Word: yellowish
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Dates: during 1883-1883
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...time to exhibit any effect, yet it tends to irritate the nervous system. If it were not for the action of the liver and kidneys in throwing off the tobacco poison, a user of the weed could not live. The action of these organs is shown by the yellowish tint and puffed condition of the skin of the habitual tobacco user. Although it has been much discussed whether or not tobacco is good for a man when used moderately, yet there can be no doubt of its injuriousness to growing boys, as by retarding the waste of muscular tissue...