Snuff-taking : its utility in preventing bronchitis, consumption, etc. (with prescriptions) / by John C. Murray.

  • Murray, John Carrick.
Date:
1870
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Credit: Snuff-taking : its utility in preventing bronchitis, consumption, etc. (with prescriptions) / by John C. Murray. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    CONTENTS. Page. CHAPTER I. Introductory .. .. .. 1 CHAPTER II. Reasons for writing on this subject—opinion that snuff-takers never die of consumption- testimony in reference to my theory—Tobacco Trade Review— therapeutic effects—cases of recovery from phthisis— workmen in tobacco factories in France—the Registrar General’s Reports—disuse of snuff followed by increase of certain diseases—Health of Towns’ Acts .. 6 CHAPTER III. Jean Nicot—snuff first used for headache— Catherine de Medici — Francis II—mode of pre- paration, and development of the practice in France— Jean Bart—quantity consumed in France—statistics— introduction of the practice into England—Hippocrates, Antonius Musa, Aulus Cornelius Celsus, Aretseus— Des Cartes and the pineal gland, the seat of the soul 19 CHAPTER IY. Roman Pane—earliest publication upon the subject by Dr. Monardes—Butler, James I, E. Gardiner — The Tatter and Charles Lillie — The Spectator — notable snuff-takers — The Guardian — Burton, R. Thorius—Reed's Journal—The Connoisseur, Lord Chesterfield, J. Boswell, Southey, J. Meander— the practice amongst ladies .. .. .. 25