...leaves over the stomach — has been known very suddenly to extinguish life. The Indians of our own country were well aware of its poisonous effects,...cannot fail, at length, to influence the health of the system. In whatever form it may be employed, a portion of the active principle* of the tobacco, mixed...

...moistened leaves over the stomach—has been known very suddenly to extinguish life. The Indians of our own country were well aware of its poisonous effects,...sickness and fainting, or even convulsions and death. to it by Dr. Thorus in his Pcetologia;* did, in fact, the least benefit result to the system from its...

...leaves over the stomach — has been known very suddenly to extinguish life. The Indians of our own country were well aware of its poisonous effects,...the flesh, occasioned sickness and fainting, or even convulsion! and death. EFFECTS OF CERTAIN LIQUORS. It must be evident to every one, that the constant...

...life. The Indians of our country were well aware of its poisonous effects, and were accustomed, it ia said, on certain occasions, to dip the points of their...to every one, that the constant use of an article pos. sessing such deleterious properties, cannot fail, at length, to influence the health of the system....

...Similarly strong is the testimony of the editors of the Journal of Health. " Tobacco," say they, " is in fact, an absolute poison. A very moderate quantity...cannot fail, at length, to influence the health of the system. In whatever form it may be employed, a portion of the active principles of the tobacco, mixed...

...leaves over the stomach — has been known very suddenly to extinguish life. The. Indians of our own country were well aware of its poisonous effects,...accustomed, it is said, on certain occasions, to dip the point* of their arrows in an oil obtained from the leaves, which being inserted into the flesh, occasioned...

...were accustomed to dipping the heads of their arrows in an oil obtained from the leaves of tobacco, which, being inserted into the flesh, occasioned sickness and fainting, or even convulsions and death." " Tobacco," adds the same Journal on another occasion, " is an absolute poison." But it is not in a...

...our own hemisphere have long known of its poisonous effects upon the human system ; and formerly used to dip the points of their arrows in an oil obtained from the leaves, by which faintness and death occurred from their wounds, I was once acquainted with a young lady of...

...were accustomed to dipping the heads of their arrows in an oil obtained from the leaves of tobacco, which, being inserted into the flesh, occasioned sickness and fainting, or even convulsions and death." " Tobacco," adds the same Journal on another occasion, " is an absolute poison." But it is not in a...