Show inveterate smokers are dyspeptic Dy peptic nearly all smoker who are inveterate in the habit are dyspeptics which Is explained by the fact of an overabundance of saliva the diminution of gastric juices and a it stoppage of the ordinary functions of the stomach nut but in the addition to the acl accidents dents of digestion there are others which visit the lungs and the hearts of smokers pharyngeal troubles are very common with people who smoke to excess irritation of the throat often communicates mun muni cates leates itself to the larynx and a dry hacking cough frequently follows others experience at night a passing depression if they have smoked too much during the day A certain kind of asthma has also been noticed caused by the abuse of tobacco but this I 1 am certain la is quite rare for I 1 have never met it though my life hag has been passed among smokers accidents Accident sto to the heart are much more frequent certain doctors even pretend that ft a quarter of the smokers show irregularities in the heart boats beats and pulse I 1 do not know where their observations have been gathered for I 1 have never dever seen euch much a thing jules rochard in revue des beux deux |