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. 2004 Jun;97(6):292-6.
doi: 10.1177/014107680409700614.

Medicinal uses of tobacco in history

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Medicinal uses of tobacco in history

Anne Charlton. J R Soc Med. 2004 Jun.
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Figure 1
The first published illustration of Nicotiana tabacum by Pena and De L'Obel, 1570-1571 (shrpium adversana nova: London). The small illustration on the right of the picture shows how the Indians and sailors smoked Nicotiana leaves in a funnel [from New York Public Library with permission]

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