138 On the Use of Oil of 'Tobacco^ hi the Cure of Cancers, 



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ably large excrcfcenccsj denoting it to be a cancer of the rofe 

 kind. 



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That fondnefs for life which is natural to all, and the dread 

 of falling a facrifice by this mod terrible of ail executioners, 

 ;ther with fome hints recei\';ed upon the fubjedl, prompted 

 him to try the following experiment. Being himfelf a fmoker. 



of tobaccOj^ he pra(5liced filling his pipe with flrong tobacco 

 and fmoking it part out, applied a thin linen rag over the top 



of the bowl, and putting it to his moutli,, blev/ the fmoke 

 through the flem ; by which a fmall quantity of oil was ex- 

 pelled with the fmoke. By repeatedly blowing, a conlidera- 



ble number of drops of this oil were eaiily colle6:ed, which 

 he applied to the cancer, both with his finger and by wetting 

 lifiT with it and laying it on. This oil being of a very pun- 

 gent nature, caufed a very llrong fenfation. But a very few 

 applications produced an evident alteration for the better. 

 He continued the application morning and evening, and at 

 other convenient feafons, attended with fimilar efFe<5ls, for fix 

 weeks or two months ; at the expiration of which, the cancer 

 was entirely healed, with a very little fear remaining. 



In the firft experiment which he made to extradl the oil, 

 which was with a new pipe, he found that the oil was almofl 

 wholly abforbed by the flem. To prevent this, breaking off 

 the flem, he joined a wooden one, perforated in the fame 

 manner : this he found did not abforb the oil, and that with, 

 a very little trouble a fufficient quantity was obtained. 



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