Two cases also of failure of vision occur to me from excessive use of tobacco. One was a clergy¬ man who had been presented with a very fine meerschaum pipe which he had been smoking al¬ most incessantly in order to color it. With fail¬ ure of vision he was troubled also with palpitation of the heart with syncope, which greatly alarmed him. Upon following my advice to quit his smok¬ ing his vision returned. The other case was a tobacco manufacturer, also of middle age. He was a great smoker of

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... igars of the best quality, using as many as twenty or thirty daily. His failure of sight led him to consult me. I advised him to give up his cigars and all use of tobacco. His vision at once improved and became normal. Dr. Myles Standish : Several years ago I