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A dissertation on the medical properties and injurious effects of the habitual use of tobacco. E-book. Formato EPUB Alvan Mcallister - Anna Ruggieri, 2016 -
In consenting to the publication of the following pages, the author yielded to the request of gentlemen whose opinions he did not feel at liberty to disregard; he therefore hopes toavoid the imputation of vanity, with which he might have been charged, had he obtruded himself on the attention of the public, unsolicited. That the habitual use of tobacco is a wide spread, and spreading evil, will be acknowledged by all. This has been felt for years by the most enlightened members of the Faculty. That it causes many diseases, particularly visceral obstructions, and renders many others exceedingly difficult to cure, is demonstrated in the daily experience of every practitioner. The conviction that this habit was constantly extending by the advice and example of physicians, first induced the author to undertake the discussion of this subject before the respectable Society to which he has the honor to belong. Whether the attempt has been successful, the public will judge. That it is imperfect, will not be denied; but it is believed to have claims as a candid statement of facts. To literary distinction the author makes no pretentions; he therefore craves the indulgence of the learned, as theycan best appreciate the labor of writing well. He has chosen a free, popular style, believing that the best calculated to do good; and to render it still more familiar, at the suggestion of some friends, the technical terms have been mostly expunged. Awarethat affectation consists no less in studiously avoiding, than in unnecessarily using technical language, the author submitted to this, in the hope of being better understood by persons out of the Profession. His medical brethren will, therefore, know howto excuse him, for attempting to make this essay more plain, though it should be at the expense of technical accuracy. Should the prevalence of the practice, be a fair index to public sentiment, the author is aware that he wars against a fearful odds. Butmany who use this noxious weed, without hesitation acknowledge its deleterious effects, and urge in extenuation the inveteracy of habit. One consideration had considerable influence to induce the author to consent to the publication of this paper--the hope that it might aid in putting away the evil of intemperance, by pointing out one grand source of that desolating scourge. When public attention shall be fully awakened to this subject, innumerable instances will be found, where drunkenness has followed asthe legitimate consequence of using tobacco. Should that hope be fulfilled--should it be found that the labor of the author has exerted any salutary influence, in restraining young men from falling into those habits which areinevitably followed by much physical suffering, if not by absolute ruin, such a result would be to him an ample compensation.
A disquisition on the evils of using tobacco and the necessity of immediate and entire reformation. E-book. Formato EPUB Orin Fowler - Anna Ruggieri, 2016 -
Among the evils which a vitiated appetite has fastened upon mankind, those that arise from the use of Tobacco hold a prominent place, and call loudly for reform. We pity the poor Chinese, who stupifies body and mind with opium, and the wretched Hindoo, who is under a similar slavery to his favorite plant, the Betel; but we present the humiliating spectacle of an enlightened and christian nation, wasting annually more than twenty-five millions of dollars, and destroying the health and the lives of thousands, by a practice not at all less degrading than that of the Chinese or Hindoo. Whether, then, we consider the folly and indecency of the habit, or the waste of property, health and life which it occasions, it is time for the Patriot, the Philanthropist and the Christian, to put forth united, vigorous and systematic efforts to banish this injurious and disgusting habit from the community. It is a fact, that one reform not only prepares the way for another, but often so depends upon it, that the complete triumph of the one cannot be effected without that of the other. Such appears to be the relationship existing between the use of intoxicating drinks and that of the stimulating narcotic, tobacco. The use of tobacco almost always accompanies the use of alcoholic drinks, and it may be feared that total abstinence from the latter will not be permanent, unless there is also a total abstinence from the former. Our temperance brethren, particularly our worthy Washingtonians, will do well to bear this in mind. The tobacco reform, being similar to that of temperance, must be brought about by similar means. Information must be diffused, the evils of the practice exposed, and the attention of the public aroused to the subject. To aid in this, is the object of the following pamphlet, two editions of which have already been put in circulation, and it is said to have been re-published in England. The favorable reception of the former editions, as shown by the repeated editorial remarks, and the numerous letters of thanks addressed to the author, affords much encouragement for a vigorous prosecution of the enterprise. Three members of the church of which the author is pastor, placed at his disposal a sum sufficient to supply, gratuitously, each of the 1000 Beneficiaries of the American Education Society.
Come vincere il vizio del fumo. E-book. Formato EPUB Dr. Rinaldo - Anna Ruggieri, 2015 -
Un vizio ormai così diffuso e così profondamente radicato nelle abitudini dell'umanità può essere soltanto contenuto e gradualmente vinto con una capillare e tenace opera di propaganda, di persuasione, di educazione sanitaria. E questa deve far leva, in ogni caso, sulla volontà del fumatore di liberarsi dal suo vizio. Dove la volontà è debole, si può venire in soccorso, come vedremo, con l'adozione di rimedi e di provvedimenti individuali, di varia natura, che valgono ad aiutare l'uomo a vincere il vizio del fumo o almeno ad attenuarne notevolmente i danni; ma anch'essi non agiscono da soli e non riescono a raggiungere durevolmente lo scopo, se non esiste la volontà di smettere di fumare.E per rafforzare la volontà, bisogna infondere la persuasione del pericolo che il fumo rappresenta per la salute dell'umanità. Perciò, prima di parlarvi dei rimedi che possono aiutarvi a liberarvi da questo vizio, vi illustreremo i danni che il fumo provoca sul nostro organismo.Comunque, l’opera proposta, sortirà sicuramente i suoi effetti positivi, aiutando a smettere di fumare, a non cominciare affatto, ed a limitare i danni per chi non ha alcuna intenzione di smettere.