles corpus cles is seriously interfered with by the poisonous influence of tobacco the same agency which destroys dea troya the red blood corpuscles corpus cles themselves it is clear that any agent which paralyzes the blood making organs of the body or impairs their activity must be destructive to all living cells cello and its ita influence injurious to every cell and tissue Is ie therefore detrimental to the framework of the house bouse we live in 2 the skin and the kidneys are two of the great eliminating organs of the body and in that capacity carry off when they are in a healthy condition a large proportion of the poisonous and waste substances that collect in the workings of the various parts of the human machine when the he action of the skin akin is chocked checked extra labor devolves devolve ou on the kidneys often resulting to in inflammation or other serious trouble tobacco has a ready effect upon the skin akin frequently taking hold bold thereof to the extent that the coloring matter is ia affected and we behold the the tawny covering of the habitual tobacco user note the appearance around the mouth none eyes and ears of many boys who smoke or chew forthe for the blotches blotcher blot ches and discoloration of the cuticle in the gradual development towards covering the entire body the readiness with which tobacco poison to i absorbed aba orbed by the skin akin was waa first specially noted in the case of an english sailor who made an attempt to some of the wood weed by storing a quantity of it about his hia body in a short abort time he was waa taken BO 80 violently ill III that he almost log loal his hia life if a cigar be unrolled and moistened and then applied over the stomach of a chili child it will quickly produce sickness and vomiting which might end in death in the earlier days whon tobacco was waa believed to possess medicinal qualities medical men have applied it to the beads of children hill ren in diseases of the scalp akalp and have injected an infusion into the bowels with the result that death quickly ensued soldiers who have understood the effect of the drug on their skins have placed piece of dampened plug ping tobacco in their arm pits pit thus causing severe sickness by which they might escape from duty the application of tobacco is in a last it resort in basea of lockjaw and then its benefit comes only tb through rough use as an outward poultice to induce nausea and vomiting in the hope that the laws jaw may be moved by the violent disturbance of late there has baa been an alarming increase of that terrible affection of the kid kidneys neyr Brig brights lits disease PP P frequently kidney complaints because of comparatively painless pain lesa progress pro ceded so far before being recognized that they are beyond the roach reach of medical skill this knowledge should cause persons pera more regarding substances BubB that may affect these important organs becent shieo observation go to enow that the tobacco habit is a frequent cause of serious disorders Borderi dl of the kidneys kid neye brighta disease diBe aae 10 of these organs has haa been traced directly to the use uee of tobacco of lourae the weed is not the only anly cause of that grave malady but the increase in the use ue of tobacco and the increase in the number of oases of that disease suggest a direct relation between the two the tobacco habit Is so eo general that the evils evil resulting from it are easily overlooked or are to some borne other khz than the real cause As the healthful operations opera tiona of the skin akin are hindered throwing additional labor on the kidney kid beyll B and as aa the blood and membrane membra DeB are on surcharged ro barged with poison it is ia inevitable that the kidneys should uffer suffer in a special manner in their effort to remove the poison from the system people often note the odor of tobacco which hangs ou on the breath of the user commenting on this dr kellogg says saye athla condition Is ia due to the fact that the kidneys kidney have become diseased so BO that they are unable to remove the nicotine from the system as fast fait as it is taken in and hence it accumulates accumulate i in the body saturating every organ the benumbed sensibilities of the person thus saturated give no warning of the mischief which to la being wrought in his system and the danger which threatens threaten life as well an health I 1 only a short abort time ago on OB may eth the press dispatches from cincinnati oi 0 announced the death of a man named cameron Came rou biving the cause as starvation in the telegram it was wae stated bated that he be smoked fifty to seventy five cigarettes a day this thia is suggestive of the fact that tobacco Is not a food and none of its ingredients gives support to lo any part ot of toe the body it does not add to but subs tracts i from the total vital force in the instance quoted its if effect upon the stomach was waa ucb ouch that the organ could not retain food of say any charleter oba char the craving was waa for the tobacco poison and the victim smoked away with great vehemence he mence but the was insatiable the tobacco habit babit was not content with making a slave of its victim and as aa it could not support it killed him cameron camerons s sickness and death were due directly to tobacco smoking for the quenching of the awful thirst it created oce poison flowed instead of water with the be only result that nature could permit why is it that a tobacco user lufler ing from injury or disease recovers more slowly than one who refrains from stimulants and narcotics because like alcohol tobacco disturbs the processes of nutrition it paralyzes the tissue builders lessening their activity the delicate organs by which the important processes of life are carried on are hindered in their work being required to expend much effort in re moving from the body the noxious lp ip trader tb the e germ destroying cells celle also are paralyzed and thus render the body more mere vulnerable to the attacks of disease diase germs than when in a normal condition some borne people have asserted that tobacco to Is a preventive of disease during malignant epidemics this was proved long since to be a mistake and that on the contrary the tobacco babit rendered persons more liable to infections particularly affecting the stomach the eminent english physician saye during abe prevalence of cholera I 1 have had repeated opportunities of observing that individuals addicted to the use of tobacco broco to especially those who snuff it ic are more disposed to attacks of that disease and generally xene rally in its most malignant form As early as the cholera epidemic of 1849 in philadelphia it was shown that smokers were specially subject to the infection and attendants who had contracted the tobacco habit fell ready victims because the cigar attracted the malady while the non users of the weed were able to attend to hospital patients and themselves escaped not only the stoma stomach cb but th the liver and all the digestive organs are disordered by tobacco bueing it to is sometimes urged that thai chewing excites excite the salivary arlaus of the me mc uth increasing the flow of saliva and aiding the process ot digestion but the tobacco chewer spits spite out with the tobacco triba oco juice the chemical secretion which should go to the abe stoma stomach cb and thus drains off the salivary fluid to no rood purpose it if he were to swallow it mixed with the juice nice containing nicotine it would take him a long time to become accustomed thereto without nausea accod manying the act and then would increase the poison in hip bin system and cause greater peril to life but the drawing of an unusually large amount of saliva to is not an aid to digestion even it if the fluid could be swallowed in its natural state to so excite the salivary glands Is a violation of the law of nature which soon exhibits exhibit itself in chewers in the sharp and flesh less lesii jaw and the sallow and ancl cadaverous countenance A further troi trouble ible connected with the digestive organs arising from the use of the drug to is the increased danger in malarial fevers for instance in typhoid fever there are ulcerations in the bowels which often produce death by perforation or eating through the coats of the intestine medical authorities say the use of tobacco favors perforation among the effects of its excessive use are debility and loss lose of tone of the stomach nausea failure of appetites appetite indigestion constipation of the bowels siuk sick headache and biliousness those whose employment leads leade them to an active outdoor eife where an of fresh air strengthener streng thene the system and would greatly prolong existence in mortality if given opportunity often show little signs of nicotine poison io in the vital organs until advanced in yar while the man of sedentary habits habit early falls a victim to dyspepsia paralysis or other organic difficulties which render existence burdensome but whether man works or out the effects of the tobacco habit are clearly shown either in the mental or physical condition or in both for as was remarked at the outset of our inquiry the workings of the poison exhibit themselves through natural effects at every step in the progress of absorption by the he human body |