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Charles R. Drysdale
(1829 - 2 Dec 1907)
British physician and public health scientist . He wrote The Life and Writings of Thomas R. Malthus. He also published books on the topics of syphilis, the evils of prostitution and the dangers of tobacco smoking.
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Science Quotes by Charles R. Drysdale (2 quotes)
I think that the use of tobacco is one of the most evident of all the retrograde influences of our time.
— Charles R. Drysdale
Letter, 'Tobacco and the Diseases It Produces', The Times (25 Sep 1878). Reprinted in Timaru Herald (29 Nov 1878), 29, No. 1309, 3.
The use of tobacco is one of the most evident of all the retrograde influences of our time. It invades all classes, destroys social life, and is turning, in the words of Mantegazza, the whole of Europe into a cigar divan.
— Charles R. Drysdale
Letter, 'Tobacco and the Diseases It Produces', The Times (25 Sep 1878), 4. Reprinted in Timaru Herald (29 Nov 1878), 29, No. 1309, 3.
See also:
- 2 Dec - short biography, births, deaths and events on date of Drysdale's death.
- Charles Drysdale - Tobacco and the Diseases It Produces - Tobacco Chemicals (1875)
- Charles R. Drysdale - Tobacco and the Diseases it Produces - letter to The Times (1878).
- Tobacco: A Cultural History of How an Exotic Plant Seduced Civilization, by Iain Gately. - book suggestion.
- Booklist for Tobacco Health History.
In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they would actually change their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
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