The use and abuse of tobacco / by John Lizars.

  • John Lizars
Date:
1883
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Credit: The use and abuse of tobacco / by John Lizars. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.

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    greatly annoyed him, and was gradually extending, was not deterred from smoking and drinking, till two months ago, when he was obliged to desist, in consequence of the pain becoming excruciating when he put a pipe be- tween his lips. He then began to notice notches, as he says, on either side of his tongue. Such was his state when I saw him on Sunday week. His articulation, as you may imagine, was not very distinct. The mucous membrane of the cheeks and fauces are in accordance with the description of Mr. Solly, who says ' he can always detect a smoker by examining his fauces; for they assume a velvety-red appearance, and by the con- gested state of the mucous membrane.' The pain from the tongue causes him many a sleepless night, and his headaches are excruciating; the pain in his throat, he says, is greatest. While lying in bed, he sometimes feels as if he was suffocating. 141. The following extracts from the article Tobacco, contained in the Dictionnaire des Sciences M^dicales, pp. 190, 191-195, 196, are so confirmatory of the opi- nion which I had formed respecting the injurious effects of tobacco on the animal organs and functions, that I cannot refrain to append them. That voluminous and valuable work* was compiled by the most learned and experienced physicians and surgeons in France. La preparation des tabacs exige un grand nombro d'ouvriers, et les Emanations de cette plante sont si fortes et si malfaisantes qu'elles causent beaucoup d'incommo- dit£s h ceux qui s'occupent de ce travail; ils sont en * Dictionnaire des Sciences Medicales, par un Soci£t£ de MMicint et de Chirurgiens. Paris, 1821.
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