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60 provocation. Surgeons tell us that their experience in the operating room has developed the fact that men who are addicted to the use of tobacco quite generally suffer a lack of manly fortitude, and are noticeably cowardly under the severe trial of a surgical operation. Tobacco discolors the teeth, makes the breath offensive, excites the glands which secrete the saliva, and tends to produce dyspepsia, low spirits, a pale face, and an emaciated form. It also tends to produce dizziness, rush of blood to the head, palpitation of the heart, loss of memory, and a diseased condition of the mouth. Such results have been noted in the death of prominent persons, such as General Grant and many others."—Sylvanus Stall, D. D.

Smoking, or the use of tobacco in any form, therefore, must be avoided if the highest degree of strength and delicacy of the nerves are desired. This nervous vigor carries with it all the intensity and strength of superb sexual power, and any deteriorating influence will similarly affect this power.