Philosophy of health : natural principles of health and cure; or, health and cure without drugs. Also, the moral bearings of erroneous appetites / by. L.B. Coles, M.D.
- Larkin B Coles
- Date:
- 1855
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Philosophy of health : natural principles of health and cure; or, health and cure without drugs. Also, the moral bearings of erroneous appetites / by. L.B. Coles, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.
360/498
![]0 should he chewed, or otherwise habitually used. Deadly-Nightshade and Henbane are productions of nature; and should these, there- fore, become habitual luxuries? Tobacco, doubtless, with other kindred poi- sons, was intended for medicinal purposes. It is one of the most powerful agents which grows on the earth. It is one of the very strongest of poisons. It possesses about three times the power of opium in the same form. A single drop of the concentrated oil, put upon the tongue of the stoutest dog, will destroy life. It is said, by one writer, that if a man were to dip both of his hands into that oil, with a skilful surgeon by his side, his hands could not be amputated in season to save his life. Dr. Mussey, of Cincinnati, Ohio, in an essay on tobacco, has given several experi- ments made by himself with the distilled oil. The experiments were chiefly on cats. Two of those experiments must suffice. “A small drdp of the oil was rubbed upon the tongue of a large cat. Immediately the animal uttered piteous cries, and began to froth at the mouth.” After narrating various symp- toms which occurred within the space of seven minutes, he adds: At this time a large drop Avas rubbed upon the tongue. In an](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28090470_0360.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
