These, and other similar Examples, might perhaps have a lucky Influence on some _Europeans_, unless the Custom of using _Tobacco_ had become so prevalent and universal, that _James_ the Sixth said he believed "that a whole Wood in _England_ would hardly afford Trees enough for hanging the Dealers in _Tobacco_." _Hoffman_, in _Lib. 2. de Medicam Officinal. Cap. 3._ informs us, "that this Prince, in the University of _Oxford_, disputed publickly against the Use of _Tobacco_, giving Instances of Persons who used it, who were afflicted with incurable Disorders of the Breast, Deliriums, Watchings, and Convulsions; and after whose Death, the Lungs were found black and parched, just as if they had been indurated in Smoak." The same _Hoffman_ informs us, that he was told by some Soldiers who had resided in _Holland_, "that upon dissecting the Heads of some Snuff-takers, who had been executed, they observed, that the whole internal Part of what Anatomists call the _Patera_ of the Brain, was black with Snuff." He was also told by _Patricius Noræus_, "that in the last _Bohemian_ War, he saw all the Heads of the _English_ Soldiers, who were killed, in the same Condition." _Nardus Antonius Recchus_, in _Lib. 5. Rer. Medicar. Nov. Hisp._ observes, "that those who use _Tobacco_ too frequently, become ill coloured, have a squalid, sordid Tongue, a Palpitation of the Throat, and a preter-natural Heat of the Liver, and fall into Cachexies and Dropsies, by which they are at last cut off." Thus they suffer for their Folly in gratifying themselves in so preposterous a Manner.
But without expatiating farther upon Things so obvious, let it suffice to have warned the Reader of his Danger, by the foregoing Observations. That Smoaking is more prejudicial and injurious than Snuffing, I think may be justly asserted, if we consider the Instances which Anatomists give us of the Effects produced by each, which we shall hereafter do: I must, however, here observe, that we cannot enough admire the Zeal of _James_ the Sixth of _England_, for the Good of his Subjects; since, in the last Words of his _Misocapnus_, he expostulates with them in the following pathetic and affectionate Manner: "At last, therefore, O Citizens, if you have any Sense of Shame, or Dread of Infamy, left in your Bosoms, lay aside the Use of _Tobacco_, a Custom attended with Ignominy, received through Error, and established by Stupidity. By its Means the Wrath of Heaven is excited against us, the Health of our Bodies impaired, our Substance wasted, and the Dignity of our Nation not only diminished at Home, but also despised Abroad; for _Tobacco_ is a Substance loathsome to the Sight, disagreeable to the Smell, noxious to the Brain, injurious to the Lungs, and, by its Clouds of black Smoak, nearly resembling the horrid Steams of Hell."