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from botK fources, with the concurrence of 
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the toothach is often 
tly relieved by it; but we ,h 
found tlie fmoking relieve lieadachs and ophthalmias fo much 
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" ftimulus it applies to the mucous follicles and falivary glands draws 
" forth their liquids, it occafions on the other hand a frequent fp 
•" So far as this is of the proper faliva, it occafions a walle of th 
liquid fo neceifary in the bufmefs of digeft 
on ; and both by 
" wafce and by the narcotic power at the fame time applied, the 
of the fton 
is often weake 
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fymptoms are produced 
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and every kind of dyfpeptic 
great part of the 
a. part of it mull 
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" neceffarily pafs into the lungs, and its narcotic power applied th 
« often relieves fpafmodic afthma ; and by its ftimulant power it there 
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tarrhal or pituitous difficulty of breathin 
Smoking has been frequently mentioned as a means of guarding 
men againft contag 
in the cafe of the plague, the teilimony of 
Diemerbroek is very flrong ; but Rivinus and others give us many 
" fads which contradia this : and Chenot gives a remarkable iriftance 
of its inutility. We cannot indeed fuppofe that tob 
dote of any contagion, or th 
has any antifep 
and therefore we cannot allow that it has any fpecial ufe 
this cafe: but it is very probable that this and other narcotics. 
power 
ion 
by diminifhing fenfibility, may render men lefs liable 
" and by rendering the mind lefs adive and anxious, it may alfo 
"' render men lefs liable to fe^r, which has fo often the power of 
exciting the adivity of the 
ion. 
The antiloimic powers of 
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tobacco are therefore on the fame footing with thofe of 
brandy, and opium 
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The third mode of ufmg tobacco is that of chewing it, 
fliows its narcotic qualities as ftrongly as in any other way of ap 
plying it; though th 
ufeous tafte of it commonly prevents 
being carried far in the firft pradice. When the pradice, however, 
is continued, as it is very difficult to avoid fome part of it diffolved 
the faliva from going down into the Itomach, fo this, with the 
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