Free anti-smoking e-text on manybooks.net
“Mr. Brodie applied one drop of the empyreumatic oil of tobacco to the tongue of a cat; it occasioned immediate convulsions and an accelerated breathing. Five minutes after, the animal lay down on the side, and presented, from time to time, slight convulsive movements. A quarter of an hour after, it appeared recovered. The same quantity of the oil was applied again, and the animal died in two minutes.” - An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco upon Life and Health, via nanybooks.net.
October 31st, 2006 at 2:29 pm
Thanks! I’ll check it out. Folks can also find more free books on tobacco at
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/book/browse?type=subject&key=Tobacco
(Or click on the link for my name in this entry.)
I’m always happy to hear more suggestions of free online books to add (on this or other subjects).
October 31st, 2006 at 3:02 pm
Big thanks for those wonderful links, John. Also never be shy about jogging me about offbeat items that might be of interest to TeleBlog readers.
Hey, I even see a link to an Ellen Glasgow novel related to tobacco growing.
- David