IMPROVED. IJ7 



By a particular Conformation, the Nofe receives 

 and difcharges many fuch fuperfluous Vifcidities or • 

 Foulnefles. Therefore a Stimulus, from what we 

 call Sternutatories or commonly SnufF, will pro-- 

 voke thofe Parts to encreafe fuch Difcharges, where- 

 by a troublefome Load of Matter is drawn off, and'. 

 the. Head rendered brisk and lightfome. 



Bat, befides the Benefit the Head receives fromi 

 fuch a Difcharge, the whole Conftitution or Frame ■ 

 of the Body is likewife fo fenfibly affeded, that in- 

 many Cafes it is of Ufe as an Exercife ; and there 

 is no Motion whatfoever, even not that of Vomit- 

 ing, (thongh Horfes feldom vomit,) which fo fud- 

 denly and forcibly ihakes the whole Nervous Syftem. . 

 So that in all Obftrudions of the finer PafTages, par- 

 ticularly of the Nervous Fluid, whatfoever produces' 

 Sneezing muH be of great and fmgular Advantage. 

 And common Experience and Pradlice confirms this 

 in many Inftances of Paralytick, Apopledick, and 

 Lethargick Cafes; where this Motion roufes, and 

 enlivens as it wsre, the fluggilh Spirits, and by {bak- 

 ing the moll remote Fibres, affiils their proper Juices, 

 in Circulation, which before feemed to ilagnate, or^ 

 nor to irritate the Fibres enough to maintain the natu- 

 ral EJafticity : And of fuch great Efficacy is this 

 Convuifive Motion, that it is fometimes procured 

 {in Human Bodie.^) on purpofe to forward Delivery, 

 and with good Succefs, 



How far the Cuftom of taking Snuff is ferviceable The Folly . 

 or detrimental, is not direftly to my prefent Furpofepf acciif- 

 to determine; but thus far it may not be amifs to'^^™"^ 

 inform thofe who comply too m^uch with it as ^x^q^^^Wx)?, 

 Fafhion, that they thereby put it out of their Power Snuff. 

 to receive any Benefit from fuch Things as a Medi- 

 cine, vvhenfoever there may be occafion for fuch 

 Helps : For continually itimulating thofe Parts with 

 hot pungent Snuffs, makes them by Degrees grow- 

 as it were callous or hard and horny, and much lefs 

 fenfible, which all Snuff-takers experience ; being;^ 

 not pjcovoked to Sneezing, if they take ever fo much, 



when 



