... father destroyed the life of his little son, by the use of tobacco spittle upon an eruptionor humor of the head.Immediately after the Doctor left the house, the mother besmeared the tip of ... called upon to listen,with a spirit of conviction and repentance, to sermons on the great duties of Christian self-denial_, preparedand pronounced under the inspiration of this poison?End of the ... smoke." The opinion, that the use of tobacco preserves the teeth, is supported neither by physiology nor observation.Constantly applied to the interior of the mouth, whether in the form of cud or of...