Revelations about tobacco : a prize essay on the history of tobacco, and its physical action on the human body, through its various modes of employment / by Hampton Brewer.
- Brewer, Hampton.
- Date:
- 1870
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Revelations about tobacco : a prize essay on the history of tobacco, and its physical action on the human body, through its various modes of employment / by Hampton Brewer. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![No. Name of Smoker. <U Q < a me since oimence- ment f habit. o a- a a) “ 3 O O t1 a a Appearance of the Throat, Tonsils, and Fauces of Smoker. , _ H 8 ° O'g « & 34. Hugh Jones years 54 years. 40 1 qr. Enlargement of tonsils; patchy congestion 35 Rees Morgan of soft palate and pharynx; inflamma- tion and ulceration of lips. 52 40 2 qr. Redness of soft palate and pharynx, with 36 37 Daniel Williams 60 40 1 oz. small vesicles interspersed. Yery slight congestion of any part. John Oliver 62 50 1 qr. Great congestion of whole of back of throat. with sallow patches here and there and 38 Jonah Mayor little ulcers. 21 10 i qr- Slight redness of fauces, with little vesicles 39 Lemuel Rees scattered over them. 23; 5 Hqr- General congestion of whole back part of throat, with patches here and there, of a sallow colour; tonsils enlarged and 40 covered with little vesicles. William Ilavis 48 26 1 qr. Considerable congestion of vessels of ton- 41 John Connoll sils and pharynx. 47 35 1 qr. Considerable congestion of tonsils and pba- rynx, with several ulcers scattered about. Subject to frequent and severe attacks of sore throat. 42 W illiam Powell 52 40 1 qr. Whole back of throat relaxed and a b'ttle (Edematous; vessels enlarged and tor- tuous. 43 Henry Curtis 25 5 1 oz. Slight appreciable congestion of throat in 44 John Lewis patches. 64 40 1 oz. Slight general congestion of throat, with (Edema of uvula and tonsils. 45 James Harding 68 50 iqr. General congestion of whole interior of mouth, fauces, and pharynx, with patches of sallow colour; tongue ex- ceedingly tremulous. 46 James Hickey 19 6 i qr-. Considerable congestion and enlargement of vessels of back of throat, &c. 47 Samuel Hill ... ... 50 35 1 qr. Excessive congestion of roof of mouth. fauces, and pharynx. 48 Frederick Blackmore 25 15 i qr. Enlargement of tonsils ; general relaxation of whole back of throat, &c. 49 John Brittan 55 40 1 qr. All back part of throat of a peculiar yellow colour, with varicose condition of vessels 50 Edward Hicks 30 10 $qr. Sallowness of throat; tonsils enlarged and cougested, covered with little vesicles; inflammation of lips. [The manifestations of fumes of tobacco enumerated in the foregoing table, brings to recollection many cases of a corresponding character to which the writer s attention was called by Dr. Drysdale, among patients at the Metropolitan Free Hospital. But it is not possible with language, to give the reader any idea of tho actual condition oi the throat and fauces through the operation of tobacco upon them. They were sickening to behold ; and when such a condition arises, no euro can bo effected unless tho victims refrain from smoking. But raroly will they consent to be healed oh such terms !! !]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28085784_0030.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
