| Description Of Item | Page 207 with a press cutting of page 206 pasted on, from the Medical Circular, originally published on 28 September 1864. Article about the physiological effects of tobacco, from Dr Richardson’s research. It details the products of the combustion of tobacco, the physical properties of their component parts, and the ‘physiological action of the various compounds thus derived’. The article provides a summary of Richardson’s findings, notably regarding the effects of ordinary and excessive smoking on bodily functions and organs. It accounts for the variations in different kinds of tobacco, and from the manner of smoking (different pipes, cigars, and cigarettes).
From the collection of Thomas Laycock. |