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7 STIMULANT? AND THE VOICE.she *__dng Sir Morel! Mackenzie in the Contemporary She Review : Tobacco, alcohol and fi.rj condiments her, of all kinds are best avoided by those who have she to speak much, or at least they should be used in aiQ‘ strict moderation. I feel bound to warn speak-one ers addicted to the “herb nicotian17 against who cigarettes. Like tippling, the effect of cigarette smoking is cumulative, and the slight but constant 'bey absorption of tobacco j aice and smoke makes the practice far more noxious, io the long run, than 8^e any other form of smoking. Oar forefathers,*tb- who used regularly to end their evenings under y to the table, seemed to have suffered little of the iaci- well-known effects of alcohol on the nerves, duId w^e mot^rff-tippler, who U never intoxicated, is a being whose whole nervous system last rnay be said to be in a state of chronic inflam-ious mation. In like manner cigarette smokers inge (those at least who inhale the smoke and do not merely puff it “ from the lips outward,,P as Car-| t^e lyle would say) are often in a state of chronic poisoning. The old jest about the slowness ofstore poison may seem applicable here, but thoughirld. the process may be slow there can be little doubt out that it is sure. Kven it does kill the body, it too that °^ten bills or greatly impairs the victim’s working , efficiency and usefulness in life. The local effects of ® * cigarettes in the mouth must also be taken intovery account by those whose work lies in the direction t as of public speech. The white spots on the tongue she inside of the cheeks, known as “ smoker’spatches,” are believed by some doctors with special experience, to be more common in the rve devotees of the cigarette than in other 1 re smokers; this unhealthy condition of the been mouth may not only make shaking trouble-hid some, or even painful, but is now proved to be a was Predisposiag cause of cancer. All fiery or pungent foods, condiments or drinks tend to cause llon* congestion of the throat, and if this condition illen becomes chronic it may lead to impairment, if edea not complete loss, of voice. The supposed mira-v;ng culous virtues of the mysterious possets and kU draughts, on which some orators pin their faith, exists mainly in the imagination of those whoap-use them ; at best they do nothing more than «lj J lubricate the joints of the vocal machine so as toheir I mike It work more smoothly.s
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Saint Johns Colonist
Saint Johns, Newfoundland, CA
Thu, Jul 18, 1889
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